Did You Know ???

[Bevlina]

Well ... did you know that intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair?

 

[Willseeker]

I have come across some "odd bits" that I thought I would share and hope you all will join in....

Did you know that:

The short-term memory capacity for most ppl is between 5 and 9 items or digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to 7 digits for so long.


Starfish don't have brains.


Cats have better memories than dogs.


The average human will drink about 72,737 litres of water in a lifetime.



The largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia.


If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you try to supress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.


The catfish has more than 27,000 taste buds.


Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.


Have you got any other useless but interesting "bits"...????

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you try to supress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Thus? "Caution: Do not sneeze, can cause serious injury or death"? Either way, you're in trouble...

 

[ladyhawk]

Here r a few more :-


The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound is the bull's hip or leather whip.

The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.

The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed of India, who measured 1 foot 10 inches.

The names of all the continents ene with the same letter they start with.

If you stand at the bottom of a well, you would see the stars even in the daytime.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

The word "lethologica" decribes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

The worlds' oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 yrs old.

Studies show that the principle reason ppl lie is to avoid punishment.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words.

More to come ....

 

[Marissa]

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

*Puts grapes on her shopping list*

The word "lethologica" decribes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words.

All this time I just thought I was sub average. I now officially announce I suffer from lethologica.

I'm not dumb. I just can't speak due to memory loss.

 

[ladyhawk]

*Puts grapes on her shopping list*



All this time I just thought I was sub average. I now officially announce I suffer from lethologica.

I'm not dumb. I just can't speak due to memory loss.

That makes two of us ....

 

[ladyhawk]

Here r the rest of the ones I have :

The average human body contains enough sulfur to kill all the fleas on an average dog.

The pupil of an eye expands as much as 45% when a person looks at something pleasing.

By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at primary school.

While performing her duties as Queen, Cleopatra sometimes wore a fake beard.

Did you know that you share your birthday with at least 9 million other ppl in the world .

The shortest war in the history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after only 38mins.

The average persons' left hand does 56% of the typing.

..... does anyone else have any more useless facts ????

 

[Bevlina]

Yep! I got some useless facts Sweetie!
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when your talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil"
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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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Certain types of Jealousy are a phsychtriatric disorder.

 

[Roo3]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

So that is why the horses in our parks are positioned the way they are? Most interesting.

 

[ladyhawk]

I never knew that either, so I learnt something new today ... thanx Bevie ...

 

[Roo3]

how in the world did they manage to stand and walk before the age of two?

keep up the useless facts, LH!

These are, oddly enough, quite useful facts to know! It is a known fact that children's kneecaps are not BONE until they reach a certain age. I find the remark of "useless"rather distasteful.

 

[Roo3]

This is rather useless knowledge to have, but interesting.
Barbie's measurements if she were life size would be 39-23-33.

 

[Bevlina]

Aussies? Did you know an emu can't walk backwards!

 

[ladyhawk]

I never knew that one and they said they were useless facts.... in fact I may have said that now I will have to eat my words ....

 

[erin74]

humans are the only creatures who blush - and the only ones who need to!

 

[Bevlina]

Great one erin! Come to think of it ... I've never sen an insect nor animal blush,

Here's an interesting fact!

Heron of Greece invented steam power in 50 BC. But the leaders of the day
thought that it would cause unemployment which may lead to unrest and the invention ran out of steam.

 

[JacqS]

In medieval England, beer was often served with breakfast ...

PLEASE don't anyone tell my brother that, my SIL has enough trouble getting him to wait till lunch time!!

 

[erin74]

Just tell him he'll have to drink it warm and it should be ok!

 

[JacqS]

Just tell him he'll have to drink it warm and it should be ok!

haven't you ever had a pommy tell you, its not warm, its 'room temperature'!! (just ask my hubby, not that he's a beer drinker anyway)

 

[mark53]

I have come across some "odd bits" that I thought I would share and hope you all will join in....

Did you know that:

The short-term memory capacity for most ppl is between 5 and 9 items or digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to 7 digits for so long.
2 is enough for me I can never remember my age

Starfish don't have brains.
can't they do IQ tests?

Cats have better memories than dogs.
My 4 cats would agree to that, they obviously did well in the IQ test!


The largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia.
Not all at once I hope!!!


If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you try to supress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
That's why I'm the way I am?

The catfish has more than 27,000 taste buds.
Who's counting?

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
Don't tell the mafia!

Have you got any other useless but interesting "bits"...????

For some more stupid replies?

 

[mark53]

Well out of the murky depths it comes .....

In medieval England, beer was often served with breakfast ...
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain ....

More to follow ....

Sounds like some people I know!

No one reading this, though!!!