Thursday, February 25, 2010

10 Random and Useless Facts

1. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
2. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated
3. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
4. Cat urine glows under a black light
5. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
6. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw them as competitors.
7. Stewardesses is the longest word that is formally typed with only the left hand.
8. Hydroxydeoxycorticosterones is the longest anagram in the English language.
9. To escape the jaws of a crocodile, push your thumbs into its eyes - it will release you instantly.
10. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great Pharoh Ramses II, who fathered over 160 children.

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