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Illustration by Arnie Bermudez
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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
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Things you always never wanted to know
Atlantic salmon are able to leap 15 feet high.
Minnows have teeth in their throat.
A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body, and the female marine catfish hatches her eggs in her mouth.
In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. The fiddle had not been invented. Nor was Nero there ÷ he was at his villa in Antium, Italy, 50 miles away.
In 1221, Genghis Khan killed 1,748,000 people at Nishapur in one hour.
Some methods for combating the plague in 14th century Europe included bathing in goat urine, placing dried toads over plague boils, and applying the entrails of a newborn puppy to the forehead.
Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.
In 1998, the United States spent $30 billion on correctional services and $24 billion on social welfare.
New Zealand is home to four million people and 70 million sheep.
Not all of your taste buds are on your tongue. About 10% are found on the palate and inside the cheeks.
Legend has it that the mummy of Cleopatra was accidentally left in a Paris museum when the treasures looted by Napoleon were returned. In the 1940s, workmen found a mummy case and emptied its contents into the sewers. The case was later identified as that of Cleopatra.
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