I've decided to post random things to keep myself going, because the Bintan post is STILL under construction, dunno why, just can't find the words to describe it all, I'm almost tempted to just do an all pictures post, lemme know what you think.. So in the meantime, here's 50 random interesting facts and my opinions on them.. =D

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. (extremely true)

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. (shit I'm never thirsty!!)

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. (but they ban gum in Singapore! D:

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it. (runs to check tongue)

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”. (a square box was the best they had?)

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. (didn't work very well eh?)

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing. (now I understand the image of the pupil dilating when people are "ahem" aroused...)

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. (good for them!)

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. (How often do teenagers laugh? I'm not 6, neither am I an adult!!)

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. (My childhood has been shattered T.T)

11. Dalmatians are born without spots. (Cruella De Vil!! This I know..)

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. (So, if I stand to the right of a cave opening, I'm definitely safe?)

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings). (This took me a while to process, must be due to no. 19)

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left. (I have yet to figure out whether its the same for button fly pants..)

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids. (The owl is wise! Less effort eh!!)

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee. (GROSS..)

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks. (Can we extend it for them?)

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones. (Why aren't exam halls blue!! Heck why isn't the MEP room blue??)

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die. (sighs.. Now I know the reason for my mental decline..)

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart. (eeks, never knew that, how come the x-rays never show that?)

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. (extremely fascinating, Sam I bet you can't wait to use this one..)

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red. (Extremely cool, but I really wanna know how they know this..)

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red. (AHA! That's how they know they're sick..)

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor. (Was it a collaboration between Campbell and Harley Davidson?)

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney. (Extremely cool, but weird name. Did you also know that the Metro department store was named after MGM?)

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros. (Yep knew this already)

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan. (I wanna be a spoonerist!! Ct's Iool!! =D)

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it. (DAMN FUNNY)

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples. (This suddenly made dimples a lot less cute..)

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower. (ULTIMATE STAIR CHALLENGE!!)

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting. (That's weird, you can hear gas bubbles bursting?)

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death. (Now I know why people wanna be cremated, they don't want to be the next undead monster..)

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body. (Said red bloody cell must have run a marathon in the time it took for me to type this statement..)

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. (I wonder why its called that though..)

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game. (No wonder they're so damn fit, that's insane..)

36. The only part of the body that has no bloody supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air. (Again, GROSS)

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die. (Ahh, statistics, interesting idea though, does that mean that out of that 200 million, only 400,000 get pregnant?)

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling). (Gonna keep a lookout for the next watch advert!!)

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.” (HAHAHAHA!!!)

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot. (That's extremely cool and extremely weird..)

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. (Where's the nearest chem lab? This is less painful than a IQ test!!)

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day. (I'm gonna start counting..)

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil) (I rather call them The Monkeys, those names are hard to remember..)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. (That's because we can't believe our eyes..)

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog. (Ouch, and yet the police department uses them so much?)

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump. (Where can I get me a kangaroo? I want to borrow one for Standing Broad Jump!!)

47. Whips make a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound. (DOMINATRIX!!)

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death. (IRONY OF LIFE..)

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause. (This is so freaking cool and weird, symbolism much?)

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!! (So those bloody puddles you see in movies are possible?)