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:

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

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

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