Little Known and Some Useless Info

[hillsbororiver]

There are more cars in Southern California than there are cows in India

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air. (Or onto the roof of a 78 story building)

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.( Bet my ex boss could top that)

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Alexander Graham Bell (who invented the telephone) also set a world water-speed record of over seventy miles an hour at the age of 72.

There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world.

Now here is one to ponder 

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

Ants do not sleep.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. 

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. Its concrete will not be fully cured for another 500 years.

Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated too.

For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects. (Nobody in Florida will dispute that!)

The busiest shopping hour of the holiday season is between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Christmas Eve.

[Deborah-Leigh]

Thanks Joe

The bumble bee's wings are too small for the insect to fly....but the insect doesn't know that.... only the scientists do!..and now we do to!

[dcfreedom]

maybe we should build roads around the world so instead flying we could just drive there

[brothertoall]

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.( Bet my ex boss could top that)


Joe you should meet my wifes family!!


bobby

[SandyFla]

Now here is one to ponder 

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

Makes me glad I showered today. ... You do know what actually causes BO, right? The doo-doo from all those organisms! (insert stinky face here)

For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects. (Nobody in Florida will dispute that!)

And 199,999,999 of those in the Sunshine State are cockroaches. 

Sandy

[Deborah-Leigh]

...and the others (those in the underground un-numbered section) ....are the Termites in New Orleans!