Stupid Facts

• Yams and sweet potatoes are actually unrelated vegetables.
  (see Fruits and Vegetables)

• The lungfish can remain in suspended animation, without water, for 4 years.

• The horned lizard shoots blood 4 feet out of its eye for self defense.

• The Hippopotamus kills more people than any other African mammal.

• The scientific term for the belly button, or navel, is the "umbilicus."

• The word "shrimp" comes from "shrimpe" meaning "pygmy".

• Every major world cuisine has a form of crepe.

• Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, is the oldest university in the world, founded in 969 AD.

• "Duct Tape" was originally named "Duck Tape" because of its ability to repel water.