Fun Fact Friday!

It's Friday! Add to that some fun facts and a long weekend and, well, I'd say it's a pretty spectacular Friday.

So without further adieu, I shall impart my plethora of useless trivia to you...

1. Snakes who have the genetic mutation of having been born with two heads have a hard time eating, because the two heads generally fight over which gets the food.

From islandcrisis.net

2. A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
3. Agatha Christie acquired her extensive knowledge of poisons while working in a hospital dispensary during World War I.
4. Seventy percent of house dust is made up of dead skin flakes. So, yes. By dusting you are creating more dust. Lovely.


Happy Friday, and Happy Labor Day!

Fun Fact Friday!

Okay, I've been failing on the fun fact fridays lately... my apologies! I work at a place that plans customized international trips for people, so I learn a lot of useless facts about random cities and countries. That's where a lot of these fun facts come from. My coworkers and I have decided that we'd be very good at jeopardy. Anyway, here they are! Oh, and happy Friday!

1. An elephant has 50,000 muscles in its trunk alone.

From www.treehugger.com

2. The world's largest cuckoo clock is in Wiesbaden, Germany.
3. Frederick Chopin's heart is in an urn inside a column in a church in Warsaw. Is it just me, or is that odd?
4. I sent my first query letter EVER this week, and then some more! (I'll have a post about querying in a couple of days...)

Fun Fact Friday

So as I mentioned in my last post, I am was writing out my WIP on legal pads. I'll even prove it to you - see?

It was so enjoyable - while it lasted - because for some reason I still love writing longhand, even though I am a quicker typer. But then, yesterday, I remembered why I always end up typing it anyway. I like being able to write ideas and paragraphs that won't occur for awhile, or possibly ever. I like the freedom of writing something and then adding in a paragraph before it moments later. 

But the kicker was realizing I need to change the structure that I started with originally, and the wonders of the computer just make that so much simpler. So I'm typing up everything I've written so far and then moving forward, because I haven't been this excited about something I'm writing in a long time! Love this feeling.

So I'm new to blogging (which is probably obvious), but I notice that people follow a semblance of a schedule, so I hereby announce that Fridays are Fun Fact Friday. The inspiration comes from my father, who would listen to this radio station when I was growing up that had "Joke Fridays." Every Friday on his way home from work they would have a segment of jokes, which he would kindly share over dinner. Some were funny and some were ridiculous. I'll tell you one, and I'm going to pretend to answer for you then tell you the real answer. You just have to promise not to look ahead. Okay? Okay.

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants running up the hill?

(In my experience, a typical answer is huh? I don't know)

Answer: Here come the elephants!!

So, what did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants running up the hill with sunglasses on?

(A typical answer: Here come the elephants with sunglasses on?)

Nope!

Answer: Nothing. He didn't recognize them!!

Yes, this is what Fridays were like at my house growing up. I'm going to pretend like you are laughing at my joke right now.

Anyway, I don't have enough jokes but I've got plenty of fun facts. Today I even have two! Both related to my work in progress. (Which I temporarily titled yesterday, inspired by comments on my last post to come up with one towards the beginning. The title?? All For You. We'll see if it sticks...)

1. Did you know that nine weeks after conception a fetus' head is half of it's length?

Yes, I learned this doing research for my book, and for some reason that just seemed odd/ a little disturbing.

2. This is the first song I added to my All For You playlist. It's also just a song I love, so I thought I would share...

Happy Friday!