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City Of Heroes: Wednesday's Edition of 8 Seconds' Useless Information

| 6 Apr 2005 15:37

Did you know the average human eats 8 spiders in his/her lifetime at night. Umm, yummy. Gives a new meaning to the midnight snack eh?

Twinkies have a shelf life of about 25 years. And like roaches would be the only thing to live through a nuclear war hehe.

A pound of grasshoppers is three times as nutritious as a pound of beef. That may be true but they fall through the grill.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

One of the largest carriers of hepitius B is diner mints. I wonder if that is true from hotel mints too?

Every year 8,000 people injure themselves while using a tooth pick. You're not supposed to eat them I guess.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Eggs sink in water when they are fresh and float when expired.

There's an average of 178 sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun. Ok someone had entirely too much free time.

Nutmeg is very poisonous if injected intravenously. Why would anyone do that to begin with?

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

There is coffee flavored Pez. I guess if Jelly Belly's can do it why can't Pez?

Five Jell-O®™ flavors have flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple and chocolate. I would have never thought of Chocolate Jell-o.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable. How do you suppose they found that one out?

Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself. Uh, yuck.

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Watch where you point that thing.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

And last but not least, you forget 80% of what you learn each day, so don't worry if you forget any of these, I understand completely.

BONUS Info:
A group of crows is called a murder.

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Oh I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner...hehe had you going didn't I.

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