2005-02-27

True Facts

Yes, redundent but fun, True Facts provides just what it says it does. A lot of facts about a lot of weird stuff.

Like:

Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58

Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85


A ten year old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new, because of the -ahem- debris which is absorbed through the years. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and their decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand and a lot of perspiration, of which the average person loses a quart per day. Good night!

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.

If you hook Jell-O up to an EEG, it registers movements almost identical to a human adult's brain waves.

One out of five people in the world (1.1 billion people) live on less than $1 per day.

David Bowie thinks he is being stalked by someone who is dressed like a giant pink rabbit. Bowie has noticed the fan at several recent concerts, but he became alarmed when he got on a plane and the bunny was on board.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is a bad site to look at while at work because you can waste a great deal of time without even noticing.