Random Facts 3

Random Facts That Live Rent-Free in My Head:

“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She’d stand 7 feet 2 inches tall, with a neck twice the length of a normal human’s.

If the entire population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end due to the rate of reproduction.

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, you’d produce enough gas to equal the energy of an atomic bomb.

A goldfish kept in a dark room long enough will eventually turn white.

If you yelled continuously for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you’d generate enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

In ancient Egypt, priests removed every hair from their bodies—including eyebrows and eyelashes.

No new animals have been domesticated in the last 4,000 years.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.

Marilyn Monroe reportedly had six toes.

Reality really does the most.

Quote

"Never forget that the pain, however difficult, is confined to just a small portion of who you truly are."

--Ralph S. Marston, Jr

Scars

"Scars remind us where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going."

--Rick Dunkle (Writer, from "Criminal Minds.")

Random Facts 2

Random Facts, Part 2 (Because Your Brain Asked for More):

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred different vocal sounds. Dogs manage about ten.

Cat urine glows under a black light. Do with that information what you will.

China has more English speakers than the United States. (Wait! What?)

Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay—as long as both participants are registered blood donors.

Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume about one-tenth of a calorie.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history without a full moon.

You’re welcome.

Love is Precious

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it"

-John Lennon

Habits

‘Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.’
~ Spanish Proverb

Did you know

A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A snail can sleep for three years.
All Polar bears are left-handed.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Be Yourself

"Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else."

– Judy Garland

Life

“I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again”

- Etienne de Grellet

Appreciate what you have

One day . . . a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country, so he could have his son see how poor country people live.
They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, and when they were back home, the father asked his son, "What did you think of the trip?"
The son replied, "Very nice dad."
Then the father asked his son, "Did you notice how poor they were?"
The son replied, "Yes."
The father continued asking, "What did you learn?"
The son responded, "I learned that we have one dog in our house, and they have four.
Also, we have a fountain in our garden, but they have a stream that has no end.
And we have imported lamps in our garden . . . where they have the stars!
And our garden goes to the edge of our property. But they have the entire horizon as their back yard!"
At the end of the son's reply the father was speechless.
His son then said, "Thank you dad for showing me how poor we really are."
Isn't it true that all depends on the lens you use to see life? One can ask himself what would happen if we give thanks for what we have instead of always asking for more. Learn to appreciate what you have. Wealth is all in one's point of view.
~Anonymous

Wonder Why

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
I found it here.

QUOTE

"I have realized... the feeling of being burned out is a direct result of being unappreciated."

--Jennifer Macias

Courage

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

- Alice Mackenzie Swaim

Baby bunnies

We have baby bunnies again. Second time is a charm? I hope. They were a mere minutes old when I left for work this morning. I will have to put a heating pad under the pet carrier and read up on the pages I just printed out on rabbit care. We are very excited. You do realize that those male rabbits are way to frisky for their own good! I thought I understood the term "breed like rabbits" before but..... Our buck gives the doe a mere 45 seconds in between romantic interludes! And the poor dear cries! Time to build yet another hutch, huh?

Quote

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.
~ jim morrison