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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

14 Facts...

Chose them out of 50 useless facts online...

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
((Beetles and wasps -- would be a good trail mix))

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
((Why?))

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
((thats creepy...))

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
((Ow.. having this thought about my nephew's broken femur))

There is a city called Rome on every continent.
((What is it with Rome??))

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
((I can imagine if it's about number of parts, but a quarter of the whole body's bones... ))

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
((Great...I'm losing my big toenail anytime.))

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
((That explains the females' constant blinkings in the cartoons))

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
((An oddball, isn't he? Veggie and killing human... quite a mix))

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
((that gives me the goosebumps!))

Slugs have 4 noses. ((eeeww... Clare, be grateful you have one!))

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue ((Is it one of the reason why Phi Kappa Zeta Sorority is Blue?))

Earth is the only planet not named after a god. ((I see an irony in it))

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times! ((I'm not amused if it means an eye for two legs on one side but if it means one eye for all four legs.. I'm impressed))

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believe me, i AM grateful!! whew!

eww. beetles - apples.
gotta tell jeff this!

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