- The average cough comes out at 60mph.
- There are roughly 18 stars in the Milky Way for every person on the planet.
- Aberdeen, Dublin and Glasgow were popular as first names amongst Americans in the 19th Century.
- Van Gogh did 70 paintings in the last 70 days of his life.
- Spectrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
- An average pencil can write 45,000 words.
- There's around 226,000 trees in New York's Central Park.
- A giraffe can clean its nose with its tongue.
- A crocus can grow through tarmac.
- In Australian slang underwear is called 'grundies' - nice!
- Stop insect stings and bites from itching by dabbing them with a cotton ball saturated with undiluted white distilled vinegar.
- Soothe sunburn with a spray of white distilled vinegar, repeating as often as you like. Ice-cold white distilled vinegar will feel even better, and may prevent blistering and peeling.
- For cuts and scrapes, use white distilled vinegar as an antiseptic.
- Get rid of foot odor by washing feet well with antiseptic soap daily, then soaking them in undiluted cider vinegar for 10 minutes or so. Remember that cotton socks aid odor control more effectively than wool ones.
- Clean a hairbrush by soaking in a white distilled vinegar solution.
- Tone facial skin with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water.
- Eliminate bad breath and whiten your teeth by brushing them once or twice a week with white distilled vinegar.
- Make nail polish last longer. Wipe fingernails with cotton balls dipped in white distilled vinegar before putting on nail polish.
'Saturday Breakfast Show
with Jerry Wright'
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and surrounding areas
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