I'm such a geek, I love reading facts. Their so interesting! So I compiled a little list of my favourites:
The italics are my comments!
- What came first? The egg or the chicken? Answer: the egg.
- Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
- Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
- The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
- Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
- The most fatal car crashes mostly occur on Saturday's.
- The average person can live 11 days without water (don't try it!)
- Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better (I believe that!)
- It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
- Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
- Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about that pig?)
- Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants.
What do you think? What I was thinking of doing, was everytime I blog, post a new fact at the end of it.
Take care all, xo.