[Lady Sidhe]

Here are some interesting and useless facts:

There are 62,000 miles of arteries, capillaries, and veins
in the adult human body.


At 12,000 feet above sea level, there is barely enough
oxygen in La Paz, Bolivia to support combustion. The city
is nearly fireproof.


The only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution is treason—
Article III, Section 3.


The worst climate in the world may be at Yakutsk, in
Russia. In winter, the temperature falls to -84 degrees
Fahrenheit. In summer, it can reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit.


No one truly has double joints. Contortionists are actually
able to stretch the fibrous tissues known as ligaments.
Ligaments hold organs in place and fasten bones together.
Ligaments normally restrict the movements of certain
joints, but some folks find that their ligaments are more
flexible than others.



------------------- Bizarre Signs ---------------------
(from Bizarre News)

On a Septic Tank Truck sign: "We're #1 in the #2 business."

Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."

At a Proctologist's door: "To expedite your visit please back
in."

On a Plumbers truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your
plumber."

Pizza Shop Slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."

At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout."

On a Plastic Surgeon's Office door: "Hello. Can we pick your
nose?"

At a Towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We
want tows."

On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push."

In a Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit!
Stay!"

In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come
on in and get fed up.

At a Propane Filling Station: "Tank heaven for little grills."

At a Radiator Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak."



Interesting and useless animal facts:

After the female praying mantis mates with her partner, she
then eats him. The female hooks her deadly arms around him
and slowly nibbles away at him during copulation. Sometimes
she doesn't even wait until after sex to make him her next
meal, but his sex drive is so strong that he can keep going
even while being eaten.

The male swamp antechinus, a mouse-like marsupial from
Australia, is the only mammal which dies after mating. The
males dedicate their lives to non-stop mating until they
literally drop dead. Most of them die of starvation because
they have no time to eat between sex.


A species of starfish known as the Linckia columbiae can reproduce its entire body — that is, grow back completely— from a single severed pieces less than a half-inch long.