Thursday's Useless Trivia and Facts

1. Dust from the Sahara desert has been carried by the wind as far as Chicago.
2. FBI statistic: 74% of threats against federal workers are directed at IRS employees.
3. The British government has 100,000 cats on the payroll - they work as rat-catchers.
4. Lemons and strawberries do not ripen after being picked. Avocados and bananas do.
5. Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species sold out its entire first edition (1250 copies) in one day.
6. Ex-Lax was originally called Bo-Bo's.
7. In Switzerland, a Big Mac will cost you $5.11.
8. One million dollars' worth of pennies would weigh 597,916 pounds.
9. Some butterflies' tongues are twice as long as their bodies.
10. More car model names start with the letter "C" than any other letter.