Here is an updated selection of rather odd and sometimes scary trivia facts. Some are good and some are not. Ten things you probably wish you don’t know. You be the final judge.
- Approximately 1.7 million violent workplace incidents occur in this country every year. 18,700 are committed by the victim’s intimate partner.
- If you swim in ocean areas that contain sharks, avoid wearing the colors yellow and orange. Apparently these colors piss off sharks. Who knew?
- Female marsupials have three vaginas. and the males have a forked penis.
- Approximately 4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in this country at animal shelters.
- Ten percent of Americans between eighteen and twenty-four can’t find the United States on a blank world map.
- Half of Americans believe that the President has the power to suspend the constitution (Mostly Democrats I’ll wager).
- According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates, 1.5 million patients suffer each year because of mistakes made with medicines given in hospitals.
- Mental health concerns are one of Americans’ top reasons for seeking medical treatmernt.
- The place where you rest your hands on your desk is home to ten million bacteria at any given moment.
- A person can survive without eating for weeks, but will only survive eleven days without sleep.
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