THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YESTERDAY

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THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YESTERDAY

• It takes between 8 and 9 minutes for light to get from the sun to the earth.

• The first soup was made from hippo meat.

• The average adult produces about a half liter of flatulent gases per day, resulting in about 14 occurrences of flatulent gas per day.

• Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.

• Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy wore underwear.

• A slug has 4 noses.

• Ho-Ho-Kus, in New Jersey, is the only U.S. town to have two dashes in its name.

• Research indicates plants grow healthier when they’re stroked.

• Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second.

• During your lifetime, you grow about 590 miles of hair.

• Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger has a wife, a son (Tony Jr) and a daughter (Antoinette)—all of whom were used in early advertisements.

• Brain surgery is done while the patient is still awake, since the brain has no nerves and no sensation. The patient IS put to sleep while the skull is cut open, but then wakes up to see the operation completed.

• Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

• A four-month old fetus will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother’s stomach.

• A passionate kiss will burn up to 6.4 calories per minute.

• A turtle can breathe through its butt.

• A person uses an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper per day.

• Hindu men believed it was unlucky to marry for a third time. To avoid such misfortune, he would often marry a tree first. The tree was then burnt, freeing him to marry a third time.