Interesting Facts

 

Every so often I like to share with you some interesting facts which you can use in conversation to impress your friends or audience at parties.

First  fact of life: When a body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Secondly, here's a misconception.  Some people say you can’t get a decent job without education. But that is not strictly true; look at Albert Einstein – he was a drop-out at school and still ended up being the first man on the moon!

Did you know the world's oceans would be much bigger if there were no sponges to soak up all the water?

If you were driving at speed at night and switched you headlights on, the light would arrive home before you.

Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise.

The more intelligent you are the heavier your brain gets. That's why some clever people have pains in the neck. 

At the equator, if you're facing East, you would be travelling at 1000 miles and hour.That is the speed the earth revolves at the Equator. If you were to throw a stone in front of you, it would travel all round the earth and hit you at the back of the head.

Did you also know that if you're in a vacuum and you shout loud no one would hear you? And it would make no difference whether the vacuum cleaner is on or off, or whether the bag is full of dirt and dust or whether it was empty?

Did you know that radio waves are faster than the speed of sound. I never knew that and it did not matter to me at all, even now that I know this. I thought I'd pass it on to you in case it helps you in life.

The sloth just hangs from a tree and sleeps for up to 18 hours a day waiting for humans to arrive and save him from extinction. That is why you never find a sloth in employment making cans of baked beans or anything else for that matter.

Did you also know that human beings are very complex people indeed, compared to the rest of creations. Man is the only creature who would tear down trees to make paper and then print leaflets saying "Save the trees"?

And finally, do you realise that all the words I use when I write my books are in fact in the dictionary? All I have to do is put them in the right order!