Totally useless facts ...

[marval]

The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380.

 

[Corno Dolce]

As my Lady said: *That is for people with more money than common sense*.

Back on topic: A snail can sleep for three years.

 

[marval]

I quite agree CD, I could think of things that would do more good than perfume.


Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.

 

[Corno Dolce]

An apple is a cousin of the rose.

 

[marval]

Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race.

 

[Corno Dolce]

The letter J does not appear anywhere in the Periodic Table Of Elements.

 

[Mat]

850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter.

 

[marval]

The expression getting someone's goat is based on the custom of keeping a goat in the stable with a racehorse as the horse's companion. The goat becomes a settling influence on the thoroughbred. If you owned a competing horse and were not above some dirty business, you could steal your rival's goat (seriously, it's been done) to upset the other horse and make it run a poor race. From goats and horses it was linguistically extended to people: in order to upset someone, get their goat.

 

[Mat]

A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.

 

[marval]

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Sheep don't shrink when it rains.

 

[marval]

That must be a relief for the sheep.



The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away.

 

[Corno Dolce]

An Ostrich egg can make 11.5 omeletts.

 

[marval]

In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums.

 

[Corno Dolce]

The speed of an average snail is 58 cm per hour.

 

[marval]

The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Yak's milk is pink.

 

[marval]

When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Porcupines float.

 

[marval]

The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head.