- Did
you knowthe
Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons
- Did
you knowVenus
is the only planet that rotates clockwise
- Did
you knowthe
average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
- Did
you knowJack
is the most common name in nursery rhymes
- Did
you knowthere
are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
- Did
you know'Babe'
was played by over 50 pigs
- Did
you knowthe
most common time for a wake up call is 7am
- Did
you knowgiraffes
has the highest blood pressure of any animal
- Did
you knowIndia
has over 50 million monkeys
- Did
you knowIceland
was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
- Did
you knowblue
and white are the most common school colors
- Did
you knowostriches
have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
- Did
you knowyour
foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
- Did
you knowJapan
is the largest exporter of frog legs
- Did
you knowthe
sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
- Did
you knowevery
year the sun loses 360 million tons
- Did
you knowthe
shell is 12% of an eggs weight
- Did
you knowthe
longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years
- Did
you knowthe
first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
- Did
you knowthe
first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
- Did
you knowthe
longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
- Did
you knowa
squid has 10 tentacles
- Did
you knowthe
average American eats 263 eggs a year
- Did
you knowin
75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
- Did
you knowhypnotism
is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
- Did
you knowa
third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it
- Did
you knowyou're
more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other
- Did
you knowyour
right lung takes in more air than your left
- Did
you knowwomens
hearts beat faster than mens
- Did
you knowthe
atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
- Did
you knowthe
odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
- Did
you knowthe
average bank teller loses $250 every year
- Did
you knowmore
people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water
buffalos combined
- Did
you knowthe
average person has 10,000 taste buds
- Did
you knowIceland
consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
- Did
you know'underground'
is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
- Did
you knowa
woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice
- Did
you knowsnakes
can't blink
- Did
you knowants
don�t like baby powder (talcum
powder)
- Did
you knowemployees
are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week
day
- Did
you knowthe
ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck
- Did
you knowa
rat can tread water for 3 days
- Did
you knowbulletproof
vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all
invented by women
- Did
you knowthere
is no rice in rice paper
- Did
you knowdolphins
can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout
- Did
you knowsharks
can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
- Did
you knowbottle
nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes
- Did
you knowflamingoes
can live up to 80 years
- Did
you knowthe
only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica
- Did
you knowAustralia
has the largest sheep population
- Did
you knowgreyhounds
can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
- Did
you knowyou
can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)
- Did
you knowsharks
never stop moving even when they sleep or rest
- Did
you knowgreyhounds
can see better than any other dog breed
- Did
you knowwhen
2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite
directions to keep an eye out for predators
- Did
you knowmost
cows produce more milk when they listen to music
- Did
you knowelephants
communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear
- Did
you knowgiant
tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal
- Did
you knowsnakes
can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)
- Did
you knowa
blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating
- Did
you knowpelicans
consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal
- Did
you knowgorillas
can't swim
- Did
you knowhouse
cats have 18 claws
- Did
you knowgiraffes
can't cough
- Did
you knowthe
Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size
of its beak
- Did
you knowdeers
don't like hay
- Did
you knowshrimps
are all born male but slowly grow into females
- Did
you knowthe
average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day
- Did
you knowthere
are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos
- Did
you knowthe
average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
- Did
you knowa
platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
- Did
you knowfleas
can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
- Did
you knowspiders
have transparent blood
- Did
you knowmosquitoes
prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
- Did
you knowonly
4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey
- Did
you knowMarch
14 is 'save a spider day'
- Did
you knowall
the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube
- Did
you knowthere
are over 4,300 known species of ladybugs
- Did
you knowa
fly's recation time is 30 milliseconds
- Did
you knowbutterflies
taste with their back feet
- Did
you knowmoths
have no stomach
- Did
you knowbees
and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second
- Did
you knowbees
have 4 wings
- Did
you knowthe
most eaten fruit in America is the banana
- Did
you knowthe
ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
- Did
you knoworiginally
in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost
brain power
- Did
you knowover
a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii
- Did
you knowthe
frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
- Did
you knowthe
color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller
the the hotter)
- Did
you knowJohn
Kellogg invented corn flakes
- Did
you know60
cows can produce a ton of milk each day
- Did
you knowOrange
Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
- Did
you knowItaly
and France produce over 40% of all wine
- Did
you knowthere
are over 15,000 different kinds of rice
- Did
you knowdairy
products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
- Did
you knowthe
smallest bone in your body is found in your ear
- Did
you knowthe
ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30�c (64-86�f)
- Did
you knowCanada
has more lakes than any other country
- Did
you knowthe
largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
- Did
you know90%
of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean
- Did
you knowthe
Nile river flows North
- Did
you knowSpain's
