Reading blog 1/7/09

Here are some random facts I found will looking around on the internet, I borrowed Kelly Langevin's idea of posting random facts, but I promise just this one time there are so many good one's!

1. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

2. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

3. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

4. The cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

5. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sayer

6. On average, a child uses up to 730 crayons by their 10th birthday

7. You consume 1/10th of a calorie every time you lick a postage stamp

8. A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100mph!

9. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring wasn't added to it

10. Hummingbird's are the only animal that can fly backwards.

I got these from the following websites: 

http://www.purpleslinky.com/Trivia/Random/30-Random-Facts.81201

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/