kool, interesting facts. 15 *spookygal*

Eating just 35 sour cherries may reduce pain better than aspirin because the anthocyanins found in cherries inhibits inflammation-causing enzymes.



THE AMERICAN FLAG FIRST FLEW OVER A FOREIGN FORT IN WHAT COUNTRY? Libya -- over Fort Derne, on the shores of Tripoli.



A vexillologist is one who is an expert in the history of flags.



WHO WAS THE ONLY WOMAN TO WIN BOTH PULITZER PRIZE AND NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE? In 1932, Pearl S. Buck won the Pulitzer for "The Good Earth" and six years later, crowned that achievement by winning the Nobel Prize in literature.

From THE KANSAS CITY (Mo.) STAR: In case you missed the news flash of the millennium, Barbie and Ken are history. Mattel issued a press release Feb. 12 explaining that the party's over. The couple's manager, aka VP of marketing, said his clients "feel it's time to spend some time apart." Speculation has run rampant that the breakup occurred because Ken was hesitant to tie the knot, even after four decades of dating.

An Indiana man who has spent 27 years applying layers of paint to a baseball finally had it declared the world's largest ball of paint. The ball hangs in Mike Carmichael's shed and weighs 1300 pounds, due to more than 18,000 layers of paint.

Dutch surgeons have implanted specially designed jewelry, a heart, star, or ring, into the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and a man. Creators of the "JewelEye" say it doesn't harm the eye or obstruct vision.

In its worst hurricane season since 1851, Florida was battered by Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, with damage to one in five homes in 2004.









{i got this in my email from aikins trivia. :D:D }

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