Thursday, March 8, 2007

Trivia I Didn't Know

  • Chewing gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears.
  • Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
  • Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
  • It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
  • Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.
  • Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
  • Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
  • Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk rightfoot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,left foot...
  • Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
  • The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
  • Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
  • The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
  • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

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