The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged (Maybe it might have won if it was hung right!)
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator (I'm on my way. . .)
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil)
and Mazaru(Speak no evil).
And last but not least :
In 2011, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years!
3 comments:
MSN:
--Sure glad all that dust doesn't fall in ONE place!
--The marching thing...a "fear" of the TESLA effect...?
--The space flight thing...not a good return on power-to-weight ratios, is it?
--Sounds like those 3 pawnshop monkeys were ASIAN after all.
--Every 823 years?
More time off...just what we need!
Interesting post...love the "facts".
Stay safe (and warm) down there.
wow that space debris thing is freaky! I just got on the scale...I'll meet you at the equator. Blessings, Joanne
Last one's a common misconception. January and October 2010 were the same!
Thanks for the list - it was fun to read.
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