test blog: September 2015

Monday, September 28, 2015

A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

A syzygy occurs when three atronomical bodies line up.

Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

The Beetham Tower has 47 floors.

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Monday, September 14, 2015

A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.

Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

The most frequently named bugs from the Bible are: Locust: 24, Moth: 11, Grasshopper: 10, Scorpion: 10, Caterpillar: 9, and Bee: 4.

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.

Due to precipitation, for a few weeks, K2 is taller than Mt. Everest.

A scholar who studies the Marquis de Sade is called a Sadian not a Sadist.

What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France.

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