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Weird Facts 1000


     There is a terrific free app on the app store that you need to check out. It is called Weird  Facts 1000 and I guarantee that you will learn something from it.
       Did you know that the giraffe and the human have the same number of vertebra in their neck? Did you know that Japanese women blackened their teeth at one time, to appear more sexy? White teeth were considered ugly.
    These are just a few of the many (Eh, 1000?) interesting, and weird, facts that you can check out with this cool app. Recently, I was listening to my wife's I-Pod touch. I was sitting on the porch and I don't like to play games while I listen to music, so I decided to check out this app which I'd had forever. It was really fun to combine my favorite tunes with interesting facts like "all Major League umpires must wear black underwear, in case their pants split." Now, when I go to a game, I will be privy to information about the ump that those around me don't have. If I choose to deride the official, I can yell, "Hey, your underwear is black!" He will think, "Wow, how does he know? My pants must be ripped."
     How about this one? "If all Americans used one third less ice in their drinks, the U.S. would become an exporter, rather than an importer of energy." Cool. (Ha, ha.)
    This app is free and fun. There are ads but they didn't bother me. Before I knew it, I had passed an hour or two, drank several beers and listened to my favorite music. When my wife came home from work, she found me on the porch, tapping my foot to an unseen drummer and laughing at a fact she could not hear or read.
    Did you know that a rat can last longer without water than a camel?
   From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills. 
    


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