Friday, January 5, 2007

Bizarre facts

  • Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
  • The three winter months in the southern hemisphere are June, July and August.
  • Did you know...
    Wine will spoil if exposed to light, hence tinted bottles.
  • Did you know...
    A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
  • Did you know...
    A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
  • Earthworms have 5 hearts.
  • A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side.
  • Goats do not have upper front teeth.
  • If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one.
  • Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers. Adam Sandler and Bill Gates rank number 1 and 2 among the most popular role models with male college freshmen.
  • George Washington died after being bled by leeches.
  • George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
  • A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
  • Google receives more than 200 million search queries a day, more than half of which come from outside the United States. Peak traffic hours to google.com are between 6 a.m. and noon PST, when more than 2,000 search queries are answered a second.
  • The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.

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