Sunday, November 11, 2007

Yes, It's True!

These morsels of information came from a Safeway catalog insert in our paper-

-Six year olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only average about 60 daily laughs.

-Frank Baum named "Oz" after a file cabinet in his office. One file was named A to N, the other O to Z.

-All polar bears are left-handed.

-Reindeer like to eat bananas.

-Rochester, NY, averages 94 inches of snow annually and is considered the snowiest city in the U.S.

-Nearly 80 million Christmas trees are planted every year; the average acre holds about 2000 trees.

-The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

-During the Christmas season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.

3 comments:

HollieHobbie said...

this is the kind of useless trivia that I like. Thanks for taking the time to share!

StephieAnne said...

Oh, you bet Hollie!

StephieAnne said...

By the way, Hollie, when are you going to blog all about your wonderful adventures in Disney World?