- Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
- The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
- You’re more likely to be a target for mosquitoes if you consume bananas.
- The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
- Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
- In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
- Sound carries so well in the arctic that, on a calm day, a conversation can be heard from 1.8 miles away.
- The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter.
- In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
Adventure is not outside man, but within, for you cannot cross the sea by simply staring at the water.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Random Facts #21
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1 comment:
Some good ones here! The kneecap one had me thinking. Guess I'd never paid much attention.
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