Thursday, March 26, 2009

I Never Knew That....

-Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
-Hot water is heavier than cold
-An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet
-The average McDonald's Big Mac bun has 198 sesame seeds on it
-Only food that does not spoil: honey
-Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
-A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not
-The silkworm's silk comes out of its mouth as a thread of gooey liquid, so that nice silk blouse you spent a fortune on is really just worm spit
-Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits
-In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
-In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow
-It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Omaha, Nebraska.
-Unless you have a doctor's note, its illegal to buy ice cream after 6 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey.
-There are no penguins in the North Pole
-People who are modestly overweight have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight!
-This year, more than 2.5 million books will be shipped with the wrong covers!
-Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.
-If you’re over 100 years old, there’s an 80% chance you’re a woman.

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