Saturday, March 17, 2007
since im bored and i dont wana be bored, heres some interesting facts you didn't know.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
It is impossible to lick your elbow. (yeah, i've been trying to for years)
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?A. Honey
When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs
By simultaneously eating "bad" high-glycemic foods (pasta, rice, etc.) and protein (fish, meat, etc.), you greatly lower the former's absorption rate -- and reduce their tendency to be stored in the body as fat.
Your body has to expend extra calories to heat up the H2O in your stomach, resulting in a rise in your resting metabolic rate. In fact, in a 2003 German study researchers estimated that drinking two additional icy quarts a day would help you burn about 100 extra calories -- or the equivalent of a pound of fat every five weeks -- with no other changes in exercise or diet.
In 1964 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes, the world's record. He then slept for 15 hours
A six-year study of a million adults showed that people who get only six to seven hours of sleep a night have a lower death rate than those who get eight hours
The idea that it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker is a myth. Given the things sleepwalkers get up to do, like climbing roofs and fixing insanely large sandwiches, it is probably more risky not to wake them.
the drilling is soo annoying
2:08 PM