Thursday, February 14, 2008

Random Useless Facts

*Ducks quacks don't echo. No one knows why - Hm... I guess nobody really was aware of the urgent need to know why the quacks don't echo....
*Hitler's mother thought about having an abortion, but was talked out of it by her doctor - I wonder what the doctor might have thought during the World War 2
*Like fingerprints, everyones tongueprint is different - We will not try it out, will we? :P
*Right handed people live on average 9 years longer than left handed people - The statistics brought up by a right-handed man ;)
*"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt" - Prove me wrong if you can ;)
*A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second - Are you sure you needed to know this?
*Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it - Err.... no comments!!
*The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - lolzz... you should try it once... no no no, it is not pneumolountrimacroscoopicseelicovolcancontiosis.... it is more like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis... you see, not complicated at all ;)
*111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 - check it up

*The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan" - hmm.... now i wonder if my name was made up fr something too... at least all the Wendys know now where they come from :P
*If electrodes are inserted at opposite ends of a pickle, and electricity is passed through, the pickle will glow - I read it twice, wouldnt try it out though...
*40% of cases a pizza will arrive sooner than an ambulance - Gosh!! What a service!
*It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear - Now i wonder how they made it up :O
*In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator - and they say we walk not much
*Frowning burns more calories than smiling - HUH!!! Doesnt mean anything though! :x
*The average woman consumes 6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime - just imagine how much not an average woman consumes :P
*The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps - You know who the bullfrog is??
*Children grow faster in the spring - How did they measure? Any ideas why?
*On average, a human being will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime - ONLY???
*Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas - Divvi, cutie, stop eating bananas!
*On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily - OHO??? How do they figure out in the end babies were given to wrong parents??
*Red is the most commonly colored vehical involved in accidents each year - You wonder??!!
*The swastika was originally a symbol of peace and honor and is still used by Buddhists today
*Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump" - I also invented couple of words, would they count?
*In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 - Does anyone know WHY???
*American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class - lolz and then they sold the olives in the black market :D
*The electric chair was invented by a dentist - Does anyone wonder???

14 comments:

Lukkydivs said...

lol at ur post :D loved it chooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much :P

The average woman consumes 6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime – I don’t use lipstick- does that mean I am not average :(

*The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps - You know who the bullfrog is??- lenu, janu, u don’t even know what a bullfrog is and u say I got small brains ??? huh?

*Children grow faster in the spring - How did they measure? Any ideas why?- they measure with a scale :)

*On average, a human being will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime - ONLY???--- :( only :( I will improve :P

*Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas - Divvi, cutie, stop eating bananas!- I will stop eating, but u start eating…so u can have some mosquitoes in Russia too, it will save my courier charges of sending u mosquitoes I once promised to :P

*On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily - OHO??? How do they figure out in the end babies were given to wrong parents?? – when the baby grows tall, he tells the wrong parents about his right parents

*Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump" - I also invented couple of words, would they count?- even I invented some- does lovoholic count :P

*In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 - Does anyone know WHY???-janu u really have dumb brains, 10:10 because the hands make a perfect angle :P

Sameera Ansari said...

Hmmm nice humor with nice facts there !

Sarah said...

hahahaha..it is funny to know all that though it's kind of useless to know it..good job..

Preetilata【ツ】 said...

hilarious post with funny facts.
ha ha ha :D

lenu-janu infct i invent some new words almost evry othr day..will they count. janu lets do 1 thing..we sud bring out a dictionary containg..urs , mine. div and sami's invented words n d respo goes to u :D :P

hmmm swastika is used by hindus also. u wull find it in every hindus hope, n workplace. n during every pujas n festivals or any auspicious events it's a must.

ha ha..enjoyed this post. nw that doesn't mean i dont enjoy ur other posts :D

LOL...KISSES..HUGGS. :D

take care
:) :) :)

Keith's Ramblings said...

There is a town in Wales called
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. And with 'dot com' stuck on the end it becomes the longest domaign name in the world without hyphens!Thought you'd like to know!

http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com

Lena said...

divvi!!
me doesnt use lipstick, so we both dont belong to statistics :P

errr... bullfrog? who is that?? lolzz my brain is ok, they accepted me in some high iq society, you know :D

ehmm... with a scale?? are you sure?

Improve baby, improve!

ya ya, mosquitoes dont love Russia! no matter how many bananas i eat :P

you sure about this wrong kids - right parents thingie??? how do you know?

you invented words?? not sure if the count... history will tell....

err.... perfect angle?? for whom??

Lena said...

ya ya, sami :) some laugh shoulв also be ;)

Lena said...

exactly phoenicia, funny but sooooooooooo useless :D
still a good laugh at times is necessary :)

Lena said...

sweetie preeti - thanks for telling me these facts about swastica :)

and am happy you enjoyed the post :) :)

love and hugs :) :)

Lena said...

keith, thanks for sharing! i sure loved to know the fact!
thanks for coming by and welcome here :)

Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022) said...

LOL Lena, I loved all these random facts. I wonder who sits down and actually experiment to find out these facts ... :D

rayshma said...

haha.. i wud say the hands of the clock point to 10.10 coz that way the clock/watch has a smiley face! and it's good to smile! :)

Arti Honrao said...

Lovely post, your post made me smile and Divya's comment made me rotfl!



GBU
Arti

Ponnarasi Kothandaraman said...

Nice blog title! :) And useless but interesting post! :)