Friday, August 10, 2007

Facts

Shoe salesmen have been using those little wooden measuring sticks since 1657.

Shrimp have their heart in their head

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

Since Hindus don't eat beef, the McDonald's in New Delhi makes its burgers with mutton.

Since the beginning of this fact, 3000 puppies were born in the U.S.A

Sing Sing prison in New York has a name derived from the Indian words for "stony place."

Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes in New York in 1919, to become the first horse to capture the Triple Crown. This was the first time that the Belmont Stakes had been run as part of thoroughbred racing's most prestigious trio of events. Sir Barton had already won the first two jewels of the Triple Crown -the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky and the Preakness Stakes in Maryland.

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