Did You Know? – February 2010

A person who smokes one pack of cigarettes a day inhales a half-cup of tar a year?

Harvard University was first known as Cambridge?

Sonja Henie first competed in the Olympics at the age of 11 and finished last.  She returned 4 years later and won a gold medal?

Grover Cleveland is the only president to have been married in the white house?

Women were forbidden from participating in the ancient Olympic games.  They were also not allowed to appear at the site of the Olympics under penalty of death?

Christianity has one billion followers – Islam is next with half this number?

There’s no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to instill a better one.
- Victor Gonzales

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
- Oscar Wilde

When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of many for the inattention of one.
-Teresa Gonzales

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
-  Kahlil Gibran

Politicians aren’t exactly hostile to the facts but they are apathetic to them.
- Shirley Mooney

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
- Josh Billings

It’s a good thing love is blind, otherwise it would see too much.
- Becki Harvey

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
- Robert Browning

When Congress makes a law, it’s a joke.  And when they make a joke, it’s a law.
- Will Rogers