1/3 of 100; a Follower Special

     Hello, Candies! Since I am finally 1/3 of the way to 100 followers, I decided to do a follower special. Here are 33.33... random facts about life, the universe, and everything.

1. My birthday is in 2 days.

2. We share about a quarter of our DNA with rice.

3. Space is entirely silent.

4. The Apollo astronauts' footprints will probably be on the Moon for the next 100 million years.

5. Uranus rotates on its side; its axis points to the Sun.

6. About 7 million direct descendants of the Mayans are still living in the Americas today.

7. Mohenjo Daro had sewers hundreds of years before London realized that many of its health problems were caused by its poopy streets.

8.  Its pro-nun-ciation, not pro-noun-ciation.
9. In my homeland of Kerala, coconut flowers are displayed during ceremonies.
10. Trees help control climate through their leaves, which "exhale" water and return it to the atmosphere.
11. J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, shares a birthday with her literary child.
12. This number has 6 factors.
13. The average American adult female is 5 feet 10 inches.
14. The average American female is a little under 5 feet 4 inches.
15. About 25 gallons of water are needed to grow a pound of wheat.
16. about 2,500 gallons of water are needed to grow a pound of meat.
17. India is the lowest consumer of meat in the world.
18. A vegetarian who eats milk and egg products can be called an ovo-lacto-vegetarian.
19. J is the only letter that never appears on the Periodic Table.
20. Dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for water.
21. Capsaicin is the molecule responsible for the spice in spicy peppers.
22. Hot water can sometimes freeze faster than cool water. This is called the Mpemba Effect.
23. The enzyme in our spit responsible for breaking down starch is called amylase.
24. You can remember up to 50,000 different smells.
25. Your sneezes regularly travel faster than 100 miles per hour.
26. Our lings hold over 300 million alveoli, which are sacs in which oxygen is transferred into the blood.
27. The length of your thumb is twice the length of your nose.
28. You went to check if that fact was, in fact, true by measuring your thumb to your nose.

29. You figured out that I was lying and that the length of your thumb is equal to that of your nose.
30. One ostrich egg is 30 times as large as a chicken egg.
31.  Babies are born farsighted and start to really see at 3-6 months.
32. Your largest organ is your skin.
33. 3.14 backward spells "pie."
33.33... I would like to thank you for reading.