2. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
3. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
4. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
5. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
6. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
7. Since 1900, floods have taken more than 10,000 lives in the United States alone.
Flash floods often bring walls of water 10 to 20 feet high.
8. 95 percent of those killed in a flash flood try to outrun the waters along their path rather than climbing rocks or going uphill to higher grounds.
66 percent of flood deaths occur in vehicles, and most happen when drivers make a single, fatal mistake trying to navigate through flood waters.
Just 6 inches of rapidly moving flood water can knock a person down.
A mere 2 feet of water can float a large vehicle, even a bus.
9. 1/3 of flooded roads and bridges are so damaged by water that any vehicle trying to cross stands only a 50 percent chance of making it to the other side.
10. New land development can increase flood risk, especially if the construction changes natural runoff paths.
Post published in: World News