Yeah, if you EVER see me eating fried chicken you will know the stock market has crashed, I've been out in the Gobi desert for 40 days and 40 nights and the world is coming to an end.
"This just in in a related story" in other words: totally unrelated trivia stuff
The human sense of smell is about 10,000 more sensative than the sense of taste (Smelling and Tasting - Silverstein, Silverstein & Nunn)
If your mouth was dry you would not be able to distinguish the taste of anything (High-tech Science.com)
Scallops have 100 eyes around the edge of theur shells. These are thought to be used to detect shadows of predators. (Neuroscience4kids)
A hippopotamus can open its mouth wide enough to accomodate a four-foot tall child. (Smithsonian National Zoo - not sure how they found this one out)
In the 19th century, charcoal became very popular for teeth cleaning purposes. (Toothpasteworld.com)
Humans smell in stereo, using both nostrils to determine where a smell is coming from. (NPR)
There now. Aren't you glad you didn't ask? That's only a third of the article that my mom sent to Babs.