Little Known Facts...

This is something that seems to be doing the rounds on the blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and email. It depends on where you live as to what sport is involved.

The version that I received relates to cricket. But, I have recently seen a version for hockey. I am guessing there is probably one floating around for lacrosse as well.

Anyways...

A little known fact...

The first testicular guard (Box) was used in cricket in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important.

Odd Spots...

Friday and Saturday have been pretty dull days for me blog statistics wise. I guess the visits are inversely proportional (is that the right term / concept?) to the amount of smut or potentially smut-related posts that I do. I noticed my pot on Montana Fishburne trended pretty well there for a while.

Nope, this does not mean that more smut is on the way. Although, a disproportionate number of visitors are arriving here searching for a naked Luna Maya or Cut Tari, and hoping to find a full-frontal nude shot of BCL.

This post is just a random collection of factoids, trivia, and odd spots. David if you're out there and reading this, do your thing and shoot these things down in flames as impossibilities...I know you want to, and I know that you know that I want you to try!

So, here we go:

1. The average speed of an avalanche is 35km an hour;

2. One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns (so, if you are like me, then you went something like "bugger me, I must have frowned a whole frackin' lot during my short years on this earth");

3. Chocolate contains the same chemical that your brain produces when you fall in love - phenylethylamine;

4. A blue whale's heart beats at nine beats a minute;

5. Pandas spend about 12 hours of each day eating bamboo;

6. Someone who has an irrational fear of meat is carnophobic;

7. A snail can sleep for three years;

8. The valves of a human heart are as thick as a single piece of tissue paper; and

9. A claque is a group of people who are hired to applaud an act or a performer.

Enjoy!

Trivia for a Sunday Morning...

Because I know you want to know!

• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
• No two spider webs are the same.
• The Neanderthal Man's brain was bigger than modern man's.
• It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
• Ancient Egyptian priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including eyebrows and eyelashes.
• Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he does not wear pants.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
• The largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia.
• Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
• A study of 200,000 ostriches over 80 years did not record a single case of an ostrich burying its head in the sand.
• If you sneeze to hard you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Interesting Facts -- A Return to Trivia

Did you know that a cat's lower jaw cannot move sideways?

Now you do!

Honey Bees

The factoid is back...

Did you know that a honey bee can fly at a speed of 15 miles per hour?

Now you do! And you are all welcome!

Swimming Pools and San Francisco

Did you know that if someone collected all of the water in swimming pools in the US that all that water would be enough to cover San Francisco?

Now you do!

Balls of Glass

Did you know that a ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber?

Not the post you thought it might be, was it?

Sleeping Bullfrog

The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps!

A Tale of Crocodile Tongues

I learned today that a crocodile cannot move its tongue.

I read this. I am not going to be sticking my head in a crocodile's mouth any time soon to find out for certain. I am just going to take the word of others on this one.

Vocal Cats

Another little factoid for the file.

Did you know that cats have over one hundred vocal sounds?

Well, now you do!

Once again I do not know who sat down to measure this and why. I also do not know why anyone might want to fund such research. Perhaps it is a study of animal language or something.

Enjoy your Thursday!

Panama

I am led to believe that Panama is the only place in the world where you can watch the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic.

I guess this is one of those things you do because you can!

The House Fly

Did you know that the average speed of the house fly is 4.5 miles per hour?

Once again I wonder who is responsible for funding research such as this and who it is that does the research.

San Francisco Cable Cars

Today I have learned many things. This is one of those things.

Did you know that the San Francisco Cable Cars are the only mobile National Monument in the USA?

Hummingbirds

Did you know that the hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards?

Now you do!

Glad to have been of service.

Golf -- Expensive Balls

Just because I cannot think of anything else interesting to write. And, I also read that Tiger Woods might not be back for a long while. So, this got me thinking about golf.

Did you know that Americans spend more than USD 630 million per year on golf balls.

That means that there must be a lot of balls going into the water hazards.

Thermometers

Always learning something every day.

Did you know that before mercury was used to fill thermometers that the thermometer filler of choice was brandy?

Well, if you did not know that, then I am glad to have been of assistance in providing access to a new factoid :D

Enjoy your Saturday evening and the rest of your weekend.

Tea In Siberia

Just to keep you factually amused heading into the weekend...

Up until the 19th Century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

Simpler currency for simpler times.

Eye Movement

Something that I learned today is that the eye makes movements 50 times per second.

This is another little fact that you can add to your trivia pile. Maybe I should offer to update trivial pursuit for the makers of the game!

You can find the picture here.

Light-Hearted Entertainment

In light of the heated exchanges on a couple of the earlier posts I made, I offer up this much more light-hearted moment.

Did you know that the Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.

Well, if you didn't know this, I am happy to have been of service in increasing your knowledge of important things today!

Have a nice evening or day depending on where you are!

Do Fish Cough?

This is one of these factoids that seems to have inspired some debate with the sides aligned against each other for those who believe and those who don't.

A search of the Internet suggests that fish do in fact cough.

So, fish do cough!