Saturday, March 17, 2007

Do you know???

I was surfing through the net during my lazy day at home and stumbled upon this interesting website on general interesting facts, trivia humours facts, trivia amazing facts, useless and useful facts, factoids, fun random facts.. and bla bla bla...

Anyways, below are some of the facts that made it into my toplist.


1. The egg came first
2. As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
3. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning
4. Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight
5. More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
6. Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
7. Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%
8. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it
9. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do
10. Men can breastfeed babies
11. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
12. On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day
13. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey
14. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday
15. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone
16. Coca-Cola was originally green
17. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better
18. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one leg front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes
19. There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
20. "Naked" means to be unprotected. "Nude" means unclothed


For more fun facts, check out this link and enjoys!!! http://www.berro.com/entertainment/general_interesting_facts.htm

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