First Post◐-◑ ☼ 13 wonderful facts...You will not regret™ ®

There are all kinds of strange and interesting things going on that we just don't usually know about. I have compiled a list of over 10 odd facts—some believable, others unbelievable, and some that are just plain bizarre. If you have time to read them all, let me know which one is your favorite.

๑The star Antares is 60,000 times larger than our sun. If our sun were the size of a softball, the star Antares would be as
large as a house.

๑ In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.

๑In space, astronauts cannot cry because there is no gravity and tears can't flow.

๑ Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to operate a television for three hours.

๑ A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.

๑ Lightning strikes the Earth 100 times every second.

๑ Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

๑ Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

๑ If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

๑ As of January 1, 2004, the population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds. There is a birth every eight seconds, an immigrant is added every 25 seconds, and a death every 13 seconds.

๑ Coca-cola was originally green.

๑ Mailmen in Russia now carry revolvers after a recent decision by the government.

๑ physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.