1. American Sign Language is closer to French Sign Language than to any other sign language in the world, because the developer of ASL learned sign language in France. So, an American deaf person and a French deaf person would understand each other better than an American and a Brit.
2. The 100 tallest mountains in the world are all located in five countries in Asia . . . Nepal, China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.
3. Sweden imports more live crawfish from the U.S. than any other country, and 90% of all crawfish consumed in the U.S. is produced in Louisiana.
4. Platypuses don't nurse their babies like other mammals. Instead, they concentrate their milk in their stomach and then sweat it out.
5. When Mr. Potato Head first came out in 1952, it was just the body parts on sharp spikes . . . you had to provide your OWN potato. The plastic potato didn't come around until the 1970s.
