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- If you stand at the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even in the daytime.
 - The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
 - You can stop a sneeze by pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth.
 - The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
 - An iguana can stay underwater for 28 minutes.
 - The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound is the bull’s hip or leather whip.
 - The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words.
 - If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
 - Most people fear public speaking more than death.
 - If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and then sinking to the bottom.
 
 
 
 
          
      
 
  
 
 
 
  
1 comment:
Going by the explanation found at http://www.phys.uu.nl/~strous/AA/en/index.html you would need to be down a very, very deep well so as to reduce the brightness of the sky in comparison to the brightness of the stars.
I'm sure there is a more thorough explanation out there but I'm yet to find it.
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