July 25, 2010
1- The world currently has 6.9 billion people. It is projected to hit 10 billion people in the year 2050! (right)
2- Parents in Denmark must choose from a list of 7,000 pre-approved names for their babies!
3- The FDA allows an average of 30 insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.
4- Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy and that comics of him were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
5- In Moscow, weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting.
6- You can cure a stomach ache if you lie on your left side for 5 minutes. The stomach is on the left side, the oesophagus enters it on the right and therefore gas bubbles can rise and allow you to burp.
7- A sharon fruit (Kharma in Arabic) is a persimmon that has been artificially ripened. No, I had no idea what a persimmon was either.
7 Things I did not know last week
1- The world currently has 6.9 billion people. It is projected to hit 10 billion people in the year 2050! (right) 2- Parents in Denmark must choose from a list of 7,000 pre-appro…
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2- Parents in Denmark must choose from a list of 7,000 pre-approved names for their babies!
3- The FDA allows an average of 30 insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.
4- Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy and that comics of him were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
5- In Moscow, weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting.
6- You can cure a stomach ache if you lie on your left side for 5 minutes. The stomach is on the left side, the oesophagus enters it on the right and therefore gas bubbles can rise and allow you to burp.
7- A sharon fruit (Kharma in Arabic) is a persimmon that has been artificially ripened. No, I had no idea what a persimmon was either.
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