[Lady Sidhe]

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the
13th in it.



At 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest in the world.



Each unit on the Richter Scale is equivalent to a power
factor of about 32. So a 6 is 32 times more powerful
than a 5!



Air pollution may contribute to two percent of all deaths
in the US, some 50,000 cases per year. A nine-year study of
US cities showed a strong correlation between death rates
and periods of significant pollution.


Barbers at one time combined shaving and haircutting with
bloodletting and pulling teeth. The white stripes on a field
of red that spiral down a barber pole represent the bandages
used in the bloodletting.


Based on a US Justice Department study conducted between
1992 and 1996, workplace violence troubles 1.7 million
Americans a year. Number of workers attacked or threatened
per thousand: Police officers: 306, Private security
guards: 218, Taxi drivers: 184, Prison guards: 117,
Bartenders: 91, Mental health professionals: 80, Gas
station attendants: 79.



A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.


A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and
two miles long.


A wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a
hurricane.



The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
announced in 1978 that it would alternate men's and women's
names in the naming of hurricanes. It was seen as an attempt
at fair play. Hurricanes had been named for women for years,
until NOAA succumbed to pressure from women's groups who
were demanding that Atlantic storms be given unisex names.


There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.


A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or
six toes on one or both hands and feet.


More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over
any other falls on earth.


Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume,
and form for 40 years.

New Jersey, with 96, is the US state with the greatest
number of hazardous waste sites.


Quito in Ecuador, South America, is said to have the most
pleasant climate in the world. It is called the 'Land of
Eternal Spring.' The temperature rarely drops below 46
degrees Fahrenheit during the night, or exceed 72 degrees
Fahrenheit during the day.


The abbreviation 'ORD' for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes
from the old name 'Orchard Field.


The first city to reach a population of 1 million people
was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. London, England reached the
mark in 1810 and New York, USA made it in 1875. Today,
there are more than 300 cities in the world that boast a
population in excess of 1 million.

It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.


La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,900 feet above sea-level, is the
highest large city in the world.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at New Orleans, Louisiana, is
the world's largest bridge. It is almost 24 miles (about
38 kilometers) long.

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year
because it's built on top of an underground reservoir.
Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's
growing population of more than 15 million people.