Top ten fun facts of this July

• The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
• The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. 
• 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.  
• Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired" 
• Children grow faster in the springtime.   
• The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. 
• There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million. 
• When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.   
• Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.