Mr. Pitiful
10-20-2004, 11:53 PM
Anal Wart Researcher tops Popular Science annual Worst Jobs in
Science list Research shows everyone has a 10 percent lifetime risk of contracting anal warts and the only way to detect the disease is to have a trained nurse "scrutinize your derriere."
Piccadilly restaurant chain recalling Magic Valley Fresh Frozen
turnip greens sold at some of its 132 restaurants after a customer at a Georgia outlet bit into greens containing rat body parts.
Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital have carried out what is believed
to be the first full face reconstruction using a single flap of skin from the burn patient's back.
Sydney Botanical Gardens experiencing for the first time the
bloom of "Titan Arum" flower which means "huge deformed penis" describing the smell that is put out by the bloom as like overripe Camembert cheese on a bed of roadkill.
Useless facts
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7 " was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP " indicated the direction of the bubbles.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
American car horns beep in the tone of F. (Then why do some sound high and others low?)
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Wrong. I just did it by taping five sheets of tissue paper together and folding them eight times. I think what they're talking about is that you can't get a sharp crease... which I couldn't.)
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Good Advise from Experts.
Never trust a dog to watch your food."
-Patrick, age 10
"When your dad is mad and asks you, "Do I look stupid?' Don't answer."
-Hannah, age 9
"Never tell your Mom her diet's not working."
-Michael, age 14
"Stay away from prunes."
-Randy, age 9
More useless Facts
The voltage of most car batteries is 12 volts.
The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.
The most common Spanish surname is Garcia.
In 1969, Iowa State College conducted a survey indicating that a parent's stress level at the time of conception is a major factor in determining the child's sex. The child is usually the same sex as the less stressed parent.
An eyebrow typically contains 550 hairs.
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
The Japanese cremate 93 percent of their dead, as compared to Great Britain at 67 percent and the United States at just over 12 percent.
Nearly half of all psychiatrists have been attacked by one of their patients.
About 24 percent of alcoholics die in accidents, falls, fires, and suicides.
So Now You Know...:)
Science list Research shows everyone has a 10 percent lifetime risk of contracting anal warts and the only way to detect the disease is to have a trained nurse "scrutinize your derriere."
Piccadilly restaurant chain recalling Magic Valley Fresh Frozen
turnip greens sold at some of its 132 restaurants after a customer at a Georgia outlet bit into greens containing rat body parts.
Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital have carried out what is believed
to be the first full face reconstruction using a single flap of skin from the burn patient's back.
Sydney Botanical Gardens experiencing for the first time the
bloom of "Titan Arum" flower which means "huge deformed penis" describing the smell that is put out by the bloom as like overripe Camembert cheese on a bed of roadkill.
Useless facts
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7 " was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP " indicated the direction of the bubbles.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
American car horns beep in the tone of F. (Then why do some sound high and others low?)
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Wrong. I just did it by taping five sheets of tissue paper together and folding them eight times. I think what they're talking about is that you can't get a sharp crease... which I couldn't.)
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Good Advise from Experts.
Never trust a dog to watch your food."
-Patrick, age 10
"When your dad is mad and asks you, "Do I look stupid?' Don't answer."
-Hannah, age 9
"Never tell your Mom her diet's not working."
-Michael, age 14
"Stay away from prunes."
-Randy, age 9
More useless Facts
The voltage of most car batteries is 12 volts.
The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.
The most common Spanish surname is Garcia.
In 1969, Iowa State College conducted a survey indicating that a parent's stress level at the time of conception is a major factor in determining the child's sex. The child is usually the same sex as the less stressed parent.
An eyebrow typically contains 550 hairs.
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
The Japanese cremate 93 percent of their dead, as compared to Great Britain at 67 percent and the United States at just over 12 percent.
Nearly half of all psychiatrists have been attacked by one of their patients.
About 24 percent of alcoholics die in accidents, falls, fires, and suicides.
So Now You Know...:)