FACTS: Saturday's Awesome Facts

1. Yawning doesn't always
necessarily mean you're tired, it
also means your body needs
more oxygen.

2. Playing with puppies and
kittens has been proven to
relieve stress and help students
perform better on tests.

3. Before sleeping, 90% of your
mind begins to imagine stuff
you'd like to happen

4. Only 8 different countries have
won the World Cup.

5. Those stars and colors you see
when you rub your eyes are
called phosphenes

6. The average person tells 4 lies
a day, 1,460 a year, and a total of
88,000 by the age of 6. And the
most common lie is "I'm fine".

7. Super Mario wears a hat
because his creator, Shigeru
Miyamoto, couldn't draw hair

8. The word "queue" is the only
word in the English language that
is still pronounced the same way
when the last four letters are
removed.

9. When you sleep, you grow by
about 8mm The next day you
shrink back to your former
height. The reason is that your
cartilage discs are squeezed like
sponges by the force of gravity
when you stand or sit.

10. Due to the discovery of many
brain parasites, Scientists say
that a Zombie Apocalypse is
actually possible.