INTERESTING FACTS-7

(1) Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

(2) Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

(3) The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the king is dead."

(4) Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

(5) Camel's milk does not curdle.

(6) Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

(7) The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

(8) Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

(9) When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

(10) The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building