Useful facts disguised as a joke.
a. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (I'll stick with the kettle.)
b. If you expelled gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas would be produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now, that's more like it.)
c. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (OMG!)
d. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.:eek: :eek: ( In my next life, I want to be a pig )
e. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (I'm still not over the pig.)
f. A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
g. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the..." )
h. Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be that pig in my next life. Quality over quantity.):D
i. Butterflies taste their own feet. (Something I always wanted to know.)
j. Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump.(OK, so that would be a good thing.. )
k. A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)
l. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that. )
m. Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that, too. )
n. Polar bears are left handed. (Who knew? Who cares! )
o. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about the pig for eff's sake?!)
More cunningly disguised facts...
* 3 people die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
* 142 people were injured in 1998 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
* 58 people are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
* 31 people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
* 19 people have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
* Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
* 101 people since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
* 18 people had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
* A massive 543 people were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
* 5 people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalectrix cars.
* 8 people cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep while throwing up into the toilet.