No, No, I am not really lazy; I’ve just been outside preparing a brand-new garden in soils that have not been tilled in several decades, by muscles that haven’t been properly exercised for about half that length of time. So, thanks to a friend who sends me interesting captions found while surfing the Internet.
I am sending a partial list of the “did you knows” to cover my butt for this week’s article.
If you are right-handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.
If you are left-handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over two million individual flowers.
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by Bayer.
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.
People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Astronauts can’t belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
Ancient Roman, Chinese, and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was the fashion to shave them off.
Because of the speed at which the Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
The night of Jan. 20 is Saint Agnes’s Eve, which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times.
Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it is buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
So there you have it for this week, folks. There is an equal number more on the list, so watch for L-A-Z-Y II, which will be coming down the chute the next time I get cramped for time.
Take care, ‘cause we care.
barrie@barriehopkins.ca
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