Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Ten on Tuesday

10 random (yet useless) facts that interest me:

1. Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
2. There are one million ants to every human in the world.
3. A duck's quack does not echo.
4. The life span of a taste-bud is 10 days.
5. The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting for a traffic light to change.
6. The average raindrop falls at approx. 7 mph.
7. The TV show "Friends" was originally supposed to be named "Insomnia Cafe".
8. The Capitol Building in Washing D.C. has 365 steps to represent every day of the year.
9. Butterflies were formerly known as "flutterbys"
10. Life-jackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for floatation.

2 comments:

Yoli said...

This useless facts lover thanks you!

Cameron said...

omg where did you find those? i was fascinated! you need to post more of these.