useless facts you never knew

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

The longest place name still in use is:
Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteat uripukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua kitanatahu — a New Zealand hill.

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

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks -otherwise it will digest itself.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

The world’s youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there.

Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

A kiss lasting one minute can burn more than 100 calories.

A cat’s urine glows under a black light.

Starfish have no brains. (along with half of the world’s politicians .. )

Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what was considered important to the
people. Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns,
pubs and bars who were told to “go sip some ale” and listen to people’s conversations and political
concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. “You go sip here” and “You go sip there.”
The two words “go sip” were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and thus, we have the term “gossip.”

If you mouth the word “colourful” to someone, it looks like you are saying “I love you”.

Kermit the Frog is left handed.

Semen is one of the most fattening substances known to man. (

Beard hair grows at twice its usual rate when you’re in a plane.

Around 15 men each year have their penises chopped off by their wives and the highest proportion of men who suffer this are Italians

Bet you,ll all sleep better tonight for knowing that lot eh? :wink: