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FUN FACTS FOR KIDS contributed by Hina Fatima
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The strongest muscle in proportion to its size in the human body is the tongue. Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it! The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of
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mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself Humans are the only primates that don’t have pigment in the palms of their hands. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. Every person has a unique tongue print. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. Einstein couldn’t speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
Ibrar Wins Local Backing!
Burngreave Councillor Ibrar Hussain has been re-selected to stand for Labour at the 2011 Local Elections. Councillor Hussain enjoyed the full backing of his local party who praised his work in
Burngreave and commitment to the local community. Councillor Hussain has represented Burngreave since 2000 where he has built a reputation as a dedicated hard worker, standing up for the interests of the area. Labour Burngreave Councillor, Ibrar Hussain, said: “I would like to thank all members for supporting me to be re-selected as the Labour candidate. “It is a great honour and privilege to serve as Councillor for Burngreave and I will continue to give my all in working hard for the local community if I am re-elected in May.”
Labour Wins The Manor Castle By-Election Labour has won the Manor Castle by-election held today. Terry Fox has been elected as the new Councillor for Manor Castle ward after Labour received over 75% of votes cast. The Liberal Democrats received 11% of the vote, down from 25.6% in May 2010. There was a 17.5% swing from the Lib Dems to Labour and the result now leaves the Lib Dems with a majority of just one seat on Sheffield City Council.
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