Rook's blog: "Random"

# No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. # The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum. # Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07. Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere. The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army. Earthworms have five hearts The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges. Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans Genetically-engineered babies were born first in 2001. If an Amish man has a beard, he is married. If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate) Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book "Historia de duobos amantibus" in 1444. SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese". As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts. The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions. Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight. The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes. Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history. Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise. Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection. In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives. Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria. Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine. As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet. More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors. The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year. Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life. For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006) Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study. The more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air. Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%. The egg came first. Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink. Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based. In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags. The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle. Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk. Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world. Native Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook. The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006. The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta. The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface. A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species. The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. The first known marketer of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it) 2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it) 3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (In my next life I want to be a pig) (How'd they figure this out, and why?) 4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Still can't get over that pig thing) (Don't try this at home...maybe at work?) 5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (Is that why Flipper was always smiling?) (And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair) 6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmmmmm........) 7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?) 8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of...?) (Did taxpayers pay for this research??) 9. Polar bears are left handed. (Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?) 10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?) 11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes...can you imagine?? And why pigs?) 12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. (Creepy) 13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. (Honey, I'm home. What the....) (Well, at least pigs get a break there...) 14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (In my next life I still want to be a pig ... quality over quantity) 15. Butterflies taste with their feet. (Oh, Geez) (That's almost as bad as catfish) 16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.) 17. Starfish don't have brains. (I know some people like that too.) Interesting Facts II 1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 2. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 3. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. 4. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. 5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. 6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. 7. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. 8. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 9. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. 10. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. 11. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. 12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 14. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. 16. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. 17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (rumor) 19. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. 20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. 21. Pearls melt in vinegar. 22. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 23. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. 24. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. 25. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. (Or does it? http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm) 26. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. 27. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton. 28. Turtles can breathe through their butts. 29. Butterflies taste with their feet. 30. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined. 31. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year. 32. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. 33. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. 34. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 35. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. 36. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 37. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you? http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow.jpg http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow2.jpg) 38. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 39. A snail can sleep for three years. 40. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.' 41. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. 42. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!! 43. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 44. All polar bears are left handed. 45. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. 46. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 47. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 48. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 49. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. 50. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 51. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.