Fact of the Day
The New Theatre e-mails each contain a fascinating Fact of the Day. They are listed here for you to peruse:
05.03.08: Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'
13.02.08: The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
12.02.08: Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
22.01.08: 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were mispelled.
09.12.07: It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced.
05.12.07: From 1788 to 1820, performances of King Lear were prohibited on the English Stage due to the insanity of the reigning monarch, King George III.
29.11.07: Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
21.11.07: It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
18.11.07: It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
13.11.07: It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
06.11.07: More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
30.10.07: More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.
23.10.07: Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
15.10.07: One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.
12.10.07: There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
11.10.07: 33.5% of Facebook visitors are between 35 and 54 years-old.
04.10.07: Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
01.10.07: The average office chair with wheels will travel 8 miles this year. The average pencil will draw a line 35 miles long.
28.09.07: A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from a lack of food.
27.09.07: Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
