Monday, December 11, 2006
Here are some interesting facts I've read online.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
- Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
- To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.
- 10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
- In Japan, it is completely acceptable to name your child "Buttocks" or "Prostitute"!
- Medical studies show that intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair.
- It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
- A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
- Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.
- 6% of men propose over the telephone!
- Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
- Dolphins nap with one eye open.
- If a lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
- Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed! (EEK!)
- There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
- Girls have more tastebuds than boys.
- The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.
- Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
- The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time
- If your dog lives to age 11, you'll have spent more than $13,000 on him/her.
- An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
- The average person spends 30 years mad at a family member.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- Bananas aren't fruit! They are a type of herb. (huh!)
