Trivial Stuff -- More Factoids

Here are a few more factoids for the "did you know" file.

1. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders;

2. From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink (I am already nine years into my shrink -- and I am not sure that I can afford to shrink);

3. The juice inside a young coconut can be used as a substitute for blood plasma;

4. The youngest pope was eleven years old; and,

5. The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum. The smallest is the male sperm (this is why women will ultimately dominate the world :D).

Some More Trivia -- Fun Only!

Did you know any of the following:

1. Only female ducks can quack;

2. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown;

3. No two spider webs are the same;

4. The average human body contains enough phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads;

5. Brontology is the study of thunder;

6. Fingernails grow faster on your favoured hand;

7. In ancient Rome, oysters were sold for their weight in gold;

8. Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges; and,

9. The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.

Enjoy!