Twitter Quick Facts – Twacts Part 4

What a crazy week for Twitter! I think it took me about half an hour to get rid of all the “Haha, is this you???” messages we got from that phishing attack.  Still, the show must go on so these are the facts we put on twitter this week; hope you like them…

What the Fact?

• Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee’s head and 2 larger ones in front.
• Most collect calls are made on father’s day.
• Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
• The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
• In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
• In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
• The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
• Roughly one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic.
• 400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.
• Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
• Poland is the “stolen car capital of the world.
• A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.
• 40% of all industrial accidents happen on a Monday or a Friday.
• In Poland most Poles consider their name day (imieniny) more important than their birthday.
• In Aug ‘09,Microsoft had to apologize after swapping a black mans head with that of a white man in a photo on it’s Polish website.
• Most toilets flush in E flat.
• The average life span of a major league baseball is only 7 pitches.
• In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won’t flow.
• Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
• Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing…More than 370 horses are killed.
• The average number of days a West German man goes without washing his underwear is 7.
• Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
• The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.
• Male hummingbirds impress mates by diving at high speed, then pulling out at 10 Gs, more than fighter pilots can take.
• The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe.
• Giraffes have no vocal cords.
• Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats.
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
• More bullets were fired in ”Starship Troopers” than any other movie ever made.
• The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.