13 Semi-Amusing Facts
1- A cat purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as Barry White.
2- On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves.
3- Approximately 1-2 calories are burned per minute while watching T.V.
4- The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness.
5- The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe.
6- Approximately 2 gallons of water are used to brush your teeth.
7- The F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics based on the bumblebee's flight.
8- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
9- Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
10- Women smile more than men do.
11- In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce.
12- Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.
13- Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.
I love trivia! #1 doesn't surprise me. :-)
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Poor penguins! :)
Shaking my head, wondering who tried to boil saliva, and why? Great trivia list.
i love tidbits like these, but oh man, those poor penquins.
I am a big fan of trivia. All of these are fascinating. Although I am not a cat lover, I am a fan of Barry White... go figure. I would love to see Joey Chestnut (the hot dog eating champ) go head-to-head against a polar bear in an eating contest.
As an FYI, #s 5 and 10 on your list are the same.
#3 is freaky! Thanks for the facts!
I'd have to at least be standing to eat 86 penguins.
Wow? Really? #3, #7, #8
Fun list but #2 can't be true. Polar bears only live in the Artcic and penguins in the Antarctic. They are thousands of miles apart, so the former never get to eat the latter. Whoever told you this fact was kidding you.
You are so ahead of the game, chica! Mine'll be up later. Add me to a linky if you notice one.
I love things like this! Great ones:)
Mine is up here;
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I brush my teeth in the shower - multitasking!
Mine is up, too.
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I'm still trying to figure out #1.
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Great list.
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I knew a lot of that. Does that mean my brain's full of semi-amusing facts, or am I smart?
No need to answer that...
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All good ones and many I didn't know. I would like to see Styrofoam cups go away though. Have a great TT. :)
I need to tell my 16 year old about #2...I think he spends 30 seconds tops!! lol...Happy TT.
I love the cat purr one
Glad to hear about the calorie thing, learn the name of the # key (?) and 25 TRILLION!? I need to be investing in those cups (just kidding) - good list - see ya.
Wow, those are really interesting. #11 is really sad.
Oh, wow! Happy TT!
Can't believe people don't know the sun is a star. :-)
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"octothorpe" - this I had never heard
I didn't know about #5! #6: Turn off the water while brushing, people! #11: both mine did... #13 I order supplies for where I work, and I recently switched to non-styrofoam; my green contribution! Great list :-)
The cat purr one is a useful piece of information...if only I can get my husband to bend the rule of "no cats in the bedroom."
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3-6 still got me thinking...
Thanks for the facts. Is it ok to link to my blog...
Every three seconds a baby is born?! Wow - great list thanks for stopping by.
This was a great list!! I had heard a couple of them before but it made me so happy to hear I'm actually burning calories while watching TV!!
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I love trivia information!!! That's very cool!!!
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Interesting list. I didn't know #5. The fact 45% of Americans don't know the sun is a star is sad. The marriage/divorce statistic is also sad but for completely different reasons. And I don't think I'll look at styrofoam cups the same anymore.
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Wow, very interesting list. I'd actually heard some of these things before, but #8 never ceases to baffle me! How can people really not know that?!?
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51 minutes a day? REally? I think my husband must not be average. I doubt he even hits double digits unless you count showering!
LOL Come visit my list - apparantly we're opening spam just a second less then we're having babies.
I love trivia! Scary about marriages and divorce rates.
Ha! I'm sitting here, smiling smugly while burning a couple of calories because I DID know that the sun is a star!
How on earth could you possibly use 2 gallons of water to brush your teeth? Don't people turn the water off while they're brushing?
#11 is scary or what!
An octothorpe. This I did not know about the pound sign. Many of the others I have heard before and I do love hearing interesting facts.
Haha I love the car purr fact. =o)
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Ok, my husband spends about 5 min. grooming himself...
I have 4 cats... hmmmmm.... Happy TT
My husband used to spend more time than I did grooming. Now, we have two children and what is grooming?????????? (:
I LOVE these kinds of lists! Makes me smile every time!
Happy TT and have a great day!
octothorpe!
That's a lot of styrofoam. AND you've been tagged.
#1 doesn't surprise me...but #2 does. From what I remember (DH has been gone for 375 days) I don't think it took him that long to get ready. I'll have to time him when he gets back.
This is the 2nd trivia TT I've visited today. Where do you get all these facts?? It's so amazing :)
Wow, some of that I knew, and some was really surprising.
Cat purrs = Barry White? Hmmm...interesting. I like cats and I like some Barry White songs :-)
Great post...I like those little tid bits. I knew the sun was a star...when my oldest was almost 3 he told me that. I asked him where he heard that, and he said from blues clues! :) Happy TT~
Wow, I need to watch more TV! :) I didn't know any of these! Happy TT!
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How in the world does anyone use 2 gallons of water to brush their teeth?! I must be doing it wrong...
#12 is kinda exaggerated.
Never knew you could burn calories while watching tv! Great List!
Happy Thursday!
This list has some great trivia!!
8 - You have got to be kidding me! Princess will probably know this before starting kindergarten.
11 - That's just a scary statistic. Do people try anymore?
13 - And that's why I keep a spare ceramic coffee mug at work.
#1 is very interesting, #13 is terrifying.
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#8 disturbs me.
I'm dumb & deleted your email notification. That stupid post took about 7 hours. Partially because the computer decided to freeze at number 63...and I had thrown out the list for that section in the trash yesterday. Had to come up with 63 new ones. Not an easy feat.
What a great list. The Barry White line is funny. That 45% of people don't know the sun is a star isn't surprising: 705 of Americans though Iraq had something to do with 9/11 EVEN AFTER Bush, himself, debunked the myth (six months after we invaded Iraq).
So if I watch tv all day while eating celery I'll lose weight?
My 4 year old knows that the sun is a star! That's almost as sad as the divorce rate!
I wonder if you burn more calories if you blog while you watch tv? ;-)
Some of those seem pretty off... Did you know 73% of all statistics are made up on the spot. ;-0
Ha - the cat's purr... This may really be TMI but my husband and I have noticed a correlation between the presence of a purring cat and sex. I always thought it was because the cat's a voyeur, but maybe I've got the causation miscalculated.
Oh and I CANNOT figure how 2 gallons figure into brushing teeth. I don't leave the water running when I brush, but I guess some people do...
I'm learning! Thanks!
About #11- what a sad thing. But About #10- I smile a lot because I think I get more beautiful when I show some teeth (????). Men, on the other hand, may think they are more attractive if they show not teeth but some muscles. Heheh.
So, we could save two gallons of water everyday by not brushing our teeth?
Good thing I'm not that granola!
wow, every 3 minutes another baby is born? People are really getting "busy" if you know what I mean.
And Van Gogh cutting his ear, yikes!