Enlighten me

1. All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.
2. Europe has no deserts - it is the only continent without one.
3. It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.
4. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean
5. The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the Brannock device.
6. An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."
7. Research show that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.
8. The bubbles in Guiness beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top as in other beers.
9. The difference between apple juice and apple cider is that the juice is pasteurized and the cider is not.
10. The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop