Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
Ants never sleep.
No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".
The human brain is 80% water.
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.
Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
There are 86,400 seconds in day.
A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.
Singapore has only one train station.
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
Friday, January 30, 2009
you want to know these...
1. According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love.
2. Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes.
3. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
4. The French have a doughnut called "Nun's Fart."
5. Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.
6. In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
7. Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
8. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
9. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
10. Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
More useless facts next week!
2. Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes.
3. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
4. The French have a doughnut called "Nun's Fart."
5. Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.
6. In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
7. Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
8. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
9. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
10. Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
More useless facts next week!
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