Thursday's Useless Trivia

*An eighteenth century woman used only lard to "wash" her face and hands and lived to the age of 116
*If 80% of the human liver was removed, it could still function and would eventually restore itself to its original size
*Nearly a quarter of all human bones are found in the feet
*Human adults breath about 23000 times a day
*The hydrochloric acid in the human stomach is strong enough to disolve a nail
*The amount of carbon in the human body is enough to fill about 9000 lead pencils
*The oldest dog that has been reliably documented was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey. He was put to sleep at the age of 29 years and 5 months!
*The smallest dog in history was a tiny Yorkie from Blackburn, England. At two years of age and fully grown this little dude was an incredible 2.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches long! He weighed only 4 ounches!He was approximately the size of a matchbox
*There are 14 phalanges (finger bones) in the human hand
*The largest muscle in the human body is the buttock muscle
*The tallest dog on record was named Shamgret Danzas. He was 42 inches tall (at the shoulder!) and weighed 238 pounds