Interesting facts
- You’ll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.
- You’re born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.
- You’re more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.
- Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
- Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
- Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s.
- You blink over 20,000,000 times a year.
- When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
- Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs — it will let you go instantly.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
About the Contributor
Elizabeth Arthur, Staff Reporter
Elizabeth Arthur is 15 years old and is a sophomore. This is her first year on the Hays High Guidon staff. She might try out for the musical and the spring...
