Tidbit Time!

Every once in a while, I serve up a few tidbits I think you might enjoy. I like finding little nuggets of info, and assuming that you do too, here goes! Today, I've got some tidbits you can use as conversation starters next time you find yourself in the middle of one of those awkward pauses at a cocktail party.

Did you know hypothermic neuralgia is the proper name for the headache lots of us get from eating ice cream?

The human body is composed of approximately 10 trillion cells. 3 billion of them die every day and are replaced by new ones. The only exception to this cycle of regeneration is in our brains. When brain cells die, that's it. They're gone forever.

Queen Elizabeth II of England may not be someone you would picture with 10W30 under her fingernails, so here's an oily little something to know about Liz. At the age of eighteen, during the Second World War she rolled up her sleeves and learned how to strip and service engines in order to contribute to the war effort.

The only mammal, other than a human, that can get a sunburn is a pig.

Some of the collective nouns for animals can be quite evocative. Ask the other guests at the party if they know any of these - a quiver of cobras; a charm of finches; a leash of greyhounds; a bloat of hippopotamuses; a mischief of mice; a scurry of squirrels.