just thought i'd enlighten us all a little bit more

May 13, 2005 15:48

An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.

An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.

An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

An eyelash lives about 5 months.

An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.

An Octopus has 3 hearts!

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

An owl cannot move it's eyeballs in its eye sockets.

Ancient Chinese artists freely painted scenes of nakedness and sex. However, they would absolutely never depict a bare female foot.

Another name for your pinky finger is Wanus.

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.

Apparently 1/3 of all people with alarm clocks hit the 'snooze' button every morning. For people in the 25-34 age group---it is over 1/2.

Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter.

At one time, Venus de Milo had arms.

Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

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