Strange Facts

1. The “black boxes” in commercial airplanes are orange.
2. The first episode of “Joanie Loves Chachi” was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where “Chachi” translates to “penis”.
3. Porcupines can float in water.
4. Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
5. It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.
6. Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
7. The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas bursting.
8. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
9. When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.
10. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life”.