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I was reading through some articles recently when I came upon one that caught my eye about some facts that we probably aren’t aware of. According to Calcalistech.com, our brains generate enough power to light a light bulb.
Well, if that’s so true, then why isn’t my Uncle Vinny a little brighter? That man would barely be able to keep a 15-watter going.
Just the other day he sent an email to his bartender buddy, asking how to make a car bomb. His friend called him back with the bar recipe, but my dopey uncle forgot to put the word Irish in front of the words car and bomb in his email.
He woke up to numerous FBI agents and cops holding a warrant, demanding to search his house and computer. Perhaps the only bulb that dope could light would be one for a nightlight and even that would flicker – good Lord.
They say humans blink about 20 times per minute, but then they haven’t seen my friend on one of her Saturday night flirt fests. Her lashes can flap so fast and furious she could probably lift off the ground if she really wanted to. My eyes get tired just watching her try to get a date.
I don’t believe for one moment that our noses and ears never stop growing, as it’s stated. If that were the case I’d be able to hang laundry from my face. However, my grandfather does add proof to their claim, as his ears are so big he could use them as an eye mask while he sleeps. Sometimes I find myself just staring in amazement.
I don’t know how these “facts” are even proven. No one came out to my house wanting to measure my facial appendages. Perhaps it was one of those paid medical studies that I missed.
The average person speaks about 5,000 words a day. That’s probably true, as I have a neighbor that never shuts up. It’s like listening to the National Weather Service – around-the-clock nonstop, except that my neighbor never offers anything informative. I do think women talk more than men, however, as we beat-around-the-bush on things adding a lot more words then necessary – most likely.
To prove to myself that the tongue is the strongest muscle we have, according to the statistics, I went in to my garage and tried to push a very heavy crate using one hand and my tongue.
It didn’t move the crate one bit, and I sprained the pansy of a mouth organ, so either all the talking I do isn’t helping build that thing or that fact is a dad bit off.
DK.com says it would take 19 minutes to fall from the North Pole to the center of Earth’s core. I’m not sure where that shaft is located, but I hope they have a plan should Santa slip and fall in.
How do they know that, anyway? Has a human
ever been to the core in order to log that scientific data?
It’s sometimes difficult to differentiate between a fact and a fake fact, but I guess it gives skeptics and believers things to talk about.
Anngee Quinones-Belian lives in Murphy. She loves humor and believes the world needs more of it. Email her at anngeeq@gmail.com.