![]() ![]() Monaco’s orchestra is bigger than its army.Most department stores tend to play slower music, in order to slow down customers and keep them shopping longer.Metallica is the only band to perform on all seven continents.Barry Manilow did not, in fact, write “I Write The Songs.”.However, George Harrison could reportedly play 26 instruments.None of The Beatles could actually read music.Got a song stuck in your head? That’s called an “earworm.”.So every bathroom break can be different for POTUS! Speaking of ferrets, did you know they used to be used to protect grain stores from rodents?.Don’t bring your crystal ball to Maryland! Fortune telling is illegal in the state.A camel can drink up to 40 gallons of water in one go.Turns out, a dog’s paw print is just as unique as a human’s.The first Akita dog came to this country in 1937 - as a present for Helen Keller!.Mary, of “Mary Had A Little Lamb” fame, was a real person and the song is based on a true story.When visiting Key West, you’re actually closer to Havana than you are to Miami.(You really dropped the ball, Antarctica.) Want to go to Rome? Which one? There’s a city named Rome on six out of seven continents.Roughly 600 Parisians work at the Eiffel Tower each day.Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.Spend too much on drinks when you eat out? A small town in Italy actually has a fountain that serves free wine.The height of the Eiffel Tour can vary up to six inches, depending on the temperature.In Egypt, it’s considered incredibly rude to salt food that has been served to you. Henry VIII knighted all four of his “Grooms of Stool” - the people in charge of wiping his butt for him.Sloths can hold their breaths for up to 40 minutes.Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it wouldn’t stop swearing.Want to know if your pet turtle is a boy or girl? Listen closely! Female turtles hiss and male turtles grunt.A group of porcupines is called a prickle.Seahorses mate for life and can often be seen holding each other’s tales.The human body contains enough fat to make about seven bars of soap.One-quarter of all our bones are in our feet.We’re one to two centimeters taller in the morning than at night.You can’t hum while plugging your nose.French Poodles are actually from Germany.A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.A group of owls is called a parliament. ![]()
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