why do they do the things they do?!
Animal and Human facts!
Published on June 23, 2004 By blondelife In Blogging
Cambodian-Americans operate more than three-fourths of California's
approx. 2500 doughnut shops.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
Elephant trunks hold up to 1 1/2 gallons of liquid.
Penguins can jump 6 feet high.
Ostriches measure up to nine feet from head to feet, and weigh as much as 350 pounds.
A baby kangaroo is only on inch long.
A dragonfly, the fastest flying insect, can move up to 35 mph.
An African ostrich egg weighs about 30 pounds.
Tarantula spiders can live for over two years without eating.
A gorilla will stick its tongue out when angry.
The elephant is the only animal that has 4 knees.
The black bulldog ant of Australia can kill a person.
The giant squid has the largest eyes than any other creature.
The greyhound has the best eyesight of all breeds of dogs.
The heaviest dog on record was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 pounds.
If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts," and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?
If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call the resulting company Fed UP?
What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they getolder. Then it dawned on me..... they're cramming for their final exam.
If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
How come no one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning?
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?
Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?
A person's sense of smell is the first to go.
A sneeze leaves your mouth at over 600 mph.
The flu was first described by Hippocrates in 412 BC
The human body contains about 10 gallons for water making up 60% of body weight.
Your body creates as much as two quarts of saliva daily.
You're more likely to catch a cold from a person by shaking their hand than from their sneezes.
The human brain weighs about 3 pounds, but uses 20% of one's blood and oxygen.
Plaque begins reforming 6 hours after brushing your teeth.
If your body temperature was 86 degrees, you could live to be 200.
Cold showers actually increase sexual arousal.

Comments
on Jun 23, 2004
Good article...I've already retired my fact series(at least until the people call out for them again)...so I guess the stage is set for some fresh ideas from a new person...keep'em coming....I appreciate them....

~Zoo
on Jun 23, 2004
Yeah thanks for stealing my idea again! Jeez you people never stop! lol.

~carebear~
on Jun 25, 2004
Carebear we will never stop stealing your ideas. They are too good to stop taking them. Your welcome zoo. Nice to know that you retired them to.

~Blondelife~
on Jun 25, 2004
I like when people do these things all of you keep writing

Amandahillbilly
on Jun 25, 2004
To escape predators, rockhopper penguins are natural high jumpers. They can jump 0.9 to 1.2 m (3-4 ft.) out of the water onto the rocks and ice of the Antarctic shoreline.


Not quite 6 feet, but close! I just couldn't believe that a penguin could jump 6 feet in the air with those little feet ..but it's not really 'jumping' in my opinion. They use their powerful swimming ability to 'shoot' out of the water. That's pretty cool though!
on Jun 27, 2004
Oh, thanks so much Jess! I know my ideas are the best. .

~carebear~
on Aug 08, 2004
Ashley i don't get it with your ideas being the best. What can you do though. I can't believe that either with the penguins jumping that high. Or do whatever it is that they do. lol

~blondelife~