Wise Young
11-24-2006, 02:47 PM
We consider factoids interesting if we have not encountered it before and it is surprising to us. Well, I encountered this site (http://scientific-facts.2.freeonlinegames.com/) that listed "odd facts". For example, these are "facts" that I did not know:
• Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates clockwise.
• It usually takes 30-45 minutes for gas to pass their your intestines.
• A person burns 7% more calories if they walk on hard dirt than on pavement.
• A raindrop falls from the sky at an average of 21 feet per second.
• Fetuses start yawning at about the 11th week after conception.
• The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year (in other words, if you are 100 years old, the ear would be 1 inch longer).
• A human sheds 10 billion skin flakes a day, adding up to about 2 kilograms per year.
• Humans are born with 300 bones in their body but many fuse so that adults have 206.
• An average woman has 17 square feet of skin. A pregnant woman in the 9th month has 18.5.
• The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.06 seconds long.
• One third pound of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples.
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
• The hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
• During a typical lifespan, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times.
• More people have phobia of frogs than rats.
• When glass breaks, the cracks develop at 3000 miles per hour.
• If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will be heads up more like 4,950 times (because the heads side is heavier).
• The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet.
• A butterfly must have a body temperature of greater than 86 degrees F in order to fly.
• Hippos drink 250 liters of water in any 24 hour period.
• Armidillos have four babies at any time and they are always the same sex.
• The largest spider is the Megarachne (in Argentina) and measures 50 cm in diameter.
• Sharks don't have cancer.
• One tree can filter 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
• Iguanas recognize their human handlers and greet them differently compared to strangers.
• Blueberries have more antioxidants than any other fruit.
• Alaska has twice as many caribous as people.
• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years or older.
• All penguins live south of the equator (except those in zoos).
• A mature oak tree draws about 50 gallons of fluid per day.
I don't know how true most of these are.
Wise.
• Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates clockwise.
• It usually takes 30-45 minutes for gas to pass their your intestines.
• A person burns 7% more calories if they walk on hard dirt than on pavement.
• A raindrop falls from the sky at an average of 21 feet per second.
• Fetuses start yawning at about the 11th week after conception.
• The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year (in other words, if you are 100 years old, the ear would be 1 inch longer).
• A human sheds 10 billion skin flakes a day, adding up to about 2 kilograms per year.
• Humans are born with 300 bones in their body but many fuse so that adults have 206.
• An average woman has 17 square feet of skin. A pregnant woman in the 9th month has 18.5.
• The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.06 seconds long.
• One third pound of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples.
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
• The hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
• During a typical lifespan, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times.
• More people have phobia of frogs than rats.
• When glass breaks, the cracks develop at 3000 miles per hour.
• If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will be heads up more like 4,950 times (because the heads side is heavier).
• The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet.
• A butterfly must have a body temperature of greater than 86 degrees F in order to fly.
• Hippos drink 250 liters of water in any 24 hour period.
• Armidillos have four babies at any time and they are always the same sex.
• The largest spider is the Megarachne (in Argentina) and measures 50 cm in diameter.
• Sharks don't have cancer.
• One tree can filter 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
• Iguanas recognize their human handlers and greet them differently compared to strangers.
• Blueberries have more antioxidants than any other fruit.
• Alaska has twice as many caribous as people.
• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years or older.
• All penguins live south of the equator (except those in zoos).
• A mature oak tree draws about 50 gallons of fluid per day.
I don't know how true most of these are.
Wise.