Weekly (Weakly) Fun Facts

Well, HOWDY to one and all. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Bet you are more than a little bit tired of hearing and stating that phrase... Well, we are now into day 3 of the New Year and for me personally, I don't see much of a change from last year. Hopefully this year will be an improvement over last year, but so far, 3 days into it...I don't see it...

Anyway, so much for criticizing the new year, let's get into the weekly fun facts for the New Year. I have looked for particularly fun facts this time, just to get the year off on a good foot:

In this winter season, we don't see too may hummingbirds, but I thought this fact was interesting: hummingbirds weigh less than a penny...

Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards...

And you thought pigeons were big- the bones of a pigeon weigh less than it's feathers...

We have quite a number of quails here in Arizona. Bet you didn't know what the name of their "topknot" was called... try a Hmuh... don't even know how to pronounce that one...

For those of you living near alligator infested waters, this bit of trivia could be useful...(if you have the time to measure...) - the distance between an alligator's eyes, in inches is directly proportional to the length of the alligator in feet. Now, I ask you this, who, when face-to-face with an alligator, will take the time to measure the distance between the alligator's eyes in order to determine how long that sucker is? If I came face-to-face with an alligator, I guarantee I will not break out the tape measure...

For those of you who love to stare danger in the eyes - the poisonous copperehead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers. Now who, in their right mind, will go sniffing a snake to see if it smells good???

For those of you who may have had a lobster dinner lately, did you know that it takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be a pound? So, if you think your dinner was a bit skimpy, think of how long that lobster had to be around first....they had a lot of work to do to get that big...

A flea expert is called a pullicologist..

Fleas have changed history. More human deaths have been attributed to fleas than all the wars ever fought. As carriers of bubonic plague, fleas were responsible for killing 1/3rd of the population of Europe in the 14th century.

Now, for those of you who are not terribly interested in animal fun facts... no piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. Let me know if you succeeded....I didn't...

One in every four Americans has appeared on television...

For you poker players out there - the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represnts the number of varieties of PICKLES the company once had...(so much for thinking it represented the number of tomatoes used in the ketchup...nuts...)

This last piece of trivia for this week is priceless - Walt Disney was afraid of mice... Go figure

Have a wonderful week, I will strive to post more regularly this week, was super busy last week and just didn't have the 'oomph' to post nightly. Hope you enjoyed your Weekly (Weakly) Fun Facts this first week of the new year...

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