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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, November 6, 2003
Things you always never wanted to know
There are six coins currently minted by the U.S. Treasury: the silver dollar, the 50-cent piece, the quarter, the dime, the nickel and the penny. The faces on all these coins look to the left with one exception. Which one? The penny.
As of 1976, there were approximately 375 ten-thousand-dollar bills in circulation in the United States.
Lord Byron had four pet geese that he brought everywhere with him, even to social gatherings. Byron, though considered one of the most dashing and attractive men of his time, was overweight and had a clubfoot.
David Kennison, born in 1736, lived to 115 and was the longest surviving participant in the Boston Tea Party. He served in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He served in the latter at the age of 76 and had his hand shot off at Sackett's Harbor. Several years later, his skull was fractured when a tree fell on his head and, several years after that, while he was training for a militia drill, a premature explosion from a cannon shattered both his legs. When he recovered from the injury, his legs became covered with sores that never healed, and he was stricken with rheumatism. Some time later, his face was mutilated when he was kicked by a horse. He finally died a quiet death in Illinois in 1851.
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
In feudal Japan, the Imperial Army had special soldiers whose only duty was to count the number of severed enemy heads after each battle.
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