Has anybody noticed...?

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.

Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

If you remove the pip from an olive, it will lose its taste.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Dang, no baseball bat?

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Noooooo, not the elephant!

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.

....Oh jeez. So glad I'm not a praying mantis. =="

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

...This calls for an experiment!

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would
find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. 

In ancient England a person ! could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."