Men And Animals - 7

1. Giraffes were at one time referred to by Europeans as "cameleopards," believing giraffes were the offspring of camels and leopards.
   
2. Japan's Tokyo Zoo closes for two months each year to give the animals a break from visitors.
   
3. A cockroach breaks wind every 15 minutes.
   
4. Because of heavy traffic congestion, Julius Caesar banned all wheeled vehicles from Rome during daylight hours.
   
5. During the film Don Juan, John Barrymore delivers a grand total of 191 kisses to a variety of different women, at the rate of one every 53 seconds.
   
6. Phagophobia is the fear of swallowing.
   
7. The average woman uses about 7,000 words a day. Men use around 2,000
   
8. The colors yellow, red and orange are used in fast food restaurants because those are the colors that stimulate a hunger response.
   
9. The black lines on a basketball are called the Channels.
   
10. Nostophobia is the fear of returning home.
    
11. Stygiophobia is the fear of hell.
    
12. The common mousetrap was invented by the same guy who invented the machine gun—Hiram Maxim.