Showing posts with label facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facts. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Snails Are So Sleepy

With temporarily not having internet access at my humble abode, I have neglected my dusty blog and you fine folks for much too long. Just know that you are all in my prayers, my thoughts, and my diary until I can produce a proper update.

Please enjoy these few facts to appease you for the time being written by some jerk nerd.

  • Some breeds of chickens lay colored eggs.
  • A microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
  • Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
  • Linen is actually stronger when wet.
  • Tigers also have striped skin.
  • Stilts were invented by French sheperds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
  • Catgut comes from sheep not cats.
  • One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
  • Windmills always turn counter clockwise, except in Ireland.
  • Minnows have teeth in their throat.
  • Buttermilk contains no butter.
  • Radio code "Wilco" is short for Will Comply.
  • Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
  • A snail can sleep for three years.
  • Half Puerto Rican women are the most attractive women in the world.


...Okay the last one I made up, but it doesn't make it false.