Saturday, March 19, 2011

Did you know part deux

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of year.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.


If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst
mechanism shuts off.

Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.

When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F

The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density

Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces

2 comments:

Bob G. said...

MSN:
THat's some fun stuff you found...
Can't imagine HOW you deliver a newspaper BY KITE...
(shoot it down when it's over your head?)

Interesting about the ROMANS...
Here they have ONE letter that means 1000 (M) and yet zero for a zero...no wonder the empire fell.

Got my brain working today...thanks.

Stay safe down there.

Joanne said...

I love interesting (behind the scenes sort of) facts. I used to love The radio guy Paul Harvey for the same reason. Thanks for the info! Blessings, Joanne