In September, Australia’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre warned that there is no physiological benefit, and maybe a great harm, in trying to revive drug overdosers by administering ice-cube enemas.
Time it takes to freeze water in a normal freezer: 120 minutes.
Time it takes to administer an ice cube enema:
9 minutes.
Reuters reported in June that would-be painter Rainer Herpel, 51, of Bad Ems, Germany, was finally speaking again, after having remained silent for the last 29 years as a reaction to his father’s disapproval of art as a career and came out of his shell only when his father passed away.
Length of Herpel’s silence:
15,242,400 minutes.
Length of Herpel’s life so far:
26,805,600 minutes.
On Sunday, 16 American soldiers were killed when a surface-to-air missile brought down an army helicopter.
Length of George Bush’s proclamation that hostilities were officially over in Iraq:
1 minute.
Length hostilities have continued so far in Iraq:
269,280 minutes.
In Cranbrook, British Columbia, test results for about 3,000 people got reversed when they were tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia over an 18-month period, health officials say, blaming a faulty diagnostic machine.
Length of time the machine misidentified sexually transmitted diseases:
777,600 minutes.
Length of the average sexual encounter according to a recent study:
37.145 minutes.
In Berlin, Conn., the Berlin Station Cafe owner, Marty St. Pierre says he was just kidding around when he advertised “Naked Karaoke” in front of his bar. Then he got many volunteers and a threat of prosecution if he continued to run a naked musical without a permit.
Length of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club:”
3.6 minutes.
Amount of time it takes to take off one’s clothes: 1 minute.
