Showing posts with label Did you know. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Did you know. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Did you know...? Part 2


Time for more “Did you know”. Hurray! Or Boo! Hiss! Depending on what stance you take on my blog

·         Did you know that the first sound recording ever made was “Mary Had a Little Lamb” in 1877 by Tom Edison?

·         Did you know that elephant trunks hold up to 1 ½ gallons of liquid?

·         Did you know that your body creates as much as two quarts of saliva daily?

·         Did you know that in Germany more people have the last name Schultz than any other name?

·         Did you know that the animal with the largest eyes on earth is the giant squid, with eyes as big as pie plates?

·         Did you know that Elvis Presley was thrown out of the Grand Ole Opry in 1954?

·         Did you know that Americans spend $8 billion a year on pornography?

·         Did you know that according to one poll nearly ¾ of all American women wear a bra that is the wrong size?

·         Did you know that the flu was first described by Hippocrates in 412 B.C.?

·         Did you know that The African Queen was originally supposed to star David Niven and Bette Davis?

·         Did you know that the first all talking movie was called The Lights of New York?

·         Did you know that only 2% of American homes don’t have a bible in them?

·         Did you know that “All in the Family” was the #1 TV show in America from 1972-76?

·         Did you know that you have about 10 gallons of water inside you which makes up 60% of your weight?

·         Did you know that it takes up to two million flowers to make one pound of honey?

·         Did you know that cold showers actually increase sexual arousal?

·         Did you know that Grace Slick named her child “god” with a small “g” because “we’ve got to be humble”?

·         Did you know that in Switzerland it is against the law to slam your car door?

·         Did you know that the geographical center of the North American continent is Rugby, North Dakota?

·         Did you know that the average American consumes almost 10 pounds of “chemical additives” annually?

·         Did you know that research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten Bananas?

·          Did you know that only 10% of the athletes who sign pro baseball contracts ever make it into the major leagues?

There, now I have finished this segment of “Did you know” and to be honest I almost bored myself to sleep, so forgive me if these are boring.

Did you know...?

·         Did you know you can buy beer brewed from bananas?
·         Did you know that Scotland has the most redheads?
·         Did you know that Hawaii is the only state in the U.S.A that grows coffee?
·         Did you know that all the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction were set to 4:20?
·         Did you know that in every Seinfeld episode ever made there is a reference to superman?
·         Did you know that all birds have to have gravity in order to swallow?
·         Did you know that a cat has 32 muscles in each one of their ears?
·         Did you know that Koalas sleep an average of 18 hours a day?
·         Did you know that Goldfish can see ultraviolet and infrared rays?
·         Did you know that the longest recorded chicken flight was a total of 13 seconds?
·          Did you know that when armadillos have 4 babies they are all the same gender?
·         Did you know that a Lobsters blood is colorless, but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue?
·         Did you know that an Ostrich’s eyeball is bigger than its brain?
·         Did you know when water freezes it expands by 9 percent?
·         Did you know that Giraffes and Rats can last longer without water than Camels can?
·         Did you know that an Iguana can stay underwater for a total of 28 minutes?
·         Did you know that cucumbers are 98 percent water?
·         Did you know that sound travels five times faster in water than in air?
·         Did you know that bulls run faster uphill than they do downhill?
·         Did you know a women’s heart beats faster than a man’s?
·         Did you know that fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle?
·         Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times in one second?
·         Did you know that the planet Mars only appears red because it is actually covered in rust?
There will be more to come but I am running out of time, so prepare for more “Did you know…” later today. I’m doing this because I feel like my topics are controversial (semi) and I feel I am doing a lot of religion bashing which wasn’t my intent when I started this blog.