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Below you will find 10 odd facts that I found recently while poking around my bookshelf.
They were contained in a neat book titled "The Compass in Your Nose", author Marc McCutcheon, 1989 published by Jeffrey Tarcher.
1 - In almost every language on earth, the word for MOTHER starts with an "m" sound. This could be due to the fact that "m" is the first consonant they learn, and almost always the easiest and first sound they make.
2 - An estimated 80% of Europeans have hair that whorls in a counterclockwise motion at the back of the head, while most Japanese hair whorls in the opposite direction.
3 - When we hear ourselves speak, the sound is conducted by our bones. This slightly alters the timbre of our voices. This explains why many of us can not recognize our own voice on a recording, but our friends can. The tape recorder, like our friends, hear the sound through air conduction alone.
4 - African Bushmen show no appreciable hearing loss at age 60. 60% of your average college students already suffer some amount of high frequency hearing loss. This is due to the fact that African Bushman live in a quiet environment, and college kids live in anything but. Even fetuses are at risk. A Japanese study shows that a fetus that is exposed to high frequency noise while in the mother's womb matures more slowly, and emerges at a lower body weight than average.
5 - The odor-causing odoriferous amines that give flatulence its usually horrific smell, indole and skatole, are also used in the production of perfumes, especially violet-scented varieties.
6 - The average American consumes the following quantities in his or her lifetime : 8,000 pounds of beef, 8,000 pounds of potatoes, and 8,000 pounds of fresh veggies, 20,000 eggs, 100,000 slices of bread, 7,000 pounds of sugar and 18,000 beers.
7 - Death. People fear death more from ages 45 to 54, and fear it the least when it is more likely to occur, from ages 65 to 74. 80% of all deaths in America occur in the hospital. The Japanese cremate 93 per cent of their dead, the U.S. only 12%. 70% of Americans who die every year are 65 or older, and only 5% die before age 5.
8 - Your bone tissue is not everlasting. It is constantly dying and being replaced. Every 7 years your body grows what is the equivalent of an entirely whole skeleton.
9 - Chocolate contains the same chemical, phenylethylamine, that the brain produces when we fall in love.
It produces a dreamy, pleasant feeling, and may explain why we gorge ourselves on chocolate on Valentine's Day.
10 - Your eye muscles get the biggest workout of all your body's musculature. They move 100,000 times in any 24 hour period. One would have to walk 50 miles to exercise your legs to the same extent.
The 193 page book is packed with amazing gems and weird research. Anyone that enjoys learning how the body ticks, and mind works will truly enjoy the amazing knowledge contained within.
The book starts out with a section on Human Chronology, and continues in 4 sections covering Population, Our Senses, Our Bodies, and Our Existence.
Even the brainiest brainiac will discover much useful information in this treasure trove of trivia.
I hope you have enjoyed these weird, inane, crazy facts. If you would like to know how you can free up your time to research such trivia, instead of answering to your boss' beck and call, contact me below.
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