AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CIX

1. Hacktivism is the term for computer-based civil disobedience.

2. What we call eggplant in the United States is called aubergine in England.

3. Marie Curie coined the term "radioactivity."

4. "Elephant walk" is a U.S. Air Force term for the slow movement on the ground of military aircraft in close formation.

 

5. Decaying matter on the forest floor is called "duff."

 

6. The longest English word without A, E, I, O, U is RHYTHMS. 

7. The population of Tokyo, Japan (37,000,000) is more than four times that of New York City.

8. The longest trip on the the NYC subway system without a transfer is 31 miles - on the A train form upper Manhattan to southern Queens.

9. Singapore is a city and an island nation - the only place in the world that can make that claim.

10. The martlet is a mythological bird that never roosts or touches the ground - from the moment of its dropped birth until its death fall. It has no feet and represents being continuously on the wing - and having no land to call its own. It is used in English heraldry as a coat of arms portraying the younger son of a family who has neither claim or footing in the ancestral land.

11. Veterinarians have a suicide rate far above the general population. A major factor in this is the steep financial costs of veterinary care. Many pet owners, despite their love and devotion to their pets, simply cannot afford the costs of the procedures that could save them. This grief and anger is often transferred to the vet - who is accused of being greedy and not really caring about animals. The vet often has to euthanize the animal, the exact opposite of what he or she is trained to do. Women veterinarians' suicide rate is twice that of men.