AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING XXVIII

1. The teeth of rodents never stop growing.

2. It's possible to lead a cow up stairs - but not down.

3. You share your birthday with nine million other people.

4. Russia spans11 time zones. The contiguous United States spans 4.

5. The two lions in front of the New York Public Library have names - Patience and Fortitude.

6. Psalm 117 in the Old Testament is the shortest - 2 verses. Psalm 119 is the longest - 176 verses. 

7. Charles Darwin and his wife, first cousin Emma Wedgwood, had 10 children. Three died in childhood and seven lived long lives.

8. You are dealt $1500 dollars to start Monopoly. The properties on the original Monopoly board are named after locations in or close to Atlantic City, New Jersey. 

9. Eddie Eagan (1897-1967) was the only athlete ever to win gold medals at both summer and winter Olympic games: As a light-heavyweight boxer in Antwerp in 1920, and as a member of the 4-man bobsled team in 1932 in Lake Placid.