Just like Phileas Phogg....

Its been a tough couple of weeks. Moan. Just moved house and then had a trip around the world. Yes around the world. Dubai - Melbourne - Auckland - Tahiti - New York - Dubai... all in 5 days. So I've been sleeping days and livings nights!

Put the two together and its been a pain. However am back. Here is the belated weekly facts and I promise to be more disciplined.


Interesting Facts - Week May 13th

1) Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears
2) Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time
3) Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name
4) Male mosquitoes are vegetarians - Only females bite
5) The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle
6) To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe
7) Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp
8) Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old
9) It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979
10) Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water

Bonus: Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times