Wednesday, August 13, 2008
More Amazing facts
A snail can sleep for three years.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
Coca-Cola was originally green.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Facts
Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Amazing facts
- Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.
- Over 80% of the brain is water.
- People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
- The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons.
- All babies are colour blind when they are born.
- The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the green.
- Lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days
- Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds
- Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails
- Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body.