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Hey guys. I know i'm not on here as much as i used to be. So i thought i'd post some 'did you know' facts for you. I didn't even cut and paste
DID YOU KNOW?:
The average person sheds about 750 grams of skin per year (ewww)
Embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb. The survivor being the baby shark that is born
Ancient Greek or Roman men had an average lifespan of 36 years
A fear of laughing is called cherophobia
A baby grey whale consumes enough milk to fill more than 2000 bottles a day
Snails have teeth (i so did not know that, which of course means now i have to go hunting for a snail and try to get it to bite my finger off!!)
A "bap" is a hamburger bun in England (i've only every heard that word on tv as describing a womans breasts lol)
The gastric juices of a snake can digest bones and teeth, but not fur and hair (well lucky meal!)
The blow of a blue whale can reach over 12 metres in height (they should really put in some sort of ride like that at a fun park)
The short term memory capacity of most people is between 5 and 9 items or digits
On average, women dream more than men (of course with all those spunky celebs on tv we do have more material to work with at night
)
There are 34 bathrooms in the White House (if one isn't working, don't call the plumber, just go to the next one!)
The largest member of the cat family is the male lion, weighing 240kg
Candles burn slowly and evenly with little wax dripping if placed in the freezer for an hour before using
When the human body gets dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off and you never get thirsty
Bees have to collect nectar from four million flowers to make one kilogram of honey (so that's where the saying 'busy bees' comes from)
The indentation at the bottom of the wine bottle is to strengthen the structure and to trap the sediments in the wine
The eggshell has nearly 8000 pores that allow oxygen to flow in and carbon dioxide to flow out, allowing the chick to breathe
Researchers claim that light green as a colour is effective in relieving the feeling of homesickness (too bad it doesn't work on car sickness!!)
Hope you enjoyed
DID YOU KNOW?:
The average person sheds about 750 grams of skin per year (ewww)
Embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb. The survivor being the baby shark that is born
Ancient Greek or Roman men had an average lifespan of 36 years
A fear of laughing is called cherophobia
A baby grey whale consumes enough milk to fill more than 2000 bottles a day
Snails have teeth (i so did not know that, which of course means now i have to go hunting for a snail and try to get it to bite my finger off!!)
A "bap" is a hamburger bun in England (i've only every heard that word on tv as describing a womans breasts lol)
The gastric juices of a snake can digest bones and teeth, but not fur and hair (well lucky meal!)
The blow of a blue whale can reach over 12 metres in height (they should really put in some sort of ride like that at a fun park)
The short term memory capacity of most people is between 5 and 9 items or digits
On average, women dream more than men (of course with all those spunky celebs on tv we do have more material to work with at night
There are 34 bathrooms in the White House (if one isn't working, don't call the plumber, just go to the next one!)
The largest member of the cat family is the male lion, weighing 240kg
Candles burn slowly and evenly with little wax dripping if placed in the freezer for an hour before using
When the human body gets dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off and you never get thirsty
Bees have to collect nectar from four million flowers to make one kilogram of honey (so that's where the saying 'busy bees' comes from)
The indentation at the bottom of the wine bottle is to strengthen the structure and to trap the sediments in the wine
The eggshell has nearly 8000 pores that allow oxygen to flow in and carbon dioxide to flow out, allowing the chick to breathe
Researchers claim that light green as a colour is effective in relieving the feeling of homesickness (too bad it doesn't work on car sickness!!)
Hope you enjoyed
