It's almost a month since I wrote something and even now, I don't seem to have anything to write! Yet, to ignore this space for too long lurks on my conscience. So, I thought I'll share some more of the 'Useless Knowledge' updates I get :). And add it as a regular feature to my blog...under Fundoo Fridays!!! What say, blogdosts? Liked the idea?

The concept of this would be to post anything which qualifies the following parameters:

• The post could be of pictures, words etc.
• The content should not overwhelm the reader in any way.
• It should prepare or gear them up for the upcoming weekend.
• Humor will work best.

So here goes my first update on 'Fundoo Fridays'. Would love to see you taking this up too!

• Bears can easily overtake even the fastest Olympic sprinter.
• Ben Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be the U.S. national symbol. He considered the eagle a "bird of bad moral character" because it lives "by sharping and robbing."
• Australian scientists have identified some species of baby spiders that bite off the limbs of their mothers and slowly dine on them over a period of weeks. Researchers hypothesize that this maternal sacrifice keeps the young from eating one another.
• The human tongue registers bitter tastes 10,000 times more strongly than sweet tastes. And that’s the bitter truth!
• A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways.
• Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car.
• On the psychology front, while you may know that agoraphobia is the fear of leaving home, so does everyone else. Replace that Useful Knowledge with a phobia that’s far more common - the fear of returning home, No, it’s not called homophobia; it’s called nostophobia. Lots of authors suffer from nostophobia, especially the fear of returning home and having to write a book chapter before their publisher asks for the advance back.
• A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is lifted off the ground. It needs its tail for pushing off.
• Gatorade got its name from the Gators, the University of Florida football team who were the first to test it.
• Beethoven poured cold water over his head when he sat down to compose music, believing that it stimulated his brain’s creative process.
• Not that he was immature, but Napoleon concocted his battle strategies in a sandbox.

So much for this Friday. Take care, blogdosts! Have a great weekend!