s e r e n i t y

Hey everyone, it didnt look like we had a thread like this so I thought Id start one, post your useless facts here, this is kind of to increase oour general knowledge.

Ill go first:

1. Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.

2. The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.

noseedough

3. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
4. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
5. The Declaration of Independence (the very official copy in the Rotunda of the National Archives) is written on parchment, not paper.
6. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
7. A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
8. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
9. A 2x4 is actually 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" .
10. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
11. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

Spooky Spice

Assuming Rudolph is in front, there are 40, 320 ways to arrange the other 8 reindeer on Santa's sleigh.

CarolineOrphee

- Coca-Cola was originally green.

- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

- Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

ChiltonYale

The distance from the crook of your elbow to your wrist (aka, your forearm) is the size of your foot.

rafatel

It is impossible to lick your own elbow!

PhoenixBrigid

my foot is smaller than that distance.


tho i have heard that your armspan nearly equals your height.

S.A.S.H.A.

Good thing this doesn't apply to female humans, or I would have died long ago!

Sasha

Lost in Translation

from aintmagicgrand who got it fom the lj community useless_facts:

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

Love & Passion

i have a whole book!!!

a child dies every 15 seconds from unsafe water
starfishes don't have brains
sharks have existed longer than trees
some honeybee queens quack
your eyes produce a teaspoon of tears every hour

s e r e n i t y

Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
In Colombia, one can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping!