Thursday, November 23, 2006

• In the week following Halloween, one in three children will ingest what the FDA considers a toxic dose of red dye #40.

• Prior to the expanding of 9/11-related airline security restrictions, chain saws were not on the list of restricted items. According to FAA estimates, it is likely that more than two dozen had been allowed on-board a plane.

• More people die by asphyxiation while eating Nutella spread than from peanut allergies.

• British King George III (1760-1820) declared sailing to be "the noblest profession."

• While the moon is gravitationally locked to the Earth, due to a slight tidal "wobble", if one were to carefully time visits to the equator and both poles, one could eventually view nearly 51 percent of the moon's surface.