Mindless Fact Monday ~ July 20, 2009

~ Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and death than any other state.

~ There is a Nike commercial that was shot in Kenya with Samburu tribesmen speaking in their native language Maa. The slogan "Just Do It" appears while the tribesman is talking. In reality, he was saying, "I don't want these. Give me big shoes."

~ A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

~ 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

~ A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

~ Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell.

~ Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than diamonds.

~ Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

~ The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie "Psycho".

~ Painting a house yellow, or having yellow trim, helps a house sell faster.