Weird (But True) Facts

Facts culled from the kids’ section of Boston Sunday Globe comics (children are my preferred source for late breaking news):

  • If you yelled for eight years, seven months, and six days, you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

  • Pearls melt in vinegar.

  • A duck’s quack does not echo and no one knows why.

  • A snail can sleep for three years.

  • Typewriter is the longest English word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

  • Drool from a giraffe can reach up to 12 feet.

Comments

Anonymous said…
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March 18, 2008
P.L. Frederick said…
Sure thing, Home Theater! You've officially secured yourself a spot on Small & Big's blogroll.

Who will I be congratulating tomorrow? Who will make the next request to share some fine links? Who knows. Who knows.
March 18, 2008
Rick Rockhill said…
well then, this proves it. I'm part snail.
March 22, 2008
P.L. Frederick said…
But the best part of the snail.
April 15, 2008
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