Has anyone thought of a trip to a place that isn’t too far and which would interest the rest of us? Any time you have an idea, let us know. It may or may not work out, but let’s give it a try. We’re open to suggestions. In the meantime, here are some interesting facts that may astonish you, and which you can repeat to your friends to astonish them.
- The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime. Since the invention of the cell phone this number has expanded.
- Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. I didn’t know that.
- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed. people. I’m in my seveties and have been left-handed all my life. Is there time to switch?
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin once got so drunk at a state dinner that he drummed on Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev’s bald head, using dinner spoons. I wonder if it made a hollow sound.
- Chocolate discharges the same chemical in your body as when you feel love. I already knew that.
- Being with happy people makes you happier. Makes sense.
- You get goosebumps when you’re scared to make yourself look bigger. Evolutionary throwback.
- 7% of American adults (that’s over 16 million) believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. You mean it doesn’t?
- During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill 50 bathtubs! That’s more information than I needed.
- A company in Poland makes dinnerware out of wheat so you can eat your plate! (That’s good for your tummy.)
- Plastic dinnerware can take centuries to decompose, but it takes just thirty days when made from wheat bran.
- The company makes plates, bowls, and even cutlery that can withstand high temperatures and wet foods.
- Unfortunately, the dinner table isn’t edible.
- The world record for stuffing drinking straws into your mouth at once is 650. Don’t try this at home.
- According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg. Yep – I checked it.
- During your lifetime, you will spend around seventy-nine days brushing your teeth. Time well spent.