TRIVIA BITS

 

• It has been estimated that there are something like twenty-three million cats in the U.S.
• It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
• It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.
• It is forbidden for an Olympic wrestler to twist his opponent’s toes.
• It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
• It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge.
• It is illegal to swim in Central Park.
• It is the Doppler Effect that causes trains and helicopters to change pitch as it passes by.
• It requires 30 muscles to raise your eyebrows.
• It snowed in the Sahara desert on 18 February 1979.