Trivia of the Week

1. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springstein's 'Born in the USA.'
2. A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
3. 47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
4. If you stroke a shark from nose to tail, it is smooth. If you stroke it the other way, it is rough, and on some species, can even give you hand lacerations.
5. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have written a book in all 10 Dewey-decimal categories.
6. McDonald's sell more than 1/3 of all the French fries sold in restaurants in the U.S. each year.
7. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
8. There are almost 800 different brands of bottled water for sale in the United States
9. You can use pine cones to forecast the weather: The scales will close when rain is on the way
10. In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas eve so that the people can rollerskate to church