Saturday, January 3, 2009

  • ^It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
  • ^Every year, the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.
  • ^Every minute in the U.S. six people turn 17.
  • ^There are more than 1,00 chemicals in a cup of coffee.
  • ^Blue and white are the most common school colors.
  • ^On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
  • ^The tip of a 2cm long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph
  • ^There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history.
  • ^Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
  • ^Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
  • ^The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear war.
  • ^Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
  • Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
  • -Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
  • -A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.
  • -People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
  • -When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!
  • -Only 7% of the population are lefties.
  • -40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
  • -Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
  • -The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
  • -The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
  • -The average housefly lives for one month.
  • -40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
  • -A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
  • -The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
  • -Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
  • -Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
  • -The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
  • -The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot. ( Don't forget Moms )
  • -Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
  • -In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
  • -Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.
  • -The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
  • -Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth.They are reused in vein transplant surgery.
  • -Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh cousins.
  • -If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
  • -Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
  • -The Eiffel Tower has 1792 Steps.

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