5:01 PM
Monday, October 29, 2007
HIPPOTOMON-STROSESQUIPPEDALIO-PHOBIA is the fear of long word. irony

Starfish can push their stomach out their mouth to digest large items of food outside their body. eww..

Frogs pull their eyeballs into their mouth when they swallow, to help push food down their throats. urrgh!

Adam Rainer is the only person in medical history to ave been classed as a dwarf AND a giant. Aged 21, he was only 1.19m. By the time he died, he had grown to 2.33m! late bloomer?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust found in volcanoes. It is the longest word in the Oxford English Dictonary. pronunciation please?

On average, a person shrinks by 19mm each day as their joints in their spine compress. uh-oh.

Women generally have a better sense of smell then men. no wonder..

The Dead Sea is the lowest place on land - 417m below sea level. It would take over 2,000 steps to climb back up to sea level from its shores. my feet hurt.


Why do men have nipples?

While still in the womb, all babies begin life as females, until they're about six or eight weeks developed. That means that all babies have nipples, ready to feed their own young when the time comes in adult life. However, male babies get a super-shot of male a hormone which start to change their physical development to form male features, by which time, is too late to get rid of the nipples.