| Little known facts can be just interesting. Here are | | | | When an item can't be removed from your credit |
| some of those: A typical lightning bolt is two to four | | | | report, you have the right to add a 100-word |
| inches wide and two miles long; A month that starts | | | | explanation to it, permanently. All who receive the |
| with a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it; Easter | | | | report will see your explanation. If, for example, you |
| is the first Sunday after the first full moon after | | | | had an argument with a doctor over a charge, you |
| March 21; Close to 50% of all bank robberies take | | | | can explain the details. |
| place on Friday. | | | | You can get free x-rays. Some dental schools will |
| Do you know the furthest point on Earth from the | | | | x-ray your mouth for free, if you have the patience |
| center? It's the peak of Mount Chimborazo, in | | | | to sit there while the instructor coaches the student |
| Ecuador, near the Equator. The Earth bulges at the | | | | through the process. You then get your x-rays to |
| equator, making Mount Chimborazo even further out | | | | take to the dentist. |
| there than Everest. | | | | Thre are still towns with nice houses you can buy for |
| Then there are the little known facts that are funny. | | | | less than $30,000. As of January, 2006, these include |
| These include, for example, silly laws that are still on | | | | Altoona, Pennsylvania, Anaconda Montana, Hot |
| the books. Here are some of those: By law, people in | | | | Springs, Arkansas, and Independence, Kansas. More |
| Vermont must take at least one bath a week; In | | | | are listed on the web site: Houses Under Fifty |
| Oklahoma, dogs need a permit signed by the mayor | | | | Thousand .com. |
| in order to congregate on private property in groups | | | | Buy two separate plane tickets to save hundreds. It |
| of three or more; In Roanoke, VA, it's against the | | | | cost $1750 to fly round trip from Traverse City, |
| law to advertise on tombstones; It's illegal to put | | | | Michigan to Quito, Ecuador. That was the cheapest |
| coins in your ears in Hawaii. | | | | fare we found on any website. However, it was only |
| "Odor Judger" is an actual job title, and job | | | | $299 round-trip to Miami, and $405 round-trip from |
| description. So do you want to smell armpits all day | | | | Miami to Quito. $704 total! Save over $1000 by |
| to help make effective deodorants? I'm not sure | | | | buying two separate tickets. |
| why somebody other than some strange fetishist | | | | You can't fold a dollar bill in half eight times, doubling it |
| would want this job. | | | | each time. In fact, try it even with a large piece of |
| Useful Little Known Facts | | | | paper. It can't be done. You can win a bar bet with |
| Little known does not mean not useful. There are | | | | this fact, so I'll classify this one among the interesting, |
| many things most people don't know that can be | | | | funny AND useful little known facts. |
| extremely useful. A few of these follow. | | | | |