Mindless Fact Monday ~ September 15, 2008

~ The "Megascolides Australis" earthworm - found in Australia - can grow up to 15 feet long.

~ American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript.

~ Ceasar salad has nothing to do with any of the Ceasars (of Rome). It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920's.

~ The smallest actual country in the world is S.M.O.M. (Sovereign Military Order of Malta). It is located in the city of Rome and has an area of 2 tennis courts and, as of 2001, has a population of 80.

~ Mexico City boasts the largest taxi fleet with over 60,000 taxis running every day.

~ There are 158 verses in the Greek national anthem.

~ The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas washes an average of 15,000 pillowcases per day.

~ An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

~ The Guiness Book of World Records hold the record as the book most stolen from libraries.

~ In the 1984 movie "Scarface", the f-word was used 206 times. That is an average of once every 29 seconds.