More Very Unimportant Facts

"Very Unimportant Facts"

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They
don't appear until the child reaches 2 to
6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded
history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals
have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you,
8 abreast, the line would never end because
of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole
life, you will spend an average of 6 months
waiting at red lights. {Start learning Mandarin
or Cantonese...}

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
{On his spare time...}

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag
flying over the Parliament building is an
American flag.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person's left hand does 56%
of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches
for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher
  walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar
melted in his pocket. {Good thing he did that}

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara
Falls froze completely solid.

There are more chickens than people in the
world.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room
during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
{Because we want to look cute?}
Received on Thu Jun 22 07:51:06 2006