24th May 2002 - Facts Installment 2

- Most teen-age boys think about sex once every 5 minutes.

- Type O is the most common blood type in the world. Type AB is the rarest. There is also a subtype called A-H, but to date, only three people in the world are known to have it.

- The fingernails grow faster on the hand you favor. If you are right-handed; your right fingernails will grow faster; likewise the fingernails on the left hand of a left-handed person. The middle fingernail grows faster than all other nails.

- Until about age 12, boys cry about as often as girls.

- Until the 1920s, babies in Finland were often delivered in saunas. The heat was thought to help combat infection, and the warm atmosphere was considered pleasing to the infant. The Finns also considered sauna as a holy place.

- The heart beats faster during a brisk walk or heated argument than during sexual intercourse.

- Our nails grow at 0.1 mm per day. It takes about three months to replace one entire fingernail.