“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” –

~Mother Teresa~
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59 Astounding WTF Facts


The only time the word incorrectly isn't spelled incorrectly is when it's spelled incorrectly.
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The average human being has fewer than two legs.
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If a piece of paper were folded in half 42 times, it would reach to the moon.
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There are more hydrogen atoms in a teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the sea.
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A 17-inch pizza offers more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas. Remember that next time you're ordering!
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There are more ways to arrange a standard 52-card deck than there are atoms in the entire earth. This means every time you shuffle a deck, it's likely that particular sequence of cards has never been shuffled before!
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Inflammable and flammable are synonyms - they both mean the same thing.
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In the U.S. state of Maine, there are more black bears than black people.
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Nintendo was founded in 1889.
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Cows kill more people every year than sharks do.
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The color orange was named after the fruit.
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25% of all the bones in your body are in your feet.
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The UK consumes more baked beans than the rest of the world put together.
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A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 32 years.
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There is a city in Alaska named Unalaska.
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There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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From when it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet, Pluto did not make a full orbit around the sun.
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Charlie Chaplin outlived Elvis Presley.
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There is more time elapsed between stegosaurs and tyrannosaurus than between tyrannosaurus and homosapiens.
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If you scaled the Earth down to the size of a billiard cue ball it would be smooth enough and round enough to exceed the highest standards for a competition level cue ball.
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A blue whale's fa*rt bubble is large enough to hold a horse.
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Launching a nuclear weapon within the City of Chicago is punishable by up to 30 days' imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
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A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. A sidereal day (the length of time it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis) on Venus lasts for 243 Earth days. It takes Venus 225 Earth days to orbit the sun.
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Sharks are older than trees.
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The wingspan of a 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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On Jupiter and Saturn, it literally rains diamonds.
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The measurement of time, the second, is called that because it's the second division of the hour (after minutes, obviously).
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In the average classroom there is a better than 1 in 2 chance that two students have the same birthday.
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Most aphids are born pregnant.
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90% of the human population on Earth lives in the northern hemisphere.
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Ohio is the only U.S. state that doesn't share a letter with the word "mackerel".
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Alaska has the distinction of holding the westernmost, northernmost, and easternmost points in the US.
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If you cut holes in a net, it has fewer holes.
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If you gently bite your tongue and try to think words with the letter S in them, your inner mental voice will lisp. Go on, try it!
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Yoda and Miss Piggy were both voiced by the same person - Frank Oz.
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Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.
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You can't hum while holding your nose.
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If you were to take away the space between the atoms that make up every human on earth, we would all collectively fit into the space that an apple takes up.
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The temperature -40 degrees Celsius is the same as -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Human beings only use one nostril at a time.
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Cucumbers, eggplants and bananas are all berries.
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The Pacific end of the Panama Canal is to the east of the Atlantic end.
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In Japan, more paper is used to make manga comic books than toilet paper.
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Humans are the best endurance runners on the planet, able to outrun any species given enough distance/time.
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Natural gas has no smell. The smell is added to the gas lines to allow people to detect it before an accident occurs.
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
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Cold coffee and warm soda are the same temperature.
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Each year, New Year's Day comes before New Year's Eve.
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Saudi Arabia imports sand and camels from Australia.
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There are more than 200 corpses on Mount Everest that are used as way points for climbers.
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Good morning everyboomie.


Now there's some food for thought. I had to read a few of those facts a few times.


We had another fantastic day here. After going parking with Missy, we went to Lowe's, and then Walmart.


Later on I mowed my lawn for the last time this year.........again.


I guess Thursday is going to be rainy and cool.


Sound like a good day to NOT go outside.


Have a happy day everyone.


joe

watching court shows.

Ha ha .. I think I'll mow my lawn one more time (this weekend) for the last time this year. Will be interesting to see what sort of winter we have? Cold, mild or warm with growing grass

Family, enjoy your shows! Are you doing any chores today too?

Ana, how you have a smooth, not-long day!

Gerry, I'll have a tall dark roast to go

...with a Danish from Connie's NC

L4L

Have a great day SpaceQuestFan Mary SortaB and anyone else who stops by to chat

Sniff...sniff...sniff...I think I smell the weekend:D

Joe, how is the new laptop doing?

family, have fun!

soot, long day again but it's the weekend soon and I believe it's all mine! we have to keep mowing just because of the leaves piling up!

SpaceQ, they mentioned the possibility of the s-word coming in the next few days!

Have a happy day all!

Good Morning Joe, family, soot, Ana and everyone. Joe hope it doesn't rain for you today! Family what else do you have on your schedule today? Soot your tall dark roast is ready to go with Connie's danish! Ana, noooo s-word its not even Halloween yet! Coffee and tea are ready.

Have a Super Thursday everyone!

Good morning, have a Lovely Thursday. Danish, Eggs, Hash Browns, BB Pancakes, Bacon, and French Toast in the NC.

Thumping Good Thursday ya'll

I am running out the door for a routine doctor's visit. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Hi soot

Say it ain't so Ana.

Have a great evening Boomers.

Joe I think my favorite was that New Years Day comes before New Years Eve.