Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Amazingly Useless Factoids

Some things you may not have known...

Chiggers are actually the larva of a type of arthropod related to spiders.

Sweat is actually odorless. The smell comes when the bacteria that live on the skin get in on the action and start digesting the nutritious (for them) liquid. Their wastes are what make us all stinky.

Cat litter is spread on wet baseball fields to suck up the moisture.

2 comments:

MG said...

We use kitty liter in the machine shop at work to soak up any oil or greasy spills.

Frank said...

I also just heard yesterday that it's a cheap and effective alternative to rock salt during the winter. Very versatile, kitty litter.