Knowledge
We are surrounded by information. Of course this does not mean we are
wiser are more intelligent, it simply means we have more to sift
through. Today I simply wanted to share a fun list of things you may
or may not know. This information isn't life changing but still a
good laugh and peek into things we may never consider. Have a great
day and enjoy!
Did you know...
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane
crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump".
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left
handed people do.
If the population of China walked past you single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
A snail can sleep for three years.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from
each salad served in first-class.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She
would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the
length of a normal human's neck.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
full moon.
The most common name in the world in Mohammed.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days you would have
produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Americans eat an average of 18 acres of pizza every day.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
The catfish is the animal with the most taste buds - 27,000.
A cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to
death.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Starfish don't have brains.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
The flea can jump 350 times its body length...it's like a human
jumping the length of a football field.
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....")
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they
start with.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
reaches 2-6 years of age.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.
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.
The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting for
something.
Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
If all the veins in your body were laid end-to-end, you'd be dead.
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.
If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola it would be green.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.
Peace and Love, Jim
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