Candy For My Brain... Sunday, October 31

I seem to notice the odd things of life, like random facts and strange details. I’m the kind of girl that will watch a movie like “Jerry McQuire”, totally forget the plot line and character names but come out only remembering the quote “the human head weighs 5lbs”.

The odd interests me and I love random unusual facts. My brain is a sponge for the strange and deranged. It just fascinates me, maybe more than it should too… hahaha.

They say that every day is a learning experience, so it got me thinking, what did I learn today?!

Things I learned today while watching The Speed of Life on the Discovery Channel.

1. If a cricket stays too long in the rain, it can literally explode because it’s body will absorb too much water.
2. A rattle snake’s rattle rattles 20 times a second.
3. A gecko can smell it’s prey up to 100 meters away.
4. A centipede has 20 sets of claws.
5. A centipede first paralyses it’s prey, eats the brain, and then continues to eat the rest of it.
6. A Colorado toad is the size of a dinner plate – 9 inches long—and it has a poison so strong that can kill a prey the size of a coyote.

Other random things I picked up today…

1. If a shark bites you, punch it in the snout. That's the most vulnerable part of it's body.
2. A building with a 500 person occupancy is required to have 2 fire exits.
3. A butterfly only lives for 2 weeks but a dragonfly only lives for 24 hours.
4. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
5. Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite.
6. Our eye size stays the same from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

More practical things I learned today…

1. One of my former coworkers has relatives in the Philippines who own a hotel and a resort there… offering me some certainly sweet hook ups for my anticipated trip back this new year!!!
2. It takes me exactly 2 hours and 3 minutes to run 21kms. I learned this at 1:43 this morning when I couldn’t fall asleep and had suddenly convinced myself to go out and time myself.
3. The more hyper Mi Nam gets, the more “gas activity” he gets… nasty.
4. My father can’t smell skunks and I’m beginning to lose the ability to smell Mi Nam’s toots.
5. If you smile big, no will notice you’ve spilt coffee down the front of your shirt.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What did you learn today?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
-- W. Edwards Deming