Larry Hnetka Goes HMmmm

Here’s Unnecessary Knowledge to clog up your already stuffed brain.

My favourite, and I swear by it, is #8 on this list.

1 - It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
2 - the average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing
3 - Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.
4 - There is One AK-47 for every Nine people on Earth
5 - Squirrels cannot contract rabies.
6 - 1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.
7 - There is 293 different ways to give back change on a dollar.
8 - In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
9 - Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.
10 - 50% of female polar bears also have a penis.
11 - Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
12 - There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.
13 - A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
14 - The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death
15 - The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

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