Little known facts

[ski9]

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows—shaved eyebrows were a fad at the time.

 

[Marc]

Wait, shaved eyebrows aren't still in style?

 

[WoodCore]

The average "sneeze" burns roughly 12 calories.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

The average "sneeze" burns roughly 12 calories.

Sounds like a good reason not to take allergy medication.

 

[skidbump]

The average penis on a blue whale is 6 feet long

 

[ski9]

Wait, shaved eyebrows aren't still in style?

Sure. And a little tease for OldsnowboarderME....

 

[Paul]

Wait, shaved eyebrows aren't still in style?

Where've you been? Monobrows are all the rage now.

 

[mondeo]

It is illegal to:
take a lion to the movies in Baltimore
hunt bison from the second story of a hotel in Texas
have a gorilla in the back seat of a car in Massachusetts

Bricklaying was a hobby of Winston Churchill.

 

[Philpug]

Subaru backwards says U R a Bus but A Toyota backwards is still A Toyota.

 

[mondeo]

The "Elm Street" in "Nightmare on Elm Street" is in Potsdam, NY. Wes Craven was a professor at Clarkson University in Potsdam, and a students in one of his classes made a film project parodying horror movies, shot on Elm Street.

I also heard rumors (significantly less substantiated) that the lore behind People Under the Stairs is based on events that took place in what is now a (sketchy) frat house at Clarkson.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

THe donut hole was created by Capt. Blondell so that he could put the pastry on the ship's wheel spoke while steering the ship.

 

[ctenidae]

Woodpeckers wrap their tongues around their brains to cushion the blow from hammering.

 

[bvibert]

Woodpeckers wrap their tongues around their brains to cushion the blow from hammering.

That's pretty cool.


A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Lobsters used to be prison food.

Did you learn that on the Duck tours in boston?

 

[wa-loaf]

Did you learn that on the Duck tours in boston?

No, I'm from Maine. I've spent enough summers on the coast to have heard it from several sources. Never been on a Duck tour.

 

[ctenidae]

There are 4 bones in the human leg.

 

[bvibert]

There are 4 bones in the human leg.

A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

 

[Trekchick]

The Wishbone in a bird acts like bellows when the bird flaps its wings during flight so that air is pushed out and the bird can breath during flight.

 

[Paul]

Sushi is NOT raw or uncooked fish.

 

[Marc]

Marc's girlfriend is real, she isn't under the influence of mind altering drugs or structured cash payments and is involved in the relationship completely voluntarily without duress.

Ok, sometimes with duress, but I digress.