“LESSONS LEARNED” – By Des Kelly

They say, among many other phrases, that lessons are learned from womb to tomb. How true is this ??, you think you know enough to get you through life, but even as you read interesting posts such as this, you realize that there were a lot of things you did not know, but are now learning via eLanka, your favourite website.. .

Thank you Dallas Achilles for sending all this information to me. It is nuch appreciated.

Desmond Kelly.
(Editor-in-Chief)  eLanka.    

JUST PLAIN NEAT INFORMATION………

GLASS takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears
out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

GOLD is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the
ground for thousands of years.

YOUR TONGUE is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one
end.

IF YOU STOP GETTING THIRSTY , you need to drink more water. When a human
body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

ZERO is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

KITES were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and
newspapers.

THE SONG AULD LANG SYNE is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost
every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

DRINKING WATER AFTER EATING reduces the acid in your mouth by 61
percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and
curb appetite.

PEANUT OIL is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn’t smoke
unless it’s heated above 450F.

THE ROAR that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in
the ear.

NINE OUT OF EVERY 10 living things live in the ocean.

THE BANANA cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the
hand of man.

AIRPORTS AT HIGHER ALTITUDES require a longer airstrip due to lower air
density.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA spans four time zones.

THE TOOTH is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

IN ANCIENT GREECE , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional
proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

WARNER COMMUNICATIONS paid 28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!

INTELLIGENT PEOPLE have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A COMET’S TAIL always points away from the sun.

THE SWINE FLU vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent.

CAFFEINE increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is
why it is found in some medicines.

THE MILITARY SALUTE is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when
knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

IF YOU GET INTO THE BOTTOM OF A WELL OR A TALL CHIMNEY AND LOOK UP, you
can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

WHEN A PERSON DIES, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense
lost is sight.

IN ANCIENT TIMES strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

STRAWBERRIES AND CASHEWS are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the
outside.

AVOCADOS have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams.

THE MOON moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

THE EARTH gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

DUE TO EARTH’S GRAVITY it is impossible for mountains to be higher than
15,000 meters.

MICKEY MOUSE is known as “Topolino” in Italy.

SOLDIERS do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down.

EVERYTHING weighs one percent less at the equator.

FOR EVERY EXTRA KILOGRAM carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at
lift-off.

THE LETTER J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the
elements.

And last but not least:

THIS IS CALLED ‘MONEY BAGS .’ So send this on to 5 people and money will
arrive in 5 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui, the one who does not pass
this on will have money troubles for the rest of the year.

SUPERSTITIOUS OR NOT, I PASSED THIS ALONG BECAUSE IT IS INTERESTING
INFORMATION.

_GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE STARS. YOU DON’T ALWAYS SEE THEM, BUT YOU KNOW
THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE_ .