did you know that...

I promised somebody I would update my blog. Since nothing really interesting has happened in the last two days (how's the novel coming, you ask? 4,000 words down, 46,000 to go...), I decided to post some useless trivia facts. A) because I like useless trivia and B) I want to see if anyone knows these things for real. Be honest.

Did you know that...

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and look like it is stinging itself to death. It spasms a lot. :)

Birds have the right of way on all Utah highways.

Dachshunds were originally bred in 1600 to hunt dachs, which is German for badgers. (Historically speaking, 1600 was a slow year.)

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (The reason a goldfish swims back and forth and back and forth across the fish bowl all day long everyday is because by the time it gets to one side of the bowl it forgets what's on the other side of the bowl. Every trip is a new adventure! Hey, I wonder what's over there!.... Hey! I wonder what's over THERE!)

A snail can sleep for three months.

Now you know! :) You can find more useless trivia facts here. Happy Hump-day!!