Mountain Oak Vapors - TRIVIA CONTEST!!!

[lettucehead]

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

 

[morri]

Not sure about this, but should be easy to figure out.

'Puffs' tissues didnt sell well in Germany because 'Puff' in German means brothel.

That is true, I believe. And "krunk" means sick or ill.

 

[lettucehead]

Fingerprints serve a function - they provide traction for the fingers to grasp things.

 

[Uncle]

The average human body contains enough: Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire a toy cannon, Fat to make 7 bars of soap, Phosphorus to make 2,200 match heads, and enough Water to fill a ten gallon tank

 

[Katdarling]

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

Which is why I only go out at nite.

In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

No! Then I'm not going to Michigan anytime soon! How dare they.

Will be back (at some point) with some trivia.

 

[spacekitty]

In the 19th century, craftsmen who made hats were known to be excitable and irrational, as well as to tremble with palsy and mix up their words. Such behavior gave rise to the familiar expression "mad as a hatter". The disorder, called hatter's shakes, was caused by chronic mercury poisoning from the solution used to treat the felt. Attacking the central nervous system, the toxin led to behavioral symptoms.

 

[lettucehead]

Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

 

[lettucehead]

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

 

[Uncle]

The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.

 

[36tinybells]

A tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food.

 

[lettucehead]

Humans shed and re-grow outer skin cells about every 27 days - almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime.

 

[Uncle]

Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.

 

[36tinybells]

Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!

 

[lettucehead]

If it were removed from the body, the small intestine would stretch to a length of 22 feet.

 

[lettucehead]

If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

 

[36tinybells]

Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.

 

[lettucehead]

If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception.)

 

[Uncle]

Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

* * * * Then Why Am I Not A DAM SUPER GENUS . . .

 

[lettucehead]

In a lifetime the average US resident eats more than 50 tons of food and drinks more than 13,000 gallons of liquid.

 

[Metadeath]

Mayans used chocolate in baptisms and in marriage ceremonies.