Monday, September 29, 2008

week 09/29

  1. It took Leonardo da Vinci twelve years to paint the Mona Lisa's lips.
  2. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
  3. The sound of a car horn is mostly in the "F" key.
  4. The Eagle can fly up to 3 km high
  5. Europe is the only continent without a desert.
  6. While our eyes are the same size from the day we were born, our ears and nose keep growing.
  7. Horses can eat in 24 hours without stopping.
  8. A year is exactly 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 54.5 seconds.
  9. A broken watch tells the right time twice a day.
  10. Three thousand years ago, most Egyptians lived only up to 30 years.
  11. Tibetans put salt in their tea instead of sugar.

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