do you know?

some random facts that i found:
- The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'

- The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)

- Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

- Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

- The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

- Des Moines has the highest per capita Jello consumption in the U.S.

- Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

- Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.

- Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.

- When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.

- A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.

- During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

- A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

- There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.

- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.