30 facts to wonder, laugh and then forget about

Here are a selection of facts you ought to know whilst living on this planet, read with caution once you know, it is impossible to un-know. Oh and be aware of Mondays..enjoy!

1.There are more stars than there are grains of sand on Earth.

2.Almost all heavy ele­ments (every­thing but Hydro­gen, Helium, and a bit of Lithium) come from stars that have gone super­nova. You are made of stars.

3.Cal­lipy­gous is a word ded­i­cated to describ­ing a per­fectly shaped beau­ti­ful butt.

4.Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain

5.The name of Lake Char­gog­g­a­gog­gman­chaug­g­a­gog­gchaubuna­gunga­maugg is Algo­nquin for “I fish on my side, you fish on your side, and nobody fishes in the middle.”

6.The guy that voices Sponge­Bob SquarePants is the nar­ra­tor in Power-puff Girls.

7.Worker ants take 250 naps a day that last a lit­tle over a minute long on aver­age and total to around 4 and a half hours of sleep.  This allows 80% of the work­force to be active at any one time.  Queen ants on the other hand, take 90 naps a day which aver­age about 6 min­utes each, get­ting about 9 hours of sleep a day.  Sci­en­tists think this may be why worker ants live only for months while the queens live for years.

8.Look­ing up to the left can help you access you mem­ory, to try to find that lost trivia.
If you ask some­one a ques­tion, and they look up to their left they are access­ing mem­ory, and are prob­a­bly telling the truth, if they look up to their right they are being cre­ative and poten­tially lying.

9.Hugo Boss designed and man­u­fac­tured the uni­forms for the Nazi’s.

10.Some Indian police are paid an extra 66 cents a month (30 rupees) for hav­ing a moustache.

11.Aladdin is Chinese.

12.On average, people swallow 1.5 liters of urine when swimming in a public pool.

13.The Romans used to make toothpaste from urine

14.Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.

15.In ancient Greece the people believed that Ginger heads would turn into vampires after their death.

16.Strawberries aren’t actually berries, but bananas, avocados, pumpkins and watermelons are.

17.12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

18.Wedding cake was originally thrown at the bride and groom, instead of being eaten by them.

19. According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying it.

20.The smell of a permanent marker can kill brain cells.

21.Honeybees have hair on their eyes.

22.Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food.

23.The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.

24.A turtle can breathe through its butt. Hahaha, Funny!

25.The colour red makes you hungry

26.The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9. They lived in China at about 1918

27.Each of the main characters in Spongebob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.

28.Being ignored causes the same chemical reaction in the brain as experiencing a physical injury

29.The fur of polar bears is not white, it is clear, it just reflects the light and therefore appears white

30. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favoured day for self-destruction.

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