Thursday, October 9, 2008

Did You Know?

Came across these interesting facts lately.
Let's see which one you find it most absurb, amazing or unbelievable shall we?

  1. The "Guinness Book of Records" holds the record for being the most stolen book in public libraries
  2. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave
  3. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
  4. A jellyfish is 95% water
  5. Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants (hahahaha!!!)
  6. You spend 2 weeks of your life waiting for the traffic light to turn green
  7. The IKEA catalouge is the only book that has been printed in more copies than the Bible
  8. Snails can sleep up to 3 years!
  9. You can't create a folder called "con" in Microsoft Windows
  10. Right-handed people live, on average, 9 years longer than left-handed people (sobz, not fair!)
  11. The most common name in the world is Muhammad
  12. Only 1% of bacteria cause disease
  13. The dot over the letter "i" and "j" is called a tittle
  14. A pair of D cups weighs about 15 to 23 pounds (hahaha...no thanks)
  15. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world
  16. More people are killed annually by teddy bears (choking hazard) than by grizzly bears
  17. Barbie's fullname is Barbara Millicent Roberts
  18. A duck's quack doesn't make an echo
  19. There are no clock in Las Vegas casinos
  20. Women have fewer brain cells than men, the male brain contains approx 23 billion brain cells while women have about 19 billion

-to be continued-

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