Don't all of these facts serve the purpose of increasing the post count of whoever posted them?
one of life's mysteries.
Anywho these were picked off a list:
A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.
Cats can hear ultrasound.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.