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To: Soaring Feather; Old Sarge; Kathy in Alaska; kjfine; HiJinx; SevenofNine; fatima; SouthernHawk; ...

Stuff my "voices" have learned.....

 

A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body. 

In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him. 

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water. 

In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House. 

In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it.

In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum. 

In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually. 

In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest. 

One billion seconds is about 32 years.

A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up. 

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest.


225 posted on 01/23/2007 5:57:18 AM PST by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
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To: tomkow6
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually.

I think that that number is kind of low.
Granted, there haven't been too many bitings in my classes of late . . .

233 posted on 01/23/2007 6:23:58 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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