I love these things. Like a bad case of the sniffles, why not share it with everyone? Here's some more of those facts that you didn't think you'd ever need... and probably don't.
Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear. In fact, polar bear skin is black, and their hair is hollow, which makes them act like fiber optics, directing sunlight to warn their skin.
If the human body had the same mass as the sun, it would actually produce more heat.
The Millennium Falcon's design was originally inspired by the shape of a hamburger with an olive on the side.
The average human dream lasts two to three seconds.
To get a gallon of milk, it takes about 345 squirts from a cow's udder.
The peach was the first fruit eaten on the moon.
Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons.
Men in Costa Rica can now be sent to prison for trying to hit on women.
One in ten Europeans were conceived in an Ikea bed, or so the company claims.
Steve Martin once worked at Disneyland selling maps and guidebooks.
There are nine muscles in the human ear.
More Useless Facts.
Familia Updates.
Update on the family:
Brad's working at Lagoon as a tickets guy. He gets to deal with all of the angry people (at least until they dump them to customer services).
Michelle's doing great in Chicago. She's right in the middle of downtown. Like, RIGHT in the middle. Her apartment is about a mile away from the Sears Tower. Told ya.
John, Mel, Cooper, and Taylee are good as well. John's working with my dad now, and I have happily bestowed upon John the honorary title of "office monkey."
Mom's doing mom-ly stuff. She's also working as a poll worker later this year. Be nice to the poll-peeps.
Dad's working and being Cooper's favorite. It's a hard job. Cooper loves "gampa."
Max is getting old. He just recently had three teeth pulled, but he's always had bad ones. Tuffy is doing incredible, considering he's 17 years old. Frodo's still evil.
There ya go. I had to give one sooner or later. Peace out.
P.S. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Das is good, no?
So I think that the last post was pretty good. I'll eventually come up with something just as awesome. Keep checking. JibJab=hours of wasted time.
Mark's Blog
I put this together for Grandma and Grandpa. Surprise!
Useless facts
Speaking of facts, lets see what else Uncle Mark can remember from his old Davis High newspaper column days. For you see, when I was in the "Davis Dart," (go ahead and laugh), I was pretty well known for my Fergy's Useless Facts column. I miss it, so I'm going to take out my frustration on you poor saps. Enjoy:
-During eight years of Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer went through Jerry Seinfeld's apartment door 284 times.
-At the end of "A Day in the Life," by John Lennon, there's a supersonic whistle that only dogs can hear.
-It takes twelve people twenty hours to make one Oscar statuette.
-In the asteroid scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, one of the asteroids is actually a potato.
-In it's first year of circulation, Coca-Cola sold 25 bottles.
-The attatchment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
-More toilets flush at the halftime of the Super Bowl than at any other time of the year.
-Baboons cannot throw overhand.
-Plants can suffer from jet lag.
I hope that was entertaining. Let me know if you want more sometime later.
Hunker down, folks
Was your Fourth of July awesome? I hope so, because you're going to have to live off that for months to come. Why, you say? Think about it: no holidays until the end of October. Sure, there are some filler ones (maybe I'm missing some. I hope that didn't offend anybody..), but as for the "major" ones... We're in a holiday drought. "Wait a minute," you say, "it's summer, so it can't be that bad." Ah, but that summer has no school, so the kids are yours. All day. Every day. For months.
I don't say this to scare you, but rather to... who am I kidding. I just scared the guts out of the parents. So one weekend, when things are stressful, go camping or something. Do holiday-like stuff without it being one "officially." I'm doing it (ALL the cool kids are doing it).
You'll thank me.
