· A parrot's beak can close with a force of 350 pounds per square inch.

· We will never know Albert Einstein's last words. Einstein spoke his last words in German to a nurse who did not understand the language.

· Julius Caesar banned all wheeled vehicles in Rome during daylight hours because of traffic congestion.

· The longest pencil in the world measures 20 feet, 6 inches long and weighs over 560 pounds. It was made by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon team in 1998.

· In the ancient Mediterranean world, olive oil was used for both cleaning the body and cooking.

· The University of Alaska stretches across four time zones.

· Americans get 150,000 new laws and two million new regulations each year from federal, state and local government.

· Icelanders read more books per capita than any other people in the world.

· A blue check hen, owned by Robert Koch of South Africa, flew more than 25,508 miles in its competitive career. That is the greatest distance ever flown by a pigeon.

· James Buchanan was the only bachelor to serve as president of the United States.

· The longest gum wrapper chain in the world began in March 1965 in Canada. By March 2000, it measured 34,078 feet.