Interesting facts
I bought a book entitled Science Facts For Kids today. Hey, like I told Jonathan, I'm not at all sure that I'm now an adult... I'm still in denial!
But it's seriously cool... I love this stuff!
Here's some information for all you guys in the US and Canada who have just come through the cold, cold winter:
Ten inches of snow contains the same amount of water as one inch of rain.
Talk about a little water going a long way...
And here's one for you guys to try when all that snow thaws out and spring finally sets in:
In warm weather, the outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. Count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature.
I have to admit, I'm sceptical about that... care to try it?
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
Sorry, pal, that's still not a good enough reason for me to eat it!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.
REALLY?! Can someone tell me if this works? I don't cook - no gas stove - so I never have occasion to peel onions...
Babies have thousands more taste buds than adults.
Hey, that's not fair! They can't even EAT anything!! What a waste!
The hair of an adult can stretch 25 per cent of its length without breaking. If it is less elastic than this, it is not a healthy hair.
Just a minute, I'm conducting a "healthy hair test"...
After eating too much, your hearing becomes less sensitive.
Now I know why I used to have such problems hearing Mom call me to wash the dishes!
A person will die from total lack of sleep much quicker than they would from starvation. Death will occur in about ten days without sleep, while starvation take a few weeks.
If you ask me, I don't even want to know how they found this one out. But I can always do with an excuse to sleep more. :D
When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop, even your heart.
Good thing I managed to suppress that sneeze as I was driving back to the office this afternoon. *whew* heheh
Amazon Piranha fish have teeth so sharp, the local people use them as scissors.
Ouch. Brings a whole new dimension to the words "man-eating fish"!!
This one would come in handy for all those people like me, who have trouble even remembering where on earth they parked their car:
If you need to remember the value of pi, just count the letters in each word in the sentence: "May I have a large container of coffee?" If you get the coffee and are polite and say "Thank you," you get two more decimal places: 3.141592653
Leonardo da Vinci invented an alarm clock that woke the sleeper by gently rubbing his feet.
I don't know about you guys, but that would definitely do a better job of getting me deeper into Dreamland than getting me out of it. But I guess it just might work if you happened to be particularly ticklish... *wicked laugh*
Bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windscreen wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.
YEE-HA!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, baby!!
The voltage supplied by an Electric Eel is more than twice as much as you need to power a refrigerator.
I think I shall start a business selling electric eels. My ad campaign is bound to bring the customers in droves: "Plug in your eel and make instant savings on your electricity bills!"
The world's first speed limit regulation was in England in 1903. It was 20mph.
Wow, they certainly moved fast in those days!