Strange but True

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave
them off
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second
It takes glass one million years to decompose
which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old
In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces
In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons