Here are a few little tidbits I picked up off of various websites on one of my 2 a.m. net sweeps. :D
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Some toothpaste brands contain antifreeze.
The first patented condom was meant to be reused!
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body that it could squirt blood 30 feet.
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes long.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Right-handed people live, on an average, live nine years longer than left-handed people.
The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.
Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
1 out of 8 guys are gay. This means when you meet a guy, there is a 13% chance that he is a homosexual.
People who are lying to you tend to look up and to the left (their left).
The average person spends 2 weeks of their life waiting for traffic lights to change.
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