True Facts

It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers.
The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.
The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
The Mongolian pony is the only animal other than an elephant capable of fending off an attack by a healthy adult tiger.
Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in other forms.
The French language has seventeen different words for "surrender."
The average person can fit exactly one half of their pinky finger in one of their nostrils. However, if an attempt is made to put a pinky finger in EACH nostril, only one quarter of each will fit.
Showing off at a party one evening, Chopin played the entire "Minute Waltz" in under 10 seconds.
If the air in your car's tires is not completely replaced every two years, it can turn to liquid and cause severe damage.
If you tar and feather a 2x4 and place it in your yard, it will ward off bats.
The largest home in the United States, North Carolina's Biltmore House, was originally intended to be the official residence of a new monarchy to be established when the South rose again.
The Toltec calendar was based on a 360-day year, with each day being about 24 hours and 20 minutes long.
The universal size of the credit card is based entirely on the size of the 1960s US Communist Party membership card. Credit cards were designed so that they wouldn't cause the Communist Party card to stand out.
Nobody born in Kentucky has ever been elected to Congress.