facts that make you go hmmm . . .
* Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
* People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
* The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
* In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
* A snail can sleep for three years.
* 90 per cent of New York City cabbies are recent immigrants.
* Turtles can breathe through their butts.
* Pearls melt in vinegar.
* You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
* Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
* Most lipstick contains fish scales.
* Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year.
* The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.
* 7 per cent of Americans are currently in prison. Wow!
For more strange stats and facts visit Stunning Stuff.
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Comments
Much more interesting than my Hmmmmm.... list.
Yet it's lacking my Punkin so I'll have to stick with mine.
I found your blog through TT and must say I am enjoying it, though it is early in the morning for me to be thinking!
Posted by: Blue Momma | October 18, 2007 5:52 AM
Re: Turtles can breathe through their butts.
So can LG.
Posted by: Carollyne | October 17, 2007 10:55 AM
Absolutely fascinating facts -- I'm going to have to visit Stunning Stuff, and bookmark it! :)
Posted by: Thomma Lyn | October 13, 2007 5:53 PM