largest source of income is from tourism
- Did
you knowCoca
Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn
- Did
you knowthe
first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
- Did
you knowthe
first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
- Did
you knowthe
dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
- Did
you knowthe
first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
- Did
you knowthe
first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
- Did
you knowbefore
1863 the postal service in the US was free
- Did
you knowthe
first taxi service began in New York in 1907
- Did
you knowPez
was invented in 1927
- Did
you knowthe
elevator was invented in 1850
- Did
you knowthe
first toothbrush was invented in 1498
- Did
you knowhoney
enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
- Did
you knowyou
brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you
breathe and 15% of the bodys blood supply
- Did
you knoweach
red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs
and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die
- Did
you knowthe
hardest substance in the human body is enamel
- Did
you knowthere
are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body
- Did
you knowthe
number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
- Did
you knowtrees
do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely
- Did
you knowrain
contains vitamin B12
- Did
you knowover
500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
- Did
you knowclouds
fly higher during the day than the night
- Did
you knowthe
Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
- Did
you knowit
takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing
- Did
you knowevery
year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced
- Did
you knowyour
blood is 6 times thicker than water
- Did
you knowclothes
dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis
(sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor)
- Did
you knowMercury
is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
- Did
you knowthe
opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'
- Did
you knowsound
travels 15 times faster through steel than air
- Did
you knowbefore
1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers
- Did
you knowthe
most common Spanish surname is Garcia
- Did
you know22%
of people skip lunch daily
- Did
you knowthe
average person swallows 295 times during a meal
- Did
you know72%
of people eavesdrop
- Did
you knowthe
most popular snack food is potato chips
- Did
you know45%
of people use mouthwash daily
- Did
you knowon
average 22% of all restaurant meals include potato chips
- Did
you knowthe
most popular toothbrush color is blue
- Did
you knowthe
US produces 19% of the world's trash
- Did
you know59%
of people say that their average looking
- Did
you know53%
of women don't leave home without makeup on
- Did
you know44%
of people have broken a bone
- Did
you know9%
of people skip breakfast daily
- Did
you knowchocolate
manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds
- Did
you know90%
people depend on alarm clocks to wake up
- Did
you know21%
of people don't make their bed in the morning
- Did
you know85%
of women wear the wrong bra size
- Did
you knowthe
number 1 reason why people purchase a mobile phone is for safety
- Did
you knowwomen
are 4 times more likely to shop lift than men
- Did
you knowper
person France consumes the most cheese
- Did
you knowthe
Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year
- Did
you know75%
of people wouldn't give up their spouse for a night for a $1,000,000
- Did
you knowM*A*S*H
stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'
- Did
you knowThe
TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'
- Did
you knowthe
first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'
- Did
you know'fan'
is short for 'fanatic'
- Did
you knowclinophobia
is the fear of going to bed
- Did
you knowa
standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
- Did
you knowpolice
dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually
German or Hungarian)
- Did
you knowthe
makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of
Monopoly money every year
- Did
you knowSuperman
dates back to June 1938 (he first appeared in Action Comics No. 1)
- Did
you knowthe
'black box' that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so
it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash
- Did
you knowthe
average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
- Did
you knowthe
blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of
drafting paper
- Did
you knowthe
Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
- Did
you knowthe
first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
- Did
you knowthe
human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
- Did
you knowthe
number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
- Did
you knowthe
statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
- Did
you knowthe
surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
- Did
you know3
teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
- Did
you knowuseful
life of a modern toilet is 50 years
- Did
you knowjellyfish
don't have a brain
- Did
you know45%
of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
- Did
you knowthe
Greek national anthem has 158 verses
- Did
you knowit
takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
- Did
you knowyou
can't tickle yourself
- Did
you knowyou
can't trademark surnames
- Did
you knowferrets
sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day
- Did
you knowthe
'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
- Did
you knowthe
smallest unit of time is a yoctosecond (1 septillionth which is 10 to the
power of negative 24 )
- Did
you knowA
Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
- Did
you knowa
violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
- Did
you knowthere
are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
- Did
you knowthe
average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
- Did
you knowrecycling
one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
- Did
you knowa
baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
- Did
you knowa
group of foxes is called a skulk
- Did
you knowa
hippopotamus can run faster than a man
- Did
you knowa
King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4
metres (13 feet) long
- Did
you knowlions
in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
- Did
you knowa
male baboon can kill a leopard
- Did
you knowrhinoceros
have 3 toes on each foot
- Did
you knowa
shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
- Did
you knowelephants
can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
- Did
you knowbaby
rattlesnakes are born in August and September
- Did
you knowmost
snakes have 1 lung
