Kids/Teens Book Club discussion

Haha! No, I did not know.
So, do I state a new fact or do we keep going on with yours?

Oh! Okay.

Hmmm....

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

Yep!

did you know, scientifically, that bumble bees should not be able to fly?

Yuppers!

DYK: Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.

No, I didn't.

DYK from English, Japanese is supposed to be the easiest language to learn? (If you can speak english, you can learn Japanese easiest)

I had no idea.

DYK: Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Yes (Unfortunately, the shins are not)

DYK: menthol is an oil that comes from peppermint leaves (two vile substances)

no thats awesome

DYK: in NJ it's illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder? XD

wow. no.

DYK: In some state (I don't remember which) it is/was illegal to arrest someone on a Sunday

I'm gonna answer both!

I didn't know that Kate, on both, and to Ilaria, I didn't know that either.

DYK: Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.

no :P

DYK: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Hah, nope! Didn't know that.

DYK: Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

No. That's very odd

DYK: The heart rests between every beat.

Yupp!

DYK: If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

hmm. Thanks, microwave. :P

DYK: The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees.

Wow...nope!

DYK: baking soda can be used as toothpaste.

Haha, yes, thank youmicrowave.

That is sweet, no I didn't know!

DYK: The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

Haha, when I read that, it made me laugh.

nopee

DYK: in wisconsin its illegal to wear a bathing suit with high heels!

lol no, didnt know

DYK: The male sex chromosomes determin the sex of a bay, women only produce female chromosomes.

yep! i actually DID know that!

DYK: If a group of wrasses (a type of fish) is all female, the largest female of the group will transform into a male.

Cool..and creepy.

DYK: Uh....Snails are Hermaphrodites (and hermaphrodite is a contraction of Hermes and Aphrodite)

lol nope

DYK: Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

Yep :)

DYK: The opposite of claustrophobia is agoraphobia, which is a fear of open places.

Yeh

DYK:Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers.

no :P but makes sense

DYK: Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better

LOL no, thats pretty weird.

DYK: In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.

whoa no i didn't know that!

DYK: people blink more when they're talking to people then when they're watching TV or reading

ha, nope

DYK: It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.

yeah i did know that one!

DYK: it would take you 8 minutes to fully die of drowning, but only 4 minutes to get brain damage

no, im not morbid...... ;)

haha. Nope, didnt know

DYK: Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

hehehe yeah!!

DYK women will eat 4-6 pounds of lipstick in their lifetimes?? :P ugh

ewww What?! lol nope

DYK: Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

Yup. No gravity.

DYK: Acrophobia is the fear of heights (and it's evil)

haha yeh i knew

DYK: Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats - weird lol.

Oops i was replying to Kate's fact lol soz.

Ew, i didnt know that lol

DYK: Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.

nope fuhreaky!!!

DYK: in ohio it's illegal to get fish drunk

cool i didnt know!

DYK: there are self-cleaning houses?? ps i want one!!!!!

hahah nopee p.s. ME TOO!

DYK:If a mouse eats cheese upside down, the mouse will explode.

Honestly?

DYK: If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll probably ask for a glass of milk. (It's proven in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie)

That's so sad! And no, I did not know.

DYK: The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

nope! lolz. thats kinda cool though.

DYK: that in West Virginia it is illegal to snooze on a train?

hmm. nope.

DYK: that most people think a moth is an ugly butterfly, however, in reality, a butterfly is a moth that is awake during the daytime. :D

huh! no i didn't know that! but....you see a bunch of moths- actual moths- awake during the day, not just butterflies.....

DYK: The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

yep
yeah i asked my brother (aka the walking encyclopedia) for a fact.

DYK: that puppies and dogs actually do chase their tails regularly? lol... my dog is adorably retarded.....

uh huh! and cats too if they are crazy/hyper. :)

DYK: The current consort to the British Queen is around 500th in the line of succession because he is descended from Queen Victoria?

thats kind of a crude definition, but yes :)

DYK: in south carolina, it's illegal to play a pinball machine unless you're 18 or older??

(its what my brother said. lolz. i asked him for a random fact. hahahaa)

nope! that's kinda odd.....

DYK: A group of unicorns is called a blessing and twelve or more cows are known as a "flink".

i knew about the cows but not unicorns :P

DYK: a group of crows is called a murder.