Fun and Interesting Facts

Fun_Pad passed on some amusing facts for you to use to show your knowledge of the world around the watercooler this Friday.

• A Goldfish's attention span is three seconds.
• Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
• Slugs have 4 noses.
• Camels have 3 eyelids.
• Mosquitos are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
• Children grow faster in the spring.
• Almonds are part of the peach family.
• A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
• The only food that does not spoil is honey.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.
• There are one million ants to every human in the world.
• If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.
• Elephants only sleep 2 hours a day.
• A snail breathes through it's foot.
• Fish cough.
• Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.
• The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
• Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles per day.
• Mosquitos have 47 teeth.
• 11% of people in the world are lefthanded.
• A human brain weighs about 3 lbs.
• A tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.
• Strawberries contain more Vitamin C than Oranges.
• There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virginia.
• You share your birthday with 9 million others in the world.
• The average person spends 2 years on the phone in his/her lifetime.
• The average person spends 2 weeks of it's life waiting for a traffic light to change.
• Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros).
• Oysters can change genders back and forth.
• Squids can have eyeballs the size of volleyballs.
• In a year, the average person walks 4 miles making their bed.
• When the moon is directly over you, you weigh less.
• You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
• A "jiffy" is actually 1/100 of a second.
• The lifespan of a tastebud is 10 days.
• A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
• 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet.

Posted by Arcterex at August 29, 2003 08:33 AM