Random Facts
Before he pursued his acting career, Jack Nicholson worked as an office boy in MGM's cartoon department.
The crocodile is surprisingly fast on land. If pursued by a crocodile, a person should run in a zigzag motion, for the crocodile has little or no ability to make sudden changes of direction.
Flamingoes live remarkably long lives: up to 80 years.
Snakes continue to grow until the day they die.
Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures!
Slugs have 4 noses!
Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.
The number one cause of blindness in the United States is diabetes.
People who have a tough time handling the stress of money woes are twice as likely to develop severe gum disease, a new study finds.
Of the 206 bones in the average human adult's body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet)
What new thing have you learned recently?
I have recently learned that it's sometimes better not to post what I've learned on threads entitled "What new thing have you learned recently?".
Well, tell us then. Why would that be?
What new thing have you learned recently?
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Reyn wrote:Well, tell us then. Why would that be?
I am not at liberty to say, but thank you for inquiring.
I learned that it's very important to read the fine print on new moisturizers. Apparently I inadvertently grabbed the Jergens that has a self-tanning agent. I'm looking a bit bronzed for this time of year in Toronto.
ehBeth wrote:I learned that it's very important to read the fine print on new moisturizers. Apparently I inadvertently grabbed the Jergens that has a self-tanning agent. I'm looking a bit bronzed for this time of year in Toronto.
Are heads turning, staring, and asking where you've been vacationing?
Something like that
it gets worse - I used the body formulation on my face
I've learned that Reyn will laugh when you post earnest lessons learned
Hey, ehBeth...thanks for the lesson! I was wondering if that stuff really worked.
ehBeth wrote:I've learned that Reyn will laugh when you post earnest lessons learned
You're looking very.....swarthy these days. It's very attractive.
No sun involved - so no wrinkles.
It's still developing
Ooooh! How brown can one get using this stuff?
Random Facts
The largest recorded kidney stone weighed 2.99 pounds.
A person's hearing becomes less sharp after eating too much food.
In a lifetime the average person will walk 74,670 miles. That's equal to 3 times around the world at the equator.
People are born without knee caps, they form between 2-6 years of age.
Your right lung has three lobes, your left lung has two lobes and is a little smaller.
Hydrochloric acid in your stomach is strong enough to eat a hole in a sidewalk.
An average person will produce 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill more than one swimming pool.
During the average lifetime about 40 pounds of dead skin is shed.
The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.
Random Facts
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either unbathed or poorly dressed.
Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.
Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!
Random Facts
No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.
I think Im gonna gag.Anybody notice where the crypt keepers boobs were aggghhhh
Well heres some **** you can use. In case of a dirty bomb attack, you should immediately take some ion exchange capsules.
Prussian blue capsules will remove Cesium 137 and Thallium
potassium Iodide capsules will sequester Strontium
Calcium EDTA will take up and remove P and U
Sodium alginate will also help , according to the CDER of the uS FDA.
Most of these are available with the exception of prussian blue capsules (which are being produced and stockpiled and will be available over the counter Unless the cyanide portion makes it available only by prescription)
After all these years, I find out that not only am I not to covet my neighbors house, but I can't covet his ass either!
