Monday, August 25, 2008

Fun Facts, Useless Trivia, and Random Questions

Did you know...

...that if you're average, you'll swallow three spiders this year?

...that only female mosquitoes bite? (They need the blood to nourish their eggs.)

...that the blue whale's tongue weighs as much as an adult elephant?

...that studies show people who have pet fish fall asleep easier than people who don't?

...that 50% of Oreo-eaters say they pull them apart before eating them?

...that 7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every day of the year?

...that a cow spends 18 hours of every day chewing?

...that in 1941 a gallon of gas cost 19.2 cents?

...that every U.S. president so far with a beard has been a Republican?

...that Houdini was only 5' 1" tall?

...that the odds of the average golfer making a hole-in-one are 33,676-to-1?

...that Hippos exude red sweat when hot, excited, or in pain?

...that a healthy pig should be able to run a mile in 7.5 minutes?

...that the U.K. eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined?

...that if you could drive your car straight up in the air, you'd reach outer space in an hour?


Random Questions (with irrelevant answers)...

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?

How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?

Did ancient doctors refer to IVs as "fours"?

Why are they called "apartments" when they're all stuck together?

Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays?

If the #2 pencial is so popular, why is it still #2?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?