The U.S. government owns over 63% of the land in Idaho and ¾ of their forests!

If anyone has a right to complain about big government it's the residents of Idaho! Most of their land is government owned. The rest of the land in Idaho is divided between public and private owners. Farmer and ranchers only own about 10% of Idaho’s land.

Nearly 40% of Idaho is covered by forests, which is more than any other state has. Over 4 million acres are wildlife and timber reserves and another 8 million acres don’t even have any roads. That is a lot of wilderness!

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Ronald Reagan's 1930's movie inspired the Secret Service agent that saved his life!

Secret Service agent Jerry Parr was the one who pushed President Reagan into his limo as John Hinckley shot at him in 1981.

The incredible thing about it is that Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service because he had seen the 1939 film "The Code of the Secret Service." In that movie a Secret Service Agent infiltrates a Mexican counterfeiting ring on his way to winning the heart of his loved one. The heroic agent in that film was played by a young Ronald Reagan!

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The tip of a shoelace is called an Aglet.

The name comes from Old French 'aguillette' and it's the diminutive of the word 'aguille' which means needle. That word comes from the Latin word for needle Acus.

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It’s illegal for prisoners to vote, but they can run for President of the United States!

Even though it's a longshot that the United States would elect a prisoner, it has actually been done more than once! In 2004, Lyndon LaRouche, an 81 year old Democrat ran for President for the eighth time. On his fifth try in 1992 he ran from a prison cell where he was serving for tax evasion, mail fraud, and conspiracy.

In 2004, Leonard Peltier, an American Indian activist from the Peace and Freedom party ran for President from prison, as well. His crime was killing two FBI agents in 1975 in South Dakota. Apparently he’s been trying to get a parole hearing since 1986.

Though people were disgusted by Peltier and the Peace and Freedom party for letting him run, they had every right to put him on the ballot. So, next time you vote, make sure you know who everyone is first!

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If British Subs can't hear the BBC for a few days, they're on high alert!

The British subs have orders to launch their missiles if they can’t tune into the BBC radio program “Today” for a number of consecutive days. In 2003, British submarine captains were on high alert when they lost signal with the BBC radio for just 15 minutes!

A fire alarm at the BBC headquarters caused the lost signal and was replaced by classical music. The program “Today” is very popular with government ministers. Each British nuclear submarine has signed orders from Prime Minister Tony Blair locked in their safe to launch nuclear weapons if such an occasion should arise.

Technically the subs have 4 options: put the subs under US command, go to Australia, launch a nuclear strike on their enemies, or use their own judgment! They take their programs seriously!

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