Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.

Sir Humphry Davy

Monday, January 31, 2011

MORE INTERESTING STUFF!

this may not interest you but I found all of these interesting....

-The little whole in the sink that lets the water drain out, instead of flowing over the side, is called a "porcelator"

-If you could drive to the sun at 55mph it would take about 193 years.

-The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight.

-A good way to restore the sound of scratched CDs is to coat them with a thin layer of wax or silicone

-The first product to have a barcode was Wrigleys gum.

-A group of gees on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.

-There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

-Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

-A giraffe's neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human

-Sea otters have two coats of fur.

2 comments:

  1. These are really cool facts! I stumble upon interesting stuff like this a lot and I laugh at all the weird/random things I learn.

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  2. Nice blog, SourPatch. Your reading logs are well done, and you've chosen some interesting, challenging reading. Fun facts here, too. A little more of you would be good here--I want to see some of your voice in the personal posts that you write.

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