Thursday, January 20, 2011

random hodge podge

I'm a little on the busy side today, which is pretty shocking. I'm not really in the mood to do my blog either. I'm just ready to get out of here today. So I'm straight up copying these from an article I found online. Random random facts...

  • A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
    If you yelled for over 8 and a half years, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
  • Top Six reasons for being late for work: 1) traffic. 2) oversleeping. 3) procrastination. 4) Chores. 5) Car Trouble. 6) Having Sex.
  •  If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute. 
  • Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time. 
  • 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S! 
  • An attosecond is one billionth of a billionth of a second. 
  • National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59) 
  • The billionth digit of pi is 9. 
  • The odds of a mother having twins are 90 to 1. 
  • Right now, this very second, 70% of the people driving on U.S. highways are speeding. 
  • There are 74 lobbyists for every one senator in Washington D.C. 
  • If you counted for 24 hours a day, it would take over 31,000 years to reach one trillion. 
  • Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

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