Very Interesting
Dec 27, 2012 14:58:07 #
Very Interesting
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
The University of Alaska spans four time zones
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
And last but not least:
In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years!
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
The University of Alaska spans four time zones
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
And last but not least:
In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years!
Dec 27, 2012 15:50:53 #
Fascinating. It must take a fair bit of work hunting this stuff down!
Did you know that a fully laden oil tanker moving at full speed along the equator in the same direction as the earth's spin will weigh several tons less than one moving at full speed in the opposite direction. This is due to the centrifugal effect caused by the earth's spin. One tanker has its speed added to the earth's spin while the other has it subtracted.
Did you know that a fully laden oil tanker moving at full speed along the equator in the same direction as the earth's spin will weigh several tons less than one moving at full speed in the opposite direction. This is due to the centrifugal effect caused by the earth's spin. One tanker has its speed added to the earth's spin while the other has it subtracted.
Dec 27, 2012 15:58:37 #
Sarge, you are such a great source of wisdom and amusement in this dull, drab world! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Dec 27, 2012 16:45:43 #
Danilo wrote:
Sarge, you are such a great source of wisdom and amusement in this dull, drab world! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Awww thanks.
Shucks - tain't naw-thin
Sarge69
Dec 27, 2012 18:02:11 #
Dec 27, 2012 18:09:53 #
sarge69 wrote:
Very Interesting br br It takes glass one millio... (show quote)
Wish I had something interesting to add you had not covered.
Oh here are a couple. Alaska is the most Northern, Western and Eastern State.
And finally, my mother called me "The lilbastid" and never caught the irony of it.
Dec 27, 2012 21:36:36 #
Love the information sarge! Except the last one....There are only 4 Fridays according to my calendar!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
Dec 27, 2012 21:39:52 #
Dec 28, 2012 05:31:58 #
krgatlgm wrote:
Love the information sarge! Except the last one....There are only 4 Fridays according to my calendar!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ok - So I put another allowance day in there.
Sarge69 :roll: :thumbup:
Dec 28, 2012 05:36:16 #
Dec 28, 2012 06:02:28 #
KeithF199
Loc: Frisco, Texas
Serves to remind me how little I know, back to the books.
Happy New Year, Sarge69.
Happy New Year, Sarge69.
Dec 28, 2012 06:47:15 #
Love the info Sarge69, by the way, did you know,
if you were to ask some one how they would pronounce
the words TWE,TWA and TWO, that a large percentage of
them would pronounce the last word TWO(2) wrong.
Have a Great Happy New Year my friend.
if you were to ask some one how they would pronounce
the words TWE,TWA and TWO, that a large percentage of
them would pronounce the last word TWO(2) wrong.
Have a Great Happy New Year my friend.
Dec 28, 2012 07:56:28 #
I'm wondering who kept poking the dying guy to find out what was going on. "Can you hear me now???"
Dec 28, 2012 08:04:03 #
nd, I have read that water is the only element(whatever) on earth that cannot be compressed.
Dec 28, 2012 08:21:00 #
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