The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.
The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
You use 200 muscles to take one step.
The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.
A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.
At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.
There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.
Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.
When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
This week, we’re asking for your help: We at The Real have this crazy idea that we can talk DJ Drama into actually letting us host a Gangsta Grillz mixtape. The more people that get involved, the better chance we have at:
making this a big story,
Amazingly enough, hearing Jeff’s and my voice on the most influential cd in the game!
SURREY, British Columbia (UPI) – A Canadian woman weary of e-mail scams said she is fighting Internet crooks by playing naive and wasting their time.
The Surrey, British Columbia, woman, who identified herself as Nissa, said she constantly asks scammers for more information so they’ll pay her special attention and spend less time scamming more gullible Internet users, the Vancouver (British Columbia) Province reported Tuesday.
“I think I can get a few months out of him,” she said of one scammer, who gave his name in the e-mails as “Patrick Chan,” who she has been stringing along for three weeks.
Nissa is one of an increasing number of Internet users to devote time to scamming the scammers. The results of some successful scam baiters can be seen at Web sites including thescambaiter.com and 419eater.com.
Despite the growing trend, Canadian anti-fraud hotline Phonebusters said at least 4,000 Canadians were victimized by e-mail scams in 2007. The victims lost a collective $18 million, the company said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
A woman walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer tells her that the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the woman hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce that’s parked on the street in front of the bank.
Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls Royce into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the woman returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer approaches her and says:
“We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we’re a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked out your accounts and found that you were a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
“Well, where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for fifteen bucks?”
This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.
George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them all.”
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don’t we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it’s worked for over 200 years and I’m told we’re not using it anymore.
WINDSOR, Ontario (UPI) — Homeowners who have cars with alarms can scare off burglars by keeping their key fobs next to their pillows, the Ontario Provincial Police recommend.
On the Canadian force’s southwestern Ontario Web site, a tip is posted suggesting that homeowners who hear suspicious noises during the night should hit the “panic button” on the alarm control.
“It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation,” the site says. “If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar or attacker won’t stick around.”
While the regional site praises the potential of car alarms for home theft, the OPP main site’s statistics indicate the gadgets aren’t doing much for vehicle thefts — about 52,000 vehicles are stolen in Ontario each year, and 18,000 of them are unaccounted for.
CAMAS, Wash. (UPI) — Police in Camas, Wash., said a 66-year-old woman chased down and wrestled a 22-year-old armed robbery suspect to the ground.
Joshua Crowley was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery after he allegedly held up a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise at knifepoint, KPTV, Portland, Ore., reported.
A store clerk dialed 911 immediately after the suspect exited the fast-food restaurant and the manager ran outside and alerted drive-through customers and passersby that the store had been robbed and pointed out the suspect as he fled.
Mary Chamberlain, 66, one of the motorists alerted by the manager, followed Crowley in her car before exiting the vehicle and confronting the suspect, police said. She wrestled Crowley to the ground and police arrived within seconds to arrest the alleged robber.
BORDEAUX, France (UPI) – A Dutch wine producer in Bordeaux, France, has purchased an insurance policy worth nearly $8 million for his nose, a report said.
Chateau de la Garde owner and maker of Tulipe Wines, Ilja Gort, purchased the policy to protect him if he ever were to lose his nose or ability to smell, London’s Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
“This certainly is an insurance policy not to be sniffed at. The nose and sense of smell of a wine maker are as important as the fingers of a chef,” said Jonathan Thomas, top underwriter at Watkins Syndicate.
Watkins Syndicate reportedly co-insured Gort’s plan with Allianz Nederland.
Gort claimed his nose was his most prized possession and that a keen ability to smell was needed to ensure the caliber of his product.
