Mindless Fact Monday ~ 2012 06 04

~ February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.

~ Each nostril of a human being registers smells in a different way.  Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.  However, smells can be detected more accurately when made by the left nostril.

~ The crack of a whip is a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.

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~ The full name for Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula".

~ Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.

~ A beaver's teeth never stop growing.

~ The world's largest weather vane sits on the shores of White Lake in Montague, Michigan. It's 48 feet tall with a 26-foot wind arrow and adorned with a 14-foot replica of a 19th-century Great Lakes schooner.

~ In her entire lifetime, Spain's Queen Isabella (1451-1504) bathed twice.