RANDOM FACTS
RANDOM FACTS
A new study found that male monkeys will give up their juice
rewards in order to ogle pictures of female monkey's bottoms. The
way the experiment was set up, the act is akin to paying for the
images, the researchers say.
Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on
vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have
different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in
green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other
creatures.
Wolves are capable of covering over 100 miles in a single
day.
Wolves can go days on end without food. They can also eat 20
pounds of meat in a single sitting.
Walter Payton had the flu when he broke the NFL record with 275
rushing yards when Chicago played Minn 11/20/77.
Hitler was regularly given injections of amphetamine by his
doctor. Turns out, to nobody's surprise, that Hitler was mentally
unstable. He had syphilis, which in advanced stages causes insane
rage.
Blue whales reach between 70-110 feet in length and weigh up to
150 tons.
Pick on somebody your own size? Not whales! An adult whale might
slaughter 40 million, or 4-6 tons of these little creatures in one
day!!
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but
monkeys can't.
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing
sand.
A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey.
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing
striped suits.
It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.
While in some countries the penalty for driving while
intoxicated can be death (yes, death), in Uruguay intoxication is a
legal excuse for having an accident while driving. "Please believe
me officer, I really was drunk."
It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on
fire.
100 is the sum of the first nine prime numbers, as well as the
sum of two prime numbers (47 + 53), and the sum of the cubes of the
first four integers (100 = 13 + 23 + 33 + 43). Also, 2^6 + 6^2 =
100
Room temperature is considered to be 72 degrees Fahrenheit
In Reno Nevada it is illegal to lie down on the sidewalk.
In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the
movies.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
