Friday’s Fun Facts

October 13, 2006 at 5:15 pm (Uncategorized)

I’m thinking that I am not going to do the Thursday’s Crazy Thoughts everyweek… I might go back and forth between a few different Thursday themes because Thursday and Fridays will be pretty similar if I keep them the way they are now… and we dont want it to get boring sooooo… yeah… anyway on with the fun facts

A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers. ~Good thing I dont smoke anymore

A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder. ~ OUCH!

A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. ~EEK well.. thats a good way to loose 328 lbs real quick huh?

A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.~ okie dokie

About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. ~ I dont

According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year. ~ stress balls anyone?

After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996. ~ congrats Betty! lol

Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes. ~that is a FAST sneeze!

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.~hmm

An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter. ~interesting

An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen
occurrences of flatulence a day.~ whoa smelly butts all over!

Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V. ~ okie dokie

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the
Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. ~ well that was a yucky job now wasnt it?

Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen. ~ yup yup

At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking. ~ NO SMOKEY!

At one time it was thought that the heart controlled a person’s emotions. ~ yup yup

Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older.~ good thing to know… good way to talk Hubby into letting me get a pet hehehe

2 Comments

  1. Stephanie said,

    Those are some good thoughts!! I am sure Wedgie Wedge wouldn’t appreciate the last one!!!

  2. stealinghiskisses said,

    LoL my little Wedgie Wedge isnt goin anywhere thats for sure! I love my little turtle!!

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