[StBernard] Stuff to Know

[Westley Annis]

Don't know about the moon, but all berries have their seeds on the outside



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STUFF TO KNOW
  

*	It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never
wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! 


  

*	Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years. 


  

*	Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only
one end. 


  

*	If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water.  When a
human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 


  
  

*	Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of 
	tobacco-related diseases. 


  

*	Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman 
	numerals. 

  

*	Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and
newspapers. 


  

*	The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight 
	in  almost every English-speaking country in the world to 
	bring in the new  year.

  

*	Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61
percent. 


  

*	Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't
smoke unless it's heated above 450 F. 

  

*	The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our 
	ear, is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood 
	surging through the  veins in the ear.

    

*	Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean. 


  

*	The banana cannot reproduce itself.  It can be propagated only 
	by the hand of man. 

  

*	Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower
air density. 


  

*	The University of Alaska spans four time zones.


  

*	The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal 
	itself.


  

*	In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional 
	proposal of marriage.  Catching it meant she accepted. 


  

*	Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday. 


  

*	Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their 
	hair. 


  

*	A comet's tail always points away from the   sun.


  
  

*	The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent. 


  

*	Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that
is why it is found in some medicines. 


  

*	The military salute is a motion that evolved from 
	medieval  times, when knights in armor raised their visors 
	to reveal their identity.


  

*	If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,
you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. 


  

*	When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go.  The first 
	sense lost is sight. 


  

*	In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were
unarmed. 


  

*	Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the 
	outside. 

  

*	Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams. 


  

*	The moon moves about two inches away from the earth each 
	year. 


  

*	The earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space 
	dust. 


  
  

*	Due to earth's gravity, it is impossible for mountains to be higher
than 15,000 meters. 


  

*	Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy .


  
  

*	Soldiers do  not march in step when going across bridges because
they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock  the bridge
down. 


  

*	Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.


  
  

*	For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at lift-off. 


    
  

*	The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the
elements. 


  

*	And last but not least:  This is  called 'money 
	bags'.  So send this on to 5 and money will arrive in  
	5 days.  Based on Chinese Feng Shui, the one who does not 
	pass this on  will have money troubles for the rest of 
	the year.  Superstitious or not, I passed this along  
	because it is interesting information.