The farthest you can see with the naked eye is 2.4 million light years away! (140,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.) That’s the distance to the giant Andromeda Galaxy. You can see it easily as a dim, large gray “cloud” almost directly overhead.

 

you ever see this movie RB? > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/
:warning: there's a in it that can get irritating

 

The original Volkswagen Beetle was commissioned by Adolf Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

 

The liquid inside a Magic 8-Ball consists of water, blue coloring, and propylene glycol, an antifreeze to keep the solution from turning solid during shipping.

I keep one in my guest bathroom they have fun with it

 

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

 

The five interlocking Olympic rings are black, blue, red, white, and yellow because at least one of these colors appears on every national flag.

 

In Germany there are many different characters for Christmas. Nikolaus comes on December 5th and on December 24th when the actual opening of the gifts is happening ,they have been brought either by Knecht Ruprecht, Weihnachtsmann, or the Christkindl, (Christ child) wich is an angelic child dressed in a white and or golden dress much like a long nightgown. It has wings, and has usually a small horse or a donkey as a companion.

 

When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko. Finnish folklore has it that Ukko is made of straw, but is strong enough to carry Santa Claus anyway.

 

When distributing gifts in Holland, St. Nicholas is accompanied his servant, Black , who is responsible for actually dropping the presents down their recipients’ chimneys. He also punishes bad children by putting them in a bag and carrying them away to Spain.

 

n 1647, the English parliament passed a law made Christmas illegal. The Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry on what was supposed to be a holy day to be immoral, banned the Christmas festivities. The ban was lifted only when Cromwell lost power in 1660.