Worthless Wisdom # 4

Here is another worthless wisdom post - because we can, and because we were asked to.  No idea whether or not these are true but they are certainly fun to read about and share.  Enjoy!

·       A snail can sleep for three years

·       The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit

·       People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers

·       Human eye detects 10 million colours

·       One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people

·       Blueberry juice boosts memory

·       If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

·       'Jedi' is an official religion in Australia with over 70,000 followers

·       Frogs use their eyes to help them eat their food: frogs can pull their eyes inward toward the mouth to help push the food down their throat

·       Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living

·       Butterflies smell with their feet

·       An egg laden goldfish is called a twit

·       The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

·       On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

·       The collecting of Beer mats is called Tegestology.

·       During thinking, we use only about 35% of our brains

·       Ants never sleep

·       The study of flags is called Vexillology

·       The human brain is 80% water

·       A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second

·       Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.

·       A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down

·       Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite

·       A lover or collector of books is called a Bibliophile.

Worthless Wisdom # 3

Flamingos get their pink colour from the shrimp they eat.   The more shrimp they eat the deeper pink they become.

Dolphins don't automatically breathe, they have to tell themselves to.

The Australian emu holds the land speed record for birds at about 50 kilometres per hour

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma in an emergency

The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.

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

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein.

You would have to drink 100 cups of coffee in four hours to get the lethal dose of caffeine which is 10 grams.

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windscreen wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie

Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Hope you enjoy this list of trivia and useless information to astound and amaze your friends with.

Have a great weekend.

Worthless Wisdom for the Week

Emus cannot walk backwards. Neither can Kangaroos – which is why we use them on our coat of arms.

The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days

One out of every 20 people have an extra rib.
A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.
Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk.

A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.

Human saliva contains ten million bacteria per cubic centimeter.

Giraffes have no voice.

Armadillos sleep for around 18.5 hours a day.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

A koala’s finger prints are almost identical to those of a human.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps to squirt blood 30 feet.

A tarantula can live up to two years without food.

More human deaths have been attributed to fleas than all the wars ever fought.

Cockroaches have a high tolerance to radiation and are the most likely creature to survive a nuclear war.

Bulls are colour blind.

Enjoy the above post - just for the fun of it.  Have a great weekend.

Shelagh

Worthless Wisdom for the Week!

Did you know………

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!

The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!

A cockroach can live about 9 days with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!..

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven!

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. 

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 

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

Polar bears are left-handed. 

Just for fun we thought we would include these little known 'facts'.  We have no idea if they really are true but they sound pretty cool.  There are a whole lot of ideas here to try out if the Science or Maths department wants to give it a go and we can visualise a class in folding paper for number 2 on the list - although I think Mythbusters beat us on that one.  If you like this, we may make it a regular post.

Have a great weekend, folks and don't forget to leave us comments.