1.More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

2.The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

3.The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

4.A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

5.Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

6.A snail can sleep for 3 years.

7.China has more English speakers than the United States.

8.The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

9.Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon.

10.Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump".

11.A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus.

12.The fastest typist can type at 211 words per minute.

13.The brown myotis bats when born are equivalent to a woman giving birth to a 30 pound baby.

14.Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

15.California consumes more bottled water than any other product.

16.In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

17.The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

18.Women's hair is about half the diameter of men's hair.

19.The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

Answers

#14.....many times I have stubbed a toe while cleaning....and I can just "feel" the little messenger racing to the brain screaming..."hey dumb-a$$...this is going to hurt!" and it usually does!

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

"11.A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus."

I believe not true, rather that squirrels do not carry rabies long enough to transmit it through saliva.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

My understanding too, that squirrels can carry the virus but not transmit it. One theory has it that anything that transmits the virus to a squirrel (such as a racoon) will kill it, hence it is no dnger to humans. Nevertheless, when my son was bitten by a squirrel a number of years ago, he had to have the old Pasteur treatment. Not something anyone would want to watch, let alone go through.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

Squirrels contract the virus? A contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties in which a consideration is exchanged for some immediate or future right. I don't think squirrels can do that, legally. So if they can't legally enter into a contract for the virus, they can't legally carry it either. Seems simple enough to me.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

Maybe we'd better ask the Squirrel King. What the hell happened to him, anyway? Don't tell me he got rabies.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

No, silly, he was fried by a noncompliant telephone wire.

-- Anonymous, July 25, 2001

The one that really bothers me is about eating spiders at night. Something else to give me bad dreams now. I really didn't need that.

-- Anonymous, July 26, 2001

Well. you could always tape your mouth sut. But then I guess they would get in your nose.

-- Anonymous, July 26, 2001

I'm worried about Barefoot and No. 2.

-- Anonymous, July 26, 2001

Get in my nose? Arrrrggg. Did you have to suggest that? Wait a minute, if they got in your nose you would be snorting them, not eating them, and that would cancel the whole item out. (Snort)

As far as item 2 goes, well if what they say there is true it might be best to just meet the matter head on. Cut em off at the pass, so to speak. Start advertising them as Buggy Bars. Catchy name, huh?

-- Anonymous, July 26, 2001