Fun Facts

• It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
• It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
• Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
• Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
• In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
• It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
• The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
• February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
• Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. Was sold as "Dr.Miles Compound Extract of Tomato"
• When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
• Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury
• The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second
• Shoe sizes were standardized in Britain in 1885
• The average person's eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due to blinking.
• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
• Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
• There are at least 40 known carcinogens in cigarettes.
• The earliest British expeditions tackling Everest wore tweed jackets, woolen underwear, and leather boots.
• The amniotic fluid that surrounds a baby in the womb is completely replaced every three hours.
• During World War II, twice as many fighter pilots were killed during training than combat
• In 1962 an outbreak of contagious laughter in Tanganyika lasted for six months and caused schools to be closed
• A nautical mile measures 6,080 feet while a land or statute mile is 5,280 feet
• No one can drown in the Dead Sea. It is 25 percent salt, which makes the water very heavy
• Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water
• Earth's oceans contain 7 1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the water
• Children who are breastfed tend to have an I.Q. seven points higher than children who are not.
• The bird flu virus could evolve into a form that is easily spread between people, resulting in a highly contagious and lethal disease.
• The Chinese, in olden days, used marijuana only as a remedy for dysentery.