Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Facts

-In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
-You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself.
-In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.
-It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
-The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old.
-13 people each year are killed by Vending Machine's falling on them.
-More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.
-It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
-At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
-You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching T.V.
-The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.
-If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
-Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar around his neck.
-Coca-cola was originally green.
-Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
-Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
-Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
-On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
-The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
-To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly.

2 Comments:

At 3:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looking for information and found it at this great site... » » »

 
At 4:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool blog, interesting information... Keep it UP »

 

Post a Comment

<< Home