- Did
you knowcamels
have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
- Did
you knowthe
night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
- Did
you knowflamingoes
can live up to 80 years old
- Did
you knowin
Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
- Did
you knowmost
dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
- Did
you knowout
of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to
man
- Did
you knowan
ostriches can outrun a horse
- Did
you knowostriches
can live up to 75 years old
- Did
you knowsheep
won't drink from running water
- Did
you knowsquirrels
can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground
- Did
you knowwild
cobras can live up to 20 years old
- Did
you knowthe
average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day
- Did
you knowa
blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour
buses
- Did
you knowthe
greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)
- Did
you knowthe
fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of
108kph (68mph, 59knots)
- Did
you knowfemale
condors lays a single egg once every 2 years
- Did
you knowhippopotamuses
have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick
- Did
you knowan
arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
- Did
you knowwhales
have the slowest metabolism of all animals
- Did
you knowpenguins
are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica
(excluding zoos above the equator)
- Did
you knowtoads
only eat moving prey
- Did
you knowwhen
born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall
- Did
you knowa
bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight
- Did
you knowpandas
spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo
- Did
you knowcrocodiles
continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones
- Did
you knowthe
skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight
- Did
you knowthere
are over 1,600 known species of starfishes
- Did
you knowthere
are over 320 species of parrots
- Did
you knowthere
are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk
- Did
you knowthere
are over 690 known species of bats
- Did
you knowthere
are over 130 species of owl
- Did
you knowa
garfish has green bones
- Did
you knowa
camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm
- Did
you knowa
cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling
- Did
you knowa
fox litter is 10 to 15 pups
- Did
you knowthe
spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours
- Did
you knowcamels
can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes
- Did
you knowyou
can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
- Did
you knowthere
are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms
- Did
you knowthere
are over 7,000 different types of apples
- Did
you knowthin
skinned lemons are the juiciest
- Did
you knowon
the average there are 8 peas in a pod
- Did
you knowyou
have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a
potato has no more calories than an apple)
- Did
you knowa
connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are
called fingers
- Did
you knowthe
ice cream cone was introduced in 1904
- Did
you know93%
of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with
France second with 85% of households)
- Did
you knowchocolate
is the number 1 food craved by women
- Did
you knowAmericans
consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
- Did
you knowchicken
drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken
- Did
you knowcooking
or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper
- Did
you knowarachibutyrophobia
is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
- Did
you knowdark
green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones
- Did
you knowthe
average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year
- Did
you knowcabbage
is 91% water
- Did
you knowthe
most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin
- Did
you knowfresh
apples float because they contain 25% air
- Did
you knowgreen
tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea
- Did
you knowlettuce
is the worlds most popular green vegitable
- Did
you knowmore
people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
- Did
you knowthere
are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
- Did
you knowAntarctica
is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
- Did
you knowFinland
has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
- Did
you knowthe
average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
- Did
you knowCanada
has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
- Did
you know80%
of all people hit by lightning are men
- Did
you knowbefore
beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto
Canada
- Did
you knowChevy
Chase's real first name is Cornelius
- Did
you knowthe
only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
- Did
you knowa
15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
- Did
you knowa
nanosecond is one billionth of a second
- Did
you knowa
whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of
sound
- Did
you knowmen
change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer
to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
- Did
you knowall
pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless
of their country of origin
- Did
you knowbrontology
is the study of thunder
- Did
you knowdiamonds
mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
- Did
you knowdry
ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
- Did
you knowemployees
of the Vatican pay no income tax
- Did
you knowthe
first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
- Did
you knowpetrol
has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between
-82 and -115�C (-180 and -240�F)
- Did
you knowsound
travels 10 times faster through granite than air
- Did
you knowJapanese
people don�t have middle names
- Did
you knowsome
playing cards in India are round
- Did
you knowthe
average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
- Did
you knowthe
expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used
to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
- Did
you knowthe
first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964
- Did
you knowthe
first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900
- Did
you knowthe
national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
- Did
you knowthere
are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order
(f g h, j k l, and o p)
- Did
you knowwomen
were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
- Did
you knowa
bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
- Did
you knowa
dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
- Did
you knowflies
can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30
milliseconds
- Did
you knowa
queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
- Did
you knowants
can lift 50 times their own weight
- Did
you knowbees
can see ultraviolet light
- Did
you know80%
of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
- Did
you know10%
of with world's food supply is consumed by insects
- Did
you knowit
takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
- Did
you knowqueen
termites can live up to 50 years
- Did
you knowmost
spiders have transparent blood
- Did
you knowcaterpillars
have over 2,000 muscles
- Did
you knowthe
fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h
(35mp/h))
- Did
you knowhoney
bees kill more people each year than snakes
- Did
you knowthere
are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
- Did
you knowthere
are over 80,000 different species of ants
- Did
you knowall
the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
- Did
you knowan
area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine
with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
- Did
you knowmore
than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
- Did
you knowthe
Moon weighs 81 billion tons
- Did
you knowthe
world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
- Did
you knowit
takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
- Did
you knownatural
gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able
to identify leaks)
- Did
you knowthere
are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
- Did
you knowrainbows
can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be
less than 40� above the horizon)
- Did
you knowacorns
are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
- Did
you knowall
hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
- Did
you knowthere
are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
- Did
you knowchalk
is made from tiny plankton fossils
- Did
you know80%
of the world's rose species come from Asia
- Did
you know8.5
million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
- Did
you knowevery
living thing on the Earth contains carbon
- Did
you knowthe
Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
- Did
you knowit
takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
- Did
you knowthe
average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
- Did
you knowonions
are part of the lily family
- Did
you knowthe
primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds
surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)
- Did
you knowthe
softest known mineral is talc
- Did
you know'orology'
is the study of mountains
- Did
you know20%
of China's plants are used in medicine
- Did
you know2/3
of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
- Did
you knowhumans
are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
- Did
you knowit
was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
- Did
you knowmoths
have white blood
- Did
you knowthe
diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
- Did
you knowthe
diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
- Did
you knowthe
diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
- Did
you knowMount
Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
- Did
you knowdolphin's
can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
- Did
you knowdinosaurs
lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
- Did
you knowjellyfish
have been on Earth for over 650 million years
- Did
you knowonly
pregnant females polar bears hibernate
- Did
you knowpolar
bears are strictly carnivores
- Did
you knowsharks
have been on Earth for over 400 million years
- Did
you knowsome
dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
- Did
you knowthe
average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
- Did
you knowthe
tallest mammal is the giraffe
- Did
you knowwarthogs
can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
- Did
you knowwarthogs
live for 15 years
- Did
you knowwhen
baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first
month
- Did
you know2
out of 5 people marry their first love
- Did
you know30%
of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
- Did
you know45%
of people use mouthwash everyday
- Did
you knowless
than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
- Did
you knowpeople
in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
- Did
you knowthe
average shower tempreture is 38�C
(101�F)
- Did
you knowraindrops
are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
- Did
you knowthe
algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's
oxygen
- Did
you knowthe
game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920
- Did
you knowthere
are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
- Did
you knowNintendo
first produced playing cards
- Did
you knowthe
word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
- Did
you knowthere
are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
- Did
you knowchameleons
can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
- Did
you knowa
chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
- Did
you knowa
newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
- Did
you knowa
woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
- Did
you knowcatfish
have over 100,000 taste buds
- Did
you knowit
takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
- Did
you knowthe
world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
- Did
you knowEngland's
Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
- Did
you knowthe
Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
- Did
you knowthe
Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
- Did
you knowthe
Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
- Did
you knowthere
are 132 rooms in the US White House
- Did
you knowbanana
plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the
same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
- Did
you knowbananas
are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
- Did
you knowbananas
contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
- Did
you knowover
96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
- Did
you knowmosquitoes
dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
- Did
you knowmosquitoes
prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
- Did
you knowno
two spider webs are the same
- Did
you knowthere
are over 900,000 known species of insects
- Did
you knowworker
ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
- Did
you knowJohn
Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing
the first chocolate bars
- Did
you knowFranklin
Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
- Did
you knowHawaii
is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production
of chocolate
- Did
you know1
plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
- Did
you know52%
of Americans drink coffee
- Did
you knowBrazil
accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
