Now you Know

S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" -- It was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash..

2168. Fact

Sales of Rolaids, Alka-Seltzer, and Tums jump 20% in December

2169. Fact

Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet.

2170. Fact

Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into veiw. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.

2171. Fact

Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.

2172. Fact

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!

2173. Fact

'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

2174. Fact

'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

2175. Fact

Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.

2176. Fact

September 16-21 is Farm Animal Awarness week

2177. Fact

Several varieties of lightning have been identified by meteorologists. In the so-called "Positive Giant" type, the temperature of the lightning bolt reaches 30,000 degrees Celsius, over five times hotter than the surface of the sun.

2178. Fact

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures!

2179. Fact

Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15:1.

2180. Fact

Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.' (Thats right: he painted his door yellow, and the phrase was corrupted of "Lemonentry, my dear Watson")

2181. Fact

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

2182. Fact

Slow food: The average French citizen eats 500 snails a year.

2183. Fact

Slow food: The average French citizen eats 500 snails a year.

2184. Fact

Slugs have 4 noses.

2185. Fact

Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches

2186. Fact

Smartest dogs: (in order) 1) border collie 2)poodle 3)golden retriever.