· The human body creates and kills 15 million red blood cells every second.

· It is faster to ride a bicycle in Tokyo for any trip up to 50 minutes than it is to drive a car. Why? Because of the traffic congestion.

· Leonardo Di Vinci’s Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. The fashion of the day mandated that women shave their eyebrows.

· In the US, twenty banks are robbed every day. The average payoff ? $2500.

· If you tip a waitress in Iceland, it is an insult.

· There are three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders on the Nobel Peace Prize.

By Mary M. Alward