This blog is not for the light-hearted or easily offended. If either one of those descriptions applies to you, i would suggest you start drinking before you read this blog. A sense of humor is suggested. If you don't have one that sucks for you … find one and get a life!
You’re born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia
It takes about 7 strawberries to equal the amount of vitamin C in one orange about 3 inches in diameter
The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speed of 168-217 miles per hour.
Sea snakes are the most poisonous snakes in the world.
A starfish doesn’t have a brain
Your blood takes a very long trip through your body. If you could stretch out all of a human’s blood vessels, they would be about 60,000 miles long
See the rings of Saturn while you can. They slowly wobble up and down over the years as Saturn’s poles point away from then towards the sun. The rings disappear when edge on to our line of sight. Currently they are almost at their widest point and can be seen even in binoculars and small telescopes.
Iceland is a 39, 000 square mile island that is built of lava from volcanoes. Major eruptions occur every 6 or 7 years. Almost 1/3 of the world’s lava output since 1500 has poured out onto Iceland.
Your Friday funky facts make me want to play Trivial Pursuit. :)