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Thursday, December 15, 2005
...The fizz in champagne really does help the alcohol go more rapidly to your head, compared to still wine.
...The world's libraries store more than a 100 million original volumes, 24 million of those in the US Library of Congress. Amazon.com alone stores 2,5 million books. Yet, sadly, 2 billion people around the world still cannot read.
...The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
... To make one kilo of honey, bees have to visit 4 million flowers - travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.
... Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
... On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).
... A person remains conscious for eight seconds after being decapitated. (super!)
... Sharks are immune to all known diseases.
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