Scientific Facts

 

Every so often I like to publish a scientific article to inform you, my readers, of things you might not have known.

Here are some facts I have discovered in a book which I am writing.

For example; did you know that the majority of men with beards (about 68%) sleep with their beards tucked under the bed covers rather than over the bed covers?

And that beards grow faster and longer than hair on men's heads?

In the UK about 37% of the population sleep with their pets in bed. I tried that once. The next morning the bed was soaking wet and my goldfish had died.

Human ears grow bigger in proportion to the rest of our bodies as we grow older? I remember I knew a man with his ears sticking out quite a bit. He looked like a car with its doors open. On a windy day he used to spin round like a revolving door.

Did you know that if you had a meal in a restaurant that is totally dark you would not be able to tell the difference between steak and a beefburger? Until you got the bill.

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 full of dirt and dust or whether it was empty?

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to see it; does it remain upright? 

As a child, I used to run to the forest before the trees got there. Never managed it somehow. One day, I got to the forest and someone had stolen the river. It was totally dry. There was a fat man sitting there and I thought he drank the whole river. I ran back home before he needed a pee.

Do you realise that if you had a small bird in a cage, and as you happen to weigh the cage, if the bird jumped up from its perch then its weight would not register on the scale?

Also, if you were to weigh the cage under water the small bird would drown?

And in order to peel and cut an onion without tears you have to do it under water; that is if you can hold your breath for that long?