Random Facts #5

1. The largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia.
2. A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
3. A fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip.
4. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown.
5. Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by osmosis.
6. Over 1500 new species have been found in Australian waters in the past 10 years.
7. Humans produce over 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.
8. When a woman is pregnant, her uterus expands to 500 times its normal size.
9. The average person will consume 50 tons of food and 12,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
10. Chickens can travel up to 10 miles per hour.