Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Random Facts #21

  • 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.

1 comment:

Goldenrod said...

Some good ones here! The kneecap one had me thinking. Guess I'd never paid much attention.