Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Some Weird Facts to Pass the Time

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!

Porcupines float in water!

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!

A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

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