Things I know because I'm a girl... #1

'Though I hate the commercialisation of most things and in particular "feminine hygiene products" there's one thing I LOVE enough to almost forgive it... trivia!

Thanks to the "Odd Spots" on the adhesive covering strips I have learnt:

1. On a clear, dark night a human can see a candle burning 50km away.
2. As much as 50L of maple sap is used to make 1L of maple syrup.
3. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 5000km/hr.
4. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from public libraries.
5. On average a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day.
6. The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
7. Every year the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.
8. If you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3000 years to count them all.
9. Just 20seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the Moon.
10. The favourite horse wins fewer than 30% of all races.

I read something in a local history segment in our local paper about an inn here at the edge of the river at which a lantern would be lit if the path up the face of the mountains was safe from bush rangers and an inn at the ridge of the mountains which had a reciprocal arrangement. I remember when I read it thinking it was interesting and clearly the lanterns would have been able to be seen but I couldn't imagine how; in our modern age where most streets are lit every 50m or so it seems hard to see 100m away when we turn a dark corner. However, I then remembered how much easier it seems to see things in the dark when you're out camping, away from the artificial light and how many more stars you can see in the sky.

I knew from being a Mama that 4 year olds ask a LOT of questions but I never would've guessed four-hundred-and-thirty-seven! Wow! That is a whole truck load of questions!


This list was inspired by Libra ;)


Kindest Wishes,
AJ