More Useless Facts
The life span of a taste bud is ten days.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Alligators cannot move backwards
Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down
The average North-American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span
The common garden worm has five pairs of hearts
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton
Your brain is 80% water
400 quarter-pounders can be made out of 1 cow
The largest apple pie ever baked was 40 x 23 feet
If you look carefully at the picture of Mona Lisa, you will notice a bridge hidden in the background
5%-10% of StarTrek fans may be addicted to the show and suffer withdrawl symptoms if they miss an episode. Is this true Captain Corky?
Eosophobia is the fear of dawn
Groaking is the art of watching people eating food, hoping they'll offer you some.
Dibble means to drink like a duck
Lee Harvey Osawald's body tag was auctioned off for $6,600
Donald Duck's sister is called Dumbella
A pack-a-day smoker will loose approx. 2 teeth every 10 years
Those things on the end of shoelaces called Aglets
The first audio CD manufactured in the US was Bruce Springstean's 'Born in The USA'
When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop--even you heart.
The human brain stops growing at the age of 18
Sneezes can travel over 100 mph
85% of the population can curl their tongue into a tube
22 comments:
wha?
ok. i believe you. thousands wouldn't!
I spend half my life groaking! Who gives these people a tube to curl their tongue in and why haven't I had one?
I hope a couple of these are answers on Jeopardy today.
"Sneezes can travel over 100 mph."
This one scares me a little cause I sneezed 8 times this morning. I could kill somebody! LOL
did that really say 35,000 cookies? who's been eating my cookies? huh? c'mon, fess up now. someone has been eating my cookies!!!
The earth worm is also male on one end and female on the other. If it was crawling around underground in circles and it came upon its self, it could start mating right then and there. Can you imagine spending the rest of your life in a circle screwing your self to death? No wonder they have so many hearts. They need them.
I think my brain stopped growing at 16. I am so juvenile, ya know.
Well I'm one of the 15% who can't curl their tongue, great facts although I'm not sure I wanted to know about Hitchcock's lack of belly button!
Where was Hitchcock's umbilical cord attached to?
I really need a cookie. I'm way behind.
A pack-a-day smoker will loose approx. 2 teeth every 10 years
Bloody hell. I am 39 and have had my 4 wisdom teeth out. Bloody hell, does that mean I am going to loose more before I turn 40?
:-)
Do you pick your nose ?
Where else can a survey be conducted but in the US ?
Nose-picking should really be referred to as rhinotillexomania (rhino=nose, tillexis=habit of picking at something, mania=obsession with something).
Now for the results (assuming that they are reliable): Of the 1000 surveys mailed out, only 254 were completed and returned to the researchers.
· 8.7% claim that they have never picked their nose. (In other words, they are liars or they can't remember doing it as a kid.)
· 91% stated that they had picked their nose in the past and were still actively practicing this habit. Yet, only 49.2% of the respondents actually thought that nose-picking was common in adults.
· 9.2% rate their pickin' as "more than average."
· 25.6% actually pick their noses daily, 22.3% do it 2 to 5 times each day, and three people admitted to doing it at least hourly.
· 55.5% spent 1-5 minutes, 23.5% spent 5-15 minutes, and 0.8% (2 people) spent 15-30 minutes each day cleaning their nostrils. One lone soul claims to devote over 2 hours each day to this ritual (I'm not a doctor and I can tell you that this guy definitely has rhinotillexomania).
· 18% reported nosebleeds, while 0.8% claimed perforation of the nasal septum from their nose-picking.
· 65.1% use their index finger, 20.2% use their pinky, and 16.4% use their thumb (must have BIG nostrils to fit a thumb in) as their instrument of choice.
· Most people (90.3%) disposed of the goop in a tissue or a handkerchief, while 28.6% used the floor, and 7.6% stuck it to the furniture.
· 8% of the respondents actually ate the end product. In case you are thinking of trying this delicacy, the study claims that the pickings are quite tasty (salty).
So, what have we learned from this groundbreaking study? Basically, boogers apparently taste good, although I can guarantee to you that I will never do the taste testing to find out.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton? What in the heck is up with that?! I thought everyone had a bellybutton. Maybe he really had one and lost it.
Lol! Incfedilbe about the sneeze thing, I am scared to ever do it again now! There is something wrong with your profile page as it has no link to your blog!
Where do you get this stuff?? And I'm not giving up my coffee for apples - I'll have both!
I also think that Alfred Hitchcock did have a bellybutton. I think it was snipped in such a way that it didn’t sink in or out. He didn’t have “an INie” or “an OUTie.” He had “an EVENie.” And 200 lbs of fat.
If my taste buds lasted ten hours I'd be impressed wi the stuff I eat n drink...
these have got a few of you going then! in response to Alfred Hitchcock and his missing belly button - Hitchcock being a mamal had to be born with a belly button, its just how it is for us mamals. Apparently Hitchcock had several opperations in the belly area leading his doctors to sow up the belly button!
Who wants to touch a survey that was filled out by a nose picker?!
EWWW!!!!!
How is it possible to NOT have a belly button?
biddie read the comment i put on! he did have one but had it sewn up due to surgery!
so you lied about alfred then?
if thats the case, how can we believe anyof these other so called "factoids"?
i refer you to the very first comment!!
me and you.
words.
tuesday morning.
don't pack a lunch!
p.s. word veri=dcafz (de-caf, zzz)
HI, go to Quillers blog (on my links list) for a link to a cool doggy stuff site.
cappy - he has not got one, it has gone, vanished, disappeared! and can i have a breakfast instead then!
dj - ok off to see
Cool and interesting facts! May have to save these.
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