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Stupid Facts

• Regalation is the process that allows ice to refreeze.

• A full moon always rises at sunset.
  
  

• A regulation soccer game is 90 minutes.
  
  

• A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows.

• England is smaller than New England.
  
  

• The age of a fish can be determined by the number of growth rings on its scales.

• The average human eyelash lives about 150 days.

• The average person’s hair will grow approximately 590 inches in a lifetime.

• The average woman’s thighs are 1.5 times larger in circumference than the average man’s.

• An average person uses the bathroom six times per day.

• There are 230 joints in the human body.

• The average human head weighs about eight pounds.

• The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day.

• J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't let his drivers make left turns.

• Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts salt water to fresh water.

• The metal band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule.

• The little piece of cartilage that sticks out at the front side of your ear is called the Tragus.

• The points of light that you see behind your eyelids when you shut your eyes really hard are called Phosphenes.

• There are 104 stitches on a baseball.

• A boomerang will return to the thrower even in space.

• The top of the Empire State building was built to anchor blimps.

• Stupid Facts - The Human Body

• The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

• The skeleton of an average 160-pound body weighs about 29 pounds.

• By age 60, most people have lost half their taste buds.

• A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will (on average) lose two teeth every 10 years.

• 90 percent of the population has an "innie" belly button.

• The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

• A fingernail or toenail takes about six months to a year to grow from base to tip.

• The human body has 70,000 miles of blood vessels.

• The thumbnail grows the slowest. The middle nail grows the fastest.

• The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.

• The surface of the human skin is 6.5 square feet (2m).

• Stupid Facts

• Mercury is the only metal liquid at room temperature.
  
  

• Thermometers were once filled with brandy.

• 3.5% of the oceans is dissolved salt.

• Brussel sprouts were discovered in Brussels.

• Swedish fish are neither.

• Blood is six times thicker than water.
  
  

• Andromeda is the nearest galaxy.
  
  

• Scooby Doo's first name is Scoobert.

• The word "corduroy" comes from the French "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king."

• Coca-cola was originally sold as a brain tonic.

• • Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow.

  • The side of a hammer is called a cheek.

  • Clouds fly higher during the day than at night.

  • Honey is used as a center for golf balls.
    
    

  • 50 million bacteria could be contained in single drop of liquid.

  • Koala means "no drink" in the Aborigine language.

  • Minnows have teeth in their throat.

  • A cubic mile of seawater contains over 150 million tons of minerals.

  • The pressure at the Earth's center is 27,000 tons per square inch.

  • The only royal palace in the United States is in Honolulu.