Random Facts 26

1. An igloo is so well insulated that you can sit inside without a coat when the outside temperature is as low as -30degrees.


2. The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.


3. 90% of all living things in the sea are made up of plankton.


4. In Pacific Grove, California, it is a misdemeanour to kill a butterfly.


5. The literal translation of the word wonton is "swallowing a cloud".


6. 90-95% of all sensory perceptions are accounted for by sight.


7. Lungs are 100 times easier to blow up than a child's balloon.


8. Fingernails grow faster on your favoured hand.


9. The average adult eyeball weighs under 30 grams.


10. Clams have a row of eyes around their shells.