- About half the piano's in England are thought to be out of tune.
- About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.
- About two-thirds of the world's population have no regular contact with newspapers, television, radio or telephones.
- Abraham Lincoln was shot with a Derringer.
- Absinthe is another name for the herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and the name of a liquorice-anise flavoured green liqueur that was created at the end of the 18th century, and manufactured by Henry-Louis Pernod. Called the 'green Muse' it became very popular in the 19th century, but was eventually banned in most countries beginning in 1908. The reason is the presence of the toxic oil 'thujone' in wormwood, which was one of the main ingredients of Absinthe. Absinthe seemed to cause brain lesions, convulsions, hallucinations and severe mental problems. Thujone was the culprit, along with the fact that Absinthe was manufactured with an alcohol content of 68% or 132 proof.
- Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
- According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.
- According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
- According to Genesis 7:2, God told Noah to take 14 of each kind of 'clean' animal into the ark.
- According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.
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