26 April 2012
MORE useless facts: 1). The average biro can write 2 miles. 2). Backpfeifengesicht is german for 'a face that makes you want to hit it'. 3). 5% of koalas have bad backs 4). The pointy bit on a sundial is called a gnomon. 5). On a clear day, on top of a mountain, with the best possible conditions, it Is possible to see a match lit from over 50 miles away. 6). If a teaspoon of neutron star were to be brought to earth, it would weigh more than mount everest. 7). Every year in America, more people die from liposuction than from car crashes. 8). If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, you will have created enough gas to fuel the energy of the atomic bomb 9). Flies buzz in the key of F, and car horns in F#. 10). Hummingbirds cannot walk. 11). Woodpeckers have a Tongue so long it has to be wrapped around the casing of it's brain and rolled up to be stored properly. 12). Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms a day. 13). In every episode of Seinfeld there is a superman somewhere. 14). In silence of the lambs Anthony Hopkins does not blink once. In any scene. 15). Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
(Bonus fact #1, in any book of statistics there is a 30% chance that any given number will begin with a 1. This is called Benford's law. Bonus fact #2, If you count the number of times a cricket chirps in a minute, divide by 2, add 9, then divide by 2 again, you have the correct degrees in Celsius. Bonus fact #3, a spremologer collects trivia).
Stanley's Little Guide To Life #3 • Opuss № I