Thursday, February 24, 2011

Slow Like Honey

 More Thursday Trivia...


> In a standard deck of cards, hearts is the only suit
  in which the King (alias 'The Suicide King') is devoid of a
  moustache. Contemporary reworkings tend not to...
  'follow suit'

> An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain

> Rapper L.L. Cool J.'s name is an abbreviation of
  'Ladies Love Cool James' (!)

> Cocaine was the first form of local anesthetic, with
  official usage stemming back to 1884

> In Deshnoke, India, a Hindu temple dedicated to rat goddess
  Karni Mata houses more than 20,000 of her four-legged
  followers

> Libra, the scales, is the only inanimate Zodiac symbol

> Honey is the only foodstuff that does not spoil. That
  found in the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs is still edible to
  this day