something to ponder...
1. the blue whale weighs 50 tonnes at birth, and as much as 150 tonnes fully grown.
2. every day more money is printed for monopoly than the us treasury.
3. the first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time tv were fred and wilma flintstone.
4. men can read smaller print better than women. women can hear better.
5. graffiti is the italian word for "scratched drawings."
6. daily, the human race grows by about 214, 000 people.
7. a firefly is a type of beetle.
8. the kernel of the tree "myristica fragrans" is called nutmeg.
9. tequila is made from the juice of the agave.
10. on average, women say 7,000 words per day. men manage just over 2,000.
11. the only lizard that has a voice is the gecko.
12. in one day, the human brain generates more electrical impulses than all the telephones in the world put together.
13. another word for hiccuping is "singultus."
14. oscar wilde and his friends came up with the word "dude." it came from the words "duds" and "attitude."
15. of all the words dr seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the english dictionary: "grinch."
16. an average woman has 17 square feet of skin. when a woman is in her ninth month pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin.
17. rats can go without water longer than camels.
18. in france, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.
19. a person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper each day.
20. australia is the only country that is also a continent.
21. honey is the only food that does not spoil.
22. a horse can sleep standing up.
23. the hyoid bone in the throat is the only bone in the human body not joined to another.
24. the number 4 is the only number in the english number that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.
25. in one day, the human brain generates more electrical impulses than all the telephones in the world put together.