Women blink nearly twice as much as men
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
What is ? |eye blinking|
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tag: woman, people, blinking,
Thursday, January 4, 2007
30 minutes a day -eyes blinking
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The average person's eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due to blinking.
What is ? |eye blinking|
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tag: people, eye, blinking,
When and where shoe sizes were standardized??
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Shoe sizes were standardized in Britain in 1885
What is ? |Shoe sizes| How to measure your size |
More pictures |Shoe sizes|
tag: shoe, size, standardize, britain
Mississippi River flow backwards
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
Where is ? |Mississippi River|
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tag: earth, earthquake, river
quartz crystal wristwatch vibrates
The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second
What is ? |quartz crystal wristwatch|
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tag: wristwatch, quartz, crystal
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Thermometers were filled with Brandy???
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury
What is ? |thermometer|
More pictures | thermometer|
tag: thermometer, brandy, mercury
Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine
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Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. Was sold as "Dr.Miles Compound Extract of Tomato"
What is ? | Tomato Ketchup|
More pictures | Tomato Ketchup|
tag: tomato, ketchup, medicine, United States
Squirt blood 30 feet!!
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The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
What is ? | human heart |
More pictures | human heart|
tag: heart, blood,
Nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt
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It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
What is ? | Victorian Era's Cupid |
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tag: cupid, victorian, nude
'Wearing their heart on their sleeve'
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In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
Valentine's Fact:
Since the Middle Ages, Saint Valentine’s Day has been celebrated with a variety of customs associated with romantic love. Today the most common tradition is to give loved ones flowers, candy, gifts, or cards. The Valentine’s Day card shown here dates to 1909.
What is Middle Ages? | Middle Ages |
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tag: middle, ages, valentine
Red blood cell
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
More image | blood cell picture |
More info | blood cell info |
tag: blood, body
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
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