Interesting Facts of Life

last SG · 2005-05-10T16:10:20+00:00

Strange but true The human brain makes up 2 percent of total body weight, but accounts for 25 percent of the body's energy consumption.

ditzy SG

You'll fly backwards from the recoil. Laughing I think its distance, not speed.

DeadPoet SG

Originally posted by Gordonator:
[b]Ever wonder why is it easier to remember faces than names?

When we see a face, we try to recognise it - establish whether or not it looks familiar - whereas when we see someone we do recognise and try to think of their name, we have to recall it.

Recall is generally more difficult than recognition because in order to reach the part of the brain where names are stored, we must process other information about how we know that person, such as, "She's an actress, I saw her on TV last week."

These extra steps are why we often find ourselves struggling to remember what someone is called, even though we do know who they are.[/b]

Actually there is more to this, but too much info to post it here. Very Happy

Gordonator SG

how about u summarize it for us. Wink

Gordonator SG

Idea Do you know?

Planet Earth weighs 5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. Cool

sgFish SG

Originally posted by Gordonator:
[b]Do you know?

Planet Earth weighs 5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. Cool

[/b]

my classmate weighs 0.1 tons

kaka_22 SG

He will soon die... Mr. Green

Gordonator SG

Idea Believe it or not.

No piece of paper, no matter how big or how thin it is, can be folded in half more than seven times.

don't believe it? try it. Wink

Gordonator SG

Strange but True

If a maze has only one entrance and one exit, you can always find the exit by placing your hand against either wall and keeping it there and walking forward.

don't believe it? Try it yourself. Wink

Gordonator SG

Bet you didn't know these Mr. Green

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Most dust particles in your house are dead skin.

Othello_Red SG

slashed artery….depending on artery, the person can still be saved. if i’m not wrong…non-major arteries when ruptured can be clamped down and then repaired. not sure how they do it though…but i know thats possible. also, some major ones won;t result in an immediate death…take the femoral for instance…you can survive that if you treat it dast enough. carotid is a 40-60 chance of survival and aorta…i think we all know about that…

105090 SG

hi.. i dont really understand the part about the maze, puting your hands on the walls and that.. mind elaborating?

Gordonator SG

oh it's simple. just move along forward with one hand touching the wall. u will eventually find the exit without any difficulties. no navigation and thinking needed. Mr. Green

Gordonator SG

Idea Jupitar

Fact 1
Composed almost entirely of gas. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Its diameter is 88,700 miles, more than 11 times longer than Earth. Jupitar is so big that, if it were hollow, all the other planets in our solar system could fit inside it.

Fact 2
The Earth takes 24 hours to make a complete rotation, but Jupitar takes less than 10 hours. that means the surface of Jupitar is moving at something like 28,000 miles per hour!

applesweetgirl SG

Originally posted by Gordonator:
[b]How come we don't feel the pain immediately when hit by serious injury?

Under conditions of extreme stress, such as serious injury, brain signals tell the body to produce endorphins and enkephalins, similar in chemical structure to morphine. The speed and shock of an attack can trigger production of enough of these chimicals to delay the pain.[/b]

no wonder.
that time i got hit by a car, but i didn't feel any pain, so i thought nothing wrong, and i even got up and continued to walk home. until when i reach home, did i started to feel extreme pain. >"<

Diehard_89 SG

thanks gordon, the facts are really interesting
haha
can learn new things everyday

Gordonator SG

thanks man. brings me great joy knowing that u liked it. means my hard work is not wasted. Cool

Gordonator SG

Idea Ever wondered why the alphabets on the keyboard is not arranged in alphabetical order?

In 1872, Remington produced the first mechanical typewriter, patented by C. Latham Sholes. Soon typists were going so fast that they were able to jam the keys which flew up to hit the typewriter ribbon. In the late 1870's: the "improved" Qwerty layout was designed to slow down typing, so those pesky keys would not jam anymore. Here is the speed trap we are stuck with today, 130 years later.

The Qwerty layout

Gordonator SG

Bet you didn't know these

A cow gives almost 200,000 glasses of milk in its lifetime. that's is equivalent to drinking a glass of milk every day for 562 years!

Gordonator SG

Do you know?

A baby's eyes do not produce tears until he or she is six to eight weeks old.

swiftjustice SG

Originally posted by Gordonator:
[b]Believe it or not.

No piece of paper, no matter how big or how thin it is, can be folded in half more than seven times.

don't believe it? try it. Wink [/b]

Hmm.. i think what you mean is "not more than 7 times". The sheer thickness of the folded paper made it impossible to do it.

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