Some things that I enjoy, served hot. http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/ http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/rss/logo.gif http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/ Copyright 2008 Noah Veltman en-us hourly 1 The only Latin book ever to become a New York Times best seller is "Winnie Ille Pu," the Latin translation of "Winnie the Pooh."
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/18/books/winnie-ille-pu-nearly-xxv-years-later.html]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=339 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=339Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:40:41 -0700 Calvin Coolidge, who was allergic to horses, exercised in the White House by riding an "electric horse," a saddle on a mount that bounced at an adjustable rate.
Source: http://www.forbeslibrary.org/news/CoolidgeHorse.shtml]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=338 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=338Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:29:00 -0700 In California, it is illegal for a business without a licensed barber to display a red and white striped barber pole on the premises.
Source: California Business and Professions Code, Section 7349.1]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=337 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=337Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:39:30 -0700 Wal-Mart is the largest employer in 21 US states.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-10-23-walmart-arrests_x.htm]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=336 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=336Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:08:03 -0700 In 1975, BP produced a board game called Offshore Oil Strike, in which players compete to build and manage deep-sea drilling platforms. The game includes "hazard cards" with events such as "Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick clean-up costs. Pay $1 million."
Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/38107202/]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=335 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=335Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:04:48 -0700 Denmark's Law on Personal Names states that parents must give each child a gender-appropriate first name and must either choose from a list of 7,000 pre-approved names or be granted special approval by the local church, the Names Investigation Department of Copenhagen University, and the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/international/europe/08names.html]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=334 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=334Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:00:26 -0700 In Tucson, Arizona east-west roads are called "streets," north-south roads are called "avenues," and diagonal roads that intersect both streets and avenues are called "stravenues." The official postal notation for a stravenue is STRA, but the US Postal Service also recognizes the abbreviations STRAV, STRAVEN, STRAVEN, STRVN, and STRVNUE.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stravenue
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html#s]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=333 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=333Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:51:55 -0700 Pokemon is banned from Saudi Arabia for Zionist content.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1243307.stm]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=332 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=332Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:44:49 -0700 40% of court cases in the Central African Republic are witchcraft prosecutions.
Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/06/hex-appeal/8103/]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=330 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=330Wed, 26 May 2010 11:33:09 -0700 The US military document specifying procedures and requirements for the production of chocolate brownies is 26 pages long.
Source: http://liw.iki.fi/liw/misc/MIL-C-44072C.pdf]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=328 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=328Fri, 21 May 2010 10:30:46 -0700 Southwest Airlines passengers may pack parachutes in their carryon luggage, but are prohibited from wearing them during a flight.
Source: http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/sports_equipment.html]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=327 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=327Mon, 17 May 2010 15:51:31 -0700 New Zealand has an official wizard.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_of_New_Zealand]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=325 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=325Fri, 14 May 2010 15:46:12 -0700 Jacob has been the most popular name for boys in the US every year since 1999.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_on_go_ot/us_baby_names]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=324 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=324Thu, 13 May 2010 13:11:45 -0700 Prior to leading the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan recorded several albums of calypso music under the stage name The Charmer.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Calypso-Favorites-1953-1954-Farrakhan-Charmer/dp/B000MMVU0U/]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=323 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=323Tue, 11 May 2010 17:52:25 -0700 Elephants are typically right-tusked or left-tusked in the same way that humans are right-handed or left-handed.
Source: Elephant Destiny, Martin Meredith]]> http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=322 http://www.noahveltman.com/funfacts/?id=322Mon, 10 May 2010 15:21:21 -0700