AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING II

1. According to the New England Aquarium, you are twice as likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark.

2. In 2012 a man wore 60 shirts and 9 pairs of jeans on an 11-hour flight from China to Africa to avoid paying the extra baggage fee.

3. Both Charlie Chaplan and Dolly Parton entered look-alike contests - and lost.

4. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, thought it hilarious to push the emergency button on his desk and then hide when the Secret Service came running.

5. If you sneeze when driving at 60mph, your eyes are closed for 50 feet.

6. Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.

7. Engineering students at Purdue University in Indiana, using a proprietary "licking machine" rather than the human tongue, have determined it takes 364 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop.

8. Lincoln Logs were patented in 1920 by John Lloyd Wright - the son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

9. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America in one foot of water.

10. The Supreme Court has a basketball court on the fifth floor. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.