Monday, August 20, 2007

Useless Information

More from Mick..

One month after Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, the U.S. Civil War began.
Abraham Lincoln was the first president born outside of the original thirteen colonies.
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
Five days after the end of the Civil War, he was fatally shot.
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the first U.S. president to die while in office.
At 32 days, he also had the shortest term in office.
During Ronald Reagan's presidency, the White House purchased 12 tons of jelly beans.
Lightning kills more people in the US than any other natural disaster: an average of 400 dead and 1,000 injured yearly.
Salt Lake City, Utah, gets an average of 17 inches more snow annually than Fairbanks, Alaska. Santa Fe, New Mexico, gets an average of 9 inches more snow each year than New Haven, Connecticut.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.