interesting facts..........wouldn't you like to know?

Question

1. A person swallows about 295 times while eating dinner.

2. Europe is the only continent without a desert.

3. During and average american's life they will eat about 60,000 pounds of food...that is about the weight of 6 elephants

4. More than 50% of americans fall asleep on their sides.

5. If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously

6. 6% of men propose over the telephone

7. Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten

8. Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.

9. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design

10. In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.

11. 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear

12. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'

Answer 1

1. Rednecks don't.
2. Which would explain the crusades, I guess
3. No wonder they are becoming endangered
4. and the other half in their chairs at work?
5. I tried this with a Raisinet. It didn't work.
6. I bet 1/3d of men propose by saying "okay"
7. Never had a cat make near that many. Did you torture it or something?
8. So the real cause of cancer may be sugar.
9. I never bought anything for a cool logo, so at $35, he may have been overpaid.
10. So was Janis Joplin, if memory serves.
11. Not true. It depends on what you include in "use". It's handy for scratching and hanging car keys, and if nothing else, it helps know which way is "front", so we all use them. Just not for what sissy designers intended.
12. They'll also have a Saturday the 14th. You shouldn't close with the weakest "wow". The others were good, though.

Answer 2

2. Europe is the only continent without a desert.

I think the folks of the Andalucia Desert in Spain might disagree with that.
http://www.andalucia.com/environment/deserts.htm

5. If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously

At least until the champagne goes flat.

9. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design

Indeed, probably just a couple of hours work for an employee in their marketing department.

11. 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear

More like 85% of men don't even know what the slit was intended for. None of us actually use it.

12. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'

Amazing...I'll bet they all have a Sunday the 1st too.

Answer 3

1) International Cricket - The Day-Night Test Match :- Interested or Not - Not interested 2) T20 in Olympic Games near future :- Interested or Not - interested 3) Brett-Lee Back in action in International Arena :- Interested or Not - Very Very interested 4) Your Team Played with Zimbabwe or Kenya for a 7 ODI :- Interested or Not - Not Much interested 5) Cricket players in a advertisement or Acting :- Interested or Not - If they play then interested 6) 'free-hit' rule for no ball in Test cricket :- Interested or Not - Not interested 7) Some of the retired great players like Shane Warne,Adam Gilchrist in International matches :- Interested or Not - Not interested 8) Subcontinental teams (in one team) v/s other all nations (in one team):- Interested or Not - interested 9) New Zealand team in no:1 Position in next 5 years or so :- Interested or Not - interested 10) Pakistan team captained the side by Younis Khan :- Interested or Not - Very interested

Answer 4

And you can only have up to 3 fridays the 13th in any given year

Answer 5

awesome facts. Good to know. What is the slit in men's underwear?. No.11

Answer 6

One of the most interesting posts here! Thank you for this, it was both informative and amusing! ♥

Answer 7

I love trivia - yours are fun.
AZ had some good points too and he is way smarter than I will ever be.

Answer 8

interesting facts

Answer 9

interesting.

Answer 10

Wow, that's great! Thanks a lot!