AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHIG CXXVI

1. In a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, the Cookie Monster revealed that before he started eating cookies, his name was Sid.

2. In Serbia, superstition dictates that complimenting a new-born baby will bring the child bad luck. Instead, you should say that the baby is ugly.

3. Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more that 50 different words. The result: Green Eggs and Ham.

4. In 2007, the end of Daylight Savings Time jumped from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in November. The decision was reportedly influenced by candy lobbyists pushing to give trick-or-treaters and extra hour of daylight.

5. New-born elephants suck their trunks for comfort.

6. Over one half of the world's population lives within a 5,000-mile-wide circle in East Asia.

7. A 2010 study found that  people fluent in multiple languages almost always swear in their native tongues.

8. LEGO has an underground vault containing every set ever made.

9. A new-born blue whale gains 200 pounds a day during its first year.

10. Johnny Cash's song, A Boy Named Sue, was written by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.