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Zephyr
12-26-2002, 01:54 PM
my friend she got me a big book called "The Bathroom Reader"

heres some stuff i found interesting:

1. McDonalds orginially sold hotdogs, not hamburgers.

2. Women blink twice as much as men do.

3. Canada consumes more Kraft macaroni and cheese than any other nation.

4. Lonely parrots can go insane.

5. Nearly everybody's right lung is a little bigger than the left lung.

6. According to research: 2 out of 3 times, it's the woman who starts a flirtation.

7. If you look into a gecko's ear, you can see the other side.

8. You take about 23,000 breaths a day.

9. How many times does the word "girl" appear in the Bible? Once.

10. Most popular name for a goldfish in Great Britain: Jaws.

11. Technically, a moment lasts 90 seconds.

12. The sun weights about 4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds.

13. The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.

14. Lightning is more likely to strike the same place twice than it is to strike a new place.

15. The pores in your feet release about 1/4 cup of sweat a day.

just some random facts that are true from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.

RickDaTuner
12-26-2002, 01:56 PM
Interesting.......

davidI
12-26-2002, 02:10 PM
The fact that Canada consumes more Kraft Dinner than anywhere else is funny considering in economics my prof always told us about how it was an inferior good and only broke ass people should ever eat the stuff.

max_boost
12-26-2002, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by davidI
The fact that Canada consumes more Kraft Dinner than anywhere else is funny considering in economics my prof always told us about how it was an inferior good and only broke ass people should ever eat the stuff.

Who was your prof? Good words from Peter Tracey! haha

Davetronz
12-26-2002, 05:03 PM
Originally posted by max_boost


Who was your prof? Good words from Peter Tracey! haha
Hahahah WERD, I remember Tracy saying that in good old Econ 201 in first semester last year. What a whacko.

GingeRRRBeef
12-26-2002, 05:27 PM
I agree as well. Seeing the kraft dinner statement made me reminise about good ol' Econ 201:D