2006-09-05 16:46:09 · 7 answers · asked by RN Diva 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Here are some facts that are on par with the one you posted... prepare to be blown away!!! =]
12 Facts...
1. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
2. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
3. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
4. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
5. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
6. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
7. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating
to the top and sinking to the bottom.
8. If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun.
9. A duck's quack doesn't echo.
10. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there.
11.Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
12. It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( I know you're gonna try this!!! )
...and 1 rumor: It is rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breathalyzer to read 0.
2006-09-05 18:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by Prince V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime, falls asleep in seven minutes, is about a quarter of an inch taller at night, laughs about 15 times a day, loses an average of 40-100 strands of hair a day, and walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2,000.
On average, right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-handed counterparts
The average American spends 120 hours a month watching television, the equivalent of 5 complete days in front of the TV
The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.
The average American woman spends 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed
The average U.S. male will spend 2,965 hours shaving during his lifetime.
The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads, and water to fill a ten-gallon tank.
2006-09-05 23:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by oz_gurl2005 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I once read that the average American eats 5-6 pounds of dirt in their lifetime. I also heard that people eat unknowingly (in sleep for example) 6 spiders in their lifetime.
Don't know if true.
2006-09-05 23:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whats with the we ,Kemo sabe
I sleep and avarage of 4 hours in the nights that i sleep, and every other day hardly sleep at all, apart from a siesta.
2006-09-05 23:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
99% of the people who die in the United States, have eaten bread within a week of their dying. Just a coincidence?
2006-09-05 23:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by Jay S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Behind Chuck Norris' beard is another just fist.
2006-09-05 23:51:43 · answer #6 · answered by Jim S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we probabally spend almost as much time on the computer, answering dumb questions in Yahoo ask... LMAO
2006-09-06 00:24:25 · answer #7 · answered by a999human 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