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08-13-2010, 09:43 AM
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Liam
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AMAZING FACTS
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1. One out of 20 people have an extra rib
2. 44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep
3. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
4. Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
5. In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar
6. The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles
7. Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
8. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
9. Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw
10. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
11. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
12. The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
13. Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
14. Formore than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America.
15. Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales.
16. Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else.
17. The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
18. The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool."
19. Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.
20. Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.
21. It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit
22. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
23.The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language.
24. Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse.
25. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
26. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
27. The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was "Mary Kay and Johnny..
28. Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen.
29. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
30. Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell.
31. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is calledof the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.
32. Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week.
33. Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries.
34. Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide.
35. A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.
36. Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do.
37. There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake.
38. Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.
39. The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
40. One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds.
41. Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie.
42. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people
43. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
44. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
45. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.
46. In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.
47. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
48. In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British
49. In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by dogs walking on treadmills.
50. A leech has 32 brains.
51. Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.
52. The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
53. Crabs have very small hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to help detect water currents and vibrations.
54. Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
55. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
56. The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah-Mat," which means the king is dead.
57. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
58. A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea.
59. McDonald restaurants serve food and drink to an amazing 43 million customers on a daily basis.
60. Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout.
61. During the era of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips
62. 70% of the poor people in the world are female.
63. The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet
64. The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.
65. The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds.
66. During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
67. Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.
68. The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.
69. Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.
70. On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs
71. The name of the famous snack "Twinkies" was invented by seeing a billboard in St. Louis, that said "Twinkle Toe Shoes.
72. The unique characteristics of Barbie dolls in Japan are that they have their lips closed with no teeth showing
73. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics
74. Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married
75. Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible
76. The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.
77. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
78. Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person
80. Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour
81. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
82. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced
83. Pepsi originally contained pepsin, (the same stuff in pepcid AC) thus the name
84. The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a year
85. Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships.
86.mOnly 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star
87. Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean
88. Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
89. Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars
90. Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat
91. In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit
92. The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.
93. Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple
94. Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips
95. Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day
96. In 1681, the last dodo bird died
97. There are over 600 different pasta shapes
98. Some people start to sneeze if they are exposed to sunlight or have a light shined into their eye
99. Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago
100. An owl has three eyelids
101. Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world
102. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300kms long
103. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit
104. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell
105. Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient
106. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
107. Alexander the Great was an epileptic
108. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water
109. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68mph
2. 44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep
3. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
4. Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
5. In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar
6. The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles
7. Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
8. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
9. Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw
10. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
11. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
12. The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
13. Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
14. Formore than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America.
15. Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales.
16. Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else.
17. The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
18. The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool."
19. Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.
20. Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.
21. It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit
22. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
23.The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language.
24. Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse.
25. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
26. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
27. The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was "Mary Kay and Johnny..
28. Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen.
29. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
30. Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell.
31. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is calledof the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.
32. Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week.
33. Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries.
34. Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide.
35. A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.
36. Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do.
37. There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake.
38. Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.
39. The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
40. One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds.
41. Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie.
42. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people
43. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
44. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
45. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.
46. In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.
47. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
48. In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British
49. In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by dogs walking on treadmills.
50. A leech has 32 brains.
51. Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.
52. The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
53. Crabs have very small hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to help detect water currents and vibrations.
54. Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
55. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
56. The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah-Mat," which means the king is dead.
57. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
58. A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea.
59. McDonald restaurants serve food and drink to an amazing 43 million customers on a daily basis.
60. Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout.
61. During the era of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips
62. 70% of the poor people in the world are female.
63. The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet
64. The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.
65. The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds.
66. During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
67. Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.
68. The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.
69. Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.
70. On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs
71. The name of the famous snack "Twinkies" was invented by seeing a billboard in St. Louis, that said "Twinkle Toe Shoes.
72. The unique characteristics of Barbie dolls in Japan are that they have their lips closed with no teeth showing
73. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics
74. Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married
75. Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible
76. The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.
77. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
78. Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person
80. Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour
81. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
82. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced
83. Pepsi originally contained pepsin, (the same stuff in pepcid AC) thus the name
84. The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a year
85. Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships.
86.mOnly 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star
87. Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean
88. Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
89. Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars
90. Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat
91. In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit
92. The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.
93. Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple
94. Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips
95. Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day
96. In 1681, the last dodo bird died
97. There are over 600 different pasta shapes
98. Some people start to sneeze if they are exposed to sunlight or have a light shined into their eye
99. Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago
100. An owl has three eyelids
101. Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world
102. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300kms long
103. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit
104. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell
105. Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient
106. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
107. Alexander the Great was an epileptic
108. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water
109. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68mph
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