Monday, 17 January 2005

ON AVERAGE TRIVIA

A Hedgehog`s heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats during hibernation.

 

An average beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.

 

An average pig squeals at a range of 100 to 115 decibels.

 

An average number of hummingbirds required to create the weight of 1 ounce : 18

 

Average number of squirts from a cow`s udder needed to yield a gallon of milk : 345

 

Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day,  more than any other mammal.

 

Every sqaure of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.

 

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year.  By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

 

If the average man never never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

 

On average women say 7000 words per day.  Men just manage over 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

200 trees a year?  Beaver?  God Lord, then how come there are still so many forests where they live lol.  Interesting entry. xxxxxx

Anonymous said...

LOLOL some pretty interesting facts there Sandra.Thanks for sharing.

John

Anonymous said...

Could have done without knowing that bacteria one Sandra ;o)
Lol, otherwise very interesting!!
Sara   x

Anonymous said...

Wow....that's interesting stuff.

Sharon :)

Anonymous said...

Lovely posting Sandra xxxx