Saturday, July 21, 2007
Did you know...
You can make diamonds out of peanut butter.
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
In France, it is legal to marry a corpse.
In India, it is legal to marry a dog. (wth?)
A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
One in three new dads in Britain have admitted to trying their partner’s breastmilk!
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
Girls have more tastebuds than boys.
Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.
During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.
Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol’, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song. (Wa rau, I better start making some songs too..)
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.
Some breeds of chickens lay colored eggs! (Easter chicken?)
The word Eskimo literally means 'raw meat eater'.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one.
The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.
The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space. (You know why? Cause people will tell them to "xiao xin, xiao xin". Hee. )
The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!
Muhammad is the most common name in the world. (See, I told you, Jellie!)
'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.
Most cell phone antennas have no purpose other than to make people believe that flipping up a 2 inch antenna just gave them better reception. They are not connected to any circuitry.
Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
When he was only 13, Johnny Depp lost his virginity to a girl slightly older than him. T.T
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day. (I think I'm still a child. Haha)
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
Ralph Lauren's original name is Ralph Lifshitz.
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. (Beyonce taught them this)
When Britney Spears books into hotels she uses the name 'Allota Warmheart' so that nobody will recognize her.
Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult. (If tipping is an insult... Humiliate me, please!)
The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
Silly quote
"We are unable to announce the weather. We depend on weather reports from the airport, which is closed, due to weather. Whether we will be able to give you a weather report tomorrow will depend on the weather."
Arab News report
All from http://www.nicefacts.com/. =D
Labels: Musings
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