- Did
you knowcoffee
is generally roasted between 204 - 218�C
(400 - 425�F) (the longer the beans are
roasted the darker the roast)
- Did
you knowcoffee
is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
- Did
you knowcoffee
is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed
each year
- Did
you knowcoffee
represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
- Did
you knowas
a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
- Did
you knowdark
roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the
longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)
- Did
you knowthe
first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
- Did
you knowJapan
is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
- Did
you knowover
5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
- Did
you knowcoffee
trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
- Did
you knowthe
US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
- Did
you knowthere
are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a
cup of coffee has around 100 to 150
- Did
you knowbetween
1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
- Did
you knowDisneyland
opened in 1955
- Did
you knowMTV
(Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first
music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles)
- Did
you knowthe
1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it
was Snow White and the seven dwarfs)
- Did
you knowthe
hamburger was invented in 1900
- Did
you knowthe
hottest chile in the world is the habanero
- Did
you knowAustralia
is the only country that is also a continent
- Did
you knowEurope
is the only continent without a desert
- Did
you knowHawaii
officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900
- Did
you knowthe
dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
- Did
you knowthe
supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969
- Did
you knowin
1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park
- Did
you knowa
person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation
(Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few
weeks)
- Did
you knowthe
average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a
lifetime
- Did
you knowan
individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of
the body
- Did
you knowby
age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds
- Did
you knowevery
square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it
- Did
you knowfingernails
grow faster than toenails
- Did
you knowhumans
shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in
a lifetime)
- Did
you knowit
takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
- Did
you knowthe
human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight)
- Did
you knowin
1900 the average life span in the US was 47
- Did
you knowthe
vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words
- Did
you knowDNA
stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid
- Did
you knowthe
word 'rhythms' is the longest word without any vowels
- Did
you knowthe
study of insects is called entomology
- Did
you knowthe
word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
- Did
you knowthe
Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
- Did
you knowthe
word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'
- Did
you knowwheat
is the world's most widely grown plant
- Did
you knowCheerios
cereal was originally called Cheerioats
- Did
you knowflushable
toilets were in use in ancient Rome
- Did
you knowthe
first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950
- Did
you knowthe
most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum
- Did
you knowthe
world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York
- Did
you knowthere
are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different color combinations possible on a
Rubik's Cube
- Did
you knowthe
average life span of a mosquito is 2 weeks
- Did
you knowthe
average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a
lifetime
- Did
you knowthe
Empire State Building in New York weighs over 365,000 tons
- Did
you knowsea
water is approximately 3.5% salt
- Did
you knowthere
are over 900 species of bats
- Did
you knowafter
bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery
- Did
you knowthe
African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating
- Did
you knowthe
average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their
lifetime
- Did
you knowover
550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States
- Did
you knowinstant
mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in
1962
- Did
you knowin
American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently
purchased items
- Did
you knowostrich
meat is the leanest of all red meats
- Did
you knowbanana
plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall
- Did
you knowblueberries
are very high in antioxidants
- Did
you knowthe
grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on
a vine
- Did
you knowa
pumpkin really is a fruit
- Did
you knowlaughing
lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system
- Did
you knowonce
a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year
thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%)
- Did
you knowthe
surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court
- Did
you knowEngland's
first great industry was wool
- Did
you knowthe
average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54
- Did
you knowaccording
to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is
10,000 bounces
- Did
you knowthe
word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters
in alphabetical order
- Did
you knowa
pip is one of the spots on dice or domino
- Did
you knowthe
most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'
- Did
you knowthe
number 2 is the only number greater than zero that when added to or
multiplied by itself gives you the same result (4)
- Did
you knowthe
word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and
Portuguese
- Did
you knowablutophobia
is the fear of bathing
- Did
you knowachluophobiais
the fear of the dark
- Did
you knowacrophobia
is the fear of heights
- Did
you knowagoraphobia
is the fear of wide open spaces
- Did
you knowaichmophobia
is the fear of needles and pointed objects
- Did
you knowakousticophobia
is the fear of noises
- Did
you knowamathophobia
is the fear of dust
- Did
you knowatychiphobia
is the fear of failure
- Did
you knowbrontophobia
is the fear of thunderstorms
- Did
you knowcatoptrophobia
is the fear of mirrors
- Did
you knowdendrophobia
is the fear of trees
- Did
you knowgatophobia
is the fear of cats
- Did
you knowheliophobia
is the fear of sunlight
- Did
you knowhelminthophobia
is the fear of worms
- Did you knowherpetophobia is the fear of reptiles
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