Mo Facts!

1. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
2. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur.
3. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
4. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
5. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life.”
6. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
7. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
8. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON’T try this at home!)
9. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
10. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
11. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
12. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
14. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
15. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time.
16. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
17. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
18. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
19. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world.
20. Starfish have no brain.
21. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
22. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which contained the letter “E”.
23. Bulls are color blind.
24. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.
25. “Babe” was played by over 48 pigs.
26. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
27. Lip stick contains fish scales.
28. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people.
29. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms.
30. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown.

Expect a party post tomorrow!

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