Did you Know? thread

[newtownbluebags]

not unless your 3500 years old! ;-)

 

[Punkess]

When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Odds of being killed in a plane crash -1 in 25 million.

 

[Punkess]

Sealed envelope - Put in the freezer for a few hours, then slide a knife under the flap. The envelope can then be resealed.

 

[newtownbluebags]

The average person flexes the joints in their finger 24 million times during a lifetime.

 

[Punkess]

Ants are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march.

 

[newtownbluebags]

There are 1 million ants for every person in the world.

 

[Punkess]

An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.

 

[newtownbluebags]

It would take 7 billion particles of fog to fill a teaspoon.

 

[Eelementary]

WWE Superstar Umaga is, in fact, former 3 Minute Warning member Jamal (or Rosey)...

 

[dannyboy]

Odds of being killed in a plane crash -1 in 25 million.

Pre or post 9/11

 

[Crusher]

odds of being killed in an airport are 1 in 15 million.

 

[Eelementary]

Charles Manson (real name Charles Milles Maddox) wrote a song which The Beach Boys later re-wrote and claimed as their own.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Your brain weighs around 3 pounds. All but ten ounces is water.

 

[Punkess]

The Murray River is the longest river in Australia at 2520km, combining with the Darling and Upper Darling Rivers to form the Murray-Darling basin. The Murray Darling extends over 15% of the continent, and serving 4 States and the ACT with water. The Murray also supports about 1/3 of Australia's agricultural production, supports 50% of Australia's sheep and croplands, and 25% of beef and dairy herds, contains about 62% of the country's irrigated land and supplies 50% of South Australia's water.

 

[newtownbluebags]

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

 

[Punkess]

Hail develops when convection causes warmer surface moisture to evaporate and rise to form water droplets that rise to a height where they are frozen into ice crystals. Once they grow to a size that can no longer be supported by the updraft, they fall the the ground as hail. Sometimes they will fall out of one updraft into another where they will continue to grow. This is what usually happens with larger hailstones.

 

[Eelementary]

Manson himself was involved in the production of several music albums including his Lie: The Love And Terror Cult.(1970)

 

[newtownbluebags]

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

 

[Punkess]

The white house has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.