PokeNews (2012-11-17 01:27:52)

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The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. (WTF? Was it made out of gold or something)?

You are 95% water.

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

Most of us dream every 90 minutes, and the longest dreams (30-45 minutes) occur in the morning.

The first person to decorate a Christmas tree was reportedly the Protestant reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546). According to legend, he was so moved by the beauty of the stars shining between the branches of a fir tree, he brought home an evergreen tree and decorated it with candles to share the image with his children.

The first movie to use the word “vagina” on film was the 1946 Disney animated film called “The Story of Menstruation" ()

The human brain has around 100,000 miles of blood vessels.

Everyone’s brain starts out as female. The brain of males begins to become masculinized around eight weeks after conception by the male hormone testosterone

Humans spend a third of their life sleeping (25 years or more).

The “exploding head syndrome” is a disorder in which when someone wakes up, they feel the sensation of an explosion going off in the head. This disorder typically occurs in the elderly. The syndrome causes anxiety, rapid heart rate, and sweating.

If one student has high grades but low test scores and another has low grades but high test cores, the first student is far more likely to get accepted into a better college. Colleges prefer the “bad test-taker” to students who don’t apply themselves.

Iceland is made up almost entirely of volcanic rocks like those found on the ocean floor. It gradually built up above sea level through intense and prolonged eruptions.

For every 1 million tons of oil that is shipped, about 1 ton is spilled.

Mexico is the 14th largest country in the world by total area.



teehee!

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