DOWNTOWN: Random Facts =That's right, baby= | |
This is just random stuff...thus the name. Enjoy! 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. The average person swallows 8 spiders a year. Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. The fastest typist can type at 211 words per minute. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." The average person laughs 15 times a day. More than 2,500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products. Sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles (161 km) an hour. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. 13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them. About 17% of humans are left-handed. The same is true of chimpanzees and gorillas. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards. Your brain weighs around 3 pounds. All but ten ounces is water. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year. President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. No president of the United States was an only child. If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools. The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 440 hours. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza everyday. More Monopoly money is printed in a year than real money throughout the world. Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world ©2004. This site copyrighted and property of Nathaniel Haywood. Reproduction of this site will be punished, unless it is done tastefully. |