I reference to the whole "Boeing" kick.. here's the start to "YET MORE" unusual facts of life..
A young lady named Ellen Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that her nursing skills and love of flying would qualify her to assist with the passengers and emergencies. She became the first known stewardess.
A snail can sleep for three years
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
A strand of spider web may be stronger than an equal diameter of steel.(Of course we know that, now, thanks to Spider Man)
All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds.
When you put a seashell to your ear, the sound you hear is not the waves, but actually the echo of the blood pulsing in your own ear.
The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. First off would be your sight.
There is a member of the spider family called the demodex folliculorum that lives at the root of people's eye lashes. It's harmless and normal.(so they claim) To look for them, grab a handful of your eyelashes and dunk them in warm water. They'll start swimming out. It is prevalent in nearly 100% of old people in the U.S (GROSS!!! check out the link!!)
EYE SPIDEY\'S!! This one's for you, Elky... Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.thanx kim (Now dont you feel more contented each night before you go to sleep ALONE) Of those, 83,333 are happening at any one second.
The Sea of tranquility is actually real.. It is found on the moon.
Your skin weighs about 3.2kg
A giant squid has eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter (Now.. think of your computer screen's size... yikes!)
In every episode of TV's Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere in at least one scene. (There's plastic figurine on the shelf in the dining area, and a magnetic Superman on the fridge)
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1
More to come... Should I make a new thread, or keep it on this one? Need answers, guys... (BTW: Good morning, Sway!!! )
Ray
