kraven

I dont really have any new updates.... so here are the ones from the last blog....

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RANDOMNESS ~~

~No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

~All swans in England are the property of the queen or king

~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.

~Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.

~The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

~Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it

~Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

~The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)

~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.

~Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides.

~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.

I~f a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)

~Two phone books with their pages interlaced require more than 8000 pounds of pressure to separte.

~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.

~More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

~The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleons 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.

~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

~Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

~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 brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.

~The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

~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.

~The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

~The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year. (This fact and the one prior to it have been judged as urban legends by many)

~Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people) This fact is based on a study that had errors in it, thus it might not be a fact.

~Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.

~The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

~Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

~Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

~Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

~The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.

~The largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds.

~A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

~A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

~Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit.

~There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.

~The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.

~"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.

~On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

~America's best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla.

~The bulls-eye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.

~The doorbell was invented in 1831.

~The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.

~The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.

~Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.

~The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.

~The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.

~A newborn expels its own body weight in waste every 60 hours.

~Whales die if their echo system fails.

~There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach.

OK WOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFO..... SORRY IT IS SOOO LONG... BUT I EVEN CUT A LOT OUT! ENJOY AND HAVE A GREAT START TO YOUR WEEK!!!!