Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Astonishing Facts From Around The Globe #8

  • Sherlock Holmes never once actually said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
  • Celery actually has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
  • It's a rule in comic strips that the person on the left always speaks first.
  • United States businesses now spend $21.6 billion annually on deleting and preventing SPAM.
  • Family-friendly G-rated films earn far more money than any other rating, yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.
  • 20% of Americans think the sun orbits around the Earth.

1 comment:

Sara said...

i thought the earth revolved around britney.


that last stat makes my brain feel like i tried to fit it into a cd case.