did you know facts

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im very bored at the moment,do you guys know any 'did you know?' facts ?
i'd love to hear some! i'll start:

did you know a cockroach can live several weeks without it's head? :wassat:

[emiiilee]

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

[Riko]

^ did you know in the average 70 years life span, a person will sleep around 20 - 25 years?

read it off my HS agenda haha

[B4BYme]

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.

The word “gymnasium” comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means “to exercise naked.”

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

[~strappleberry~]

^^
wow that last ones really cool! I can only sleep if its cold and I either get bad dreams or dreams I can't remember haha

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

[jkfrocks]

in a lifetime, we eat an average of 8 spiders.

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in a lifetime, we eat an average of 8 spiders.

ooohh,i knew that. i was grossed out

[~strappleberry~]

in a lifetime, we eat an average of 8 spiders.

I'm scared of spiders... >.<

[jkfrocks]

I hope bugs are part of that category too or else it'd be such a gross big number.
I think I'm at 3 so far. The realization that you just ate a bug is always so vivid.

[Sweet..Tooth]

we eat up to one rat a year (it adds up from canned food and restaurants)