A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won’t. Dibble means to drink like a duck. “Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”. What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”. The original story from “Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights” begins, “Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.” It is illegal to frown at cows in Bladworth, Saskatchewan. Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system. The country code for Russia is “007″. Hara kiri is an impolite way of saying the Japanese word seppuku which means, literally, belly splitting. A man’s beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.