• that the gastric juices of a snake can digest bones and teeth, but not fur or hair?

• that flounders swim sideways?

• that the human can, given enough time to adjust, see almost as well as an owl’s?

• that the rush of air produced by a cough can approach 1000km an hour?

• that the greyhounds eyesight is the best of any breed of dog?

• that swimming a quarter of a kilometre is almost equal to running 1km?

• that your brain is more active sleeping than it is watching TV? [Now you have a very good reason to tell your mum/dad that you want to stay in bed the whole day, kids!]

• that Barbie is 25cm tall?

• that men can read smaller print better than woman? Women can hear better though.

• that graffiti is the Italian word for ’scratched drawing’?

• that daily, the human race grows by about 214,000 people?

• that a firefly is a type of beetle?

• that a kernel of the tree ‘Myristica Fragrans’ is called nutmeg?

• that on average, women say 7000 words per day? Men only mange just over 2000.

Due to a rather embarassing technical mistake – both Wuching and Dabs were right. They did read this not too long ago on MY blog early December. Hehehehe…..my bad, I admit but a couple of facts here are new. Sadly, I can’t remember what I added la. So to make up for this, here’s another list :D

• that a two-hour motion picture uses around 3.3km of film?

• that lettuce has been grown and cultivated for more than 2500 years?

• that Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar?

• that accorns are poisonous to humans? If eaten, they will cause kidney damage.

• that on a clear, dark night a human can see a candle burning 50km away?

• that as much as 50 litres of maple sap is used to make a single litre of maple syrup?

• that when glass breaks, the craks move faster than 5000km an hour?

• that the favourite horse wins fewer than 30% of all races? [Good tip for all you gamblers out there!]

• that every living thing on earth contains carbon?

• that it taes over 20,000 litres of water to produce one kilogram of beef?

• that on an average day, an adult spends 77 minutes eating?

• that a person living to 75 years of age will have slept almost 23 years of their life – or about 220,000 hours?

• that a “buccula” is the name given to a person’s double chin?

• that tequila is made from the juice of the agave?

• that on average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime? 

You are now officially more knowledgeable than you were yesterday :D I hope this is not a repeated list!!!