Trivia

Le cri d'un canard ne fait pas d'écho.

En 10 minutes, un ouragan produit plus d'énergie que toutes les armes nucléaires combinées.

En moyenne, 100 personnes chaque année s'étouffent à mort avec leur stylos.

Les éléphants sont les seuls animaux qui ne peuvent pas sauter.

Les femmes clignent des yeux 2 fois plus souvent que les hommes.

C'est physiquement impossible de se lécher le coude.

Un escargot peut dormir durant 3 ans.

Tes yeux sont de la même grosseur qu'à ta naissance, mais ton nez et tes oreilles ne cessent jamais d'augmenter.

Tous les ours polaires sont gauchers.

L'oeil d'une autruche est plus gros que son cerveau.

Un crocodile ne peut pas se sortir la langue

Le briquet a été inventé avant les allumettes.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
( now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.
Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon..