Stupid Facts

• Mercury is the only metal liquid at room temperature.
  (see Periodic Table of Elements)

• Thermometers were once filled with brandy.

• 3.5% of the oceans is dissolved salt.

• Brussel sprouts were discovered in Brussels.

• Swedish fish are neither.

• Blood is six times thicker than water.
  (see Human Blood)

• Andromeda is the nearest galaxy.
  (see Solar System)

• Scooby Doo's first name is Scoobert.

• The word "corduroy" comes from the French "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king."

• Coca-cola was originally sold as a brain tonic.
  (see The Real Thing?)