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2. Did you knowthe Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons
3. Did you knowVenus is the only planet that rotates clockwise
4. Did you knowthe average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
5. Did you knowJack is the most common name in nursery rhymes
6. Did you knowthere are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
7. Did you know'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs
8. Did you knowthe most common time for a wake up call is 7am
9. Did you knowgiraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal
10. Did you knowIndia has over 50 million monkeys
11. Did you knowIceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
12. Did you knowblue and white are the most common school colors
13. Did you knowostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
14. Did you knowyour foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
15. Did you knowJapan is the largest exporter of frog legs
16. Did you knowthe sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
17. Did you knowevery year the sun loses 360 million tons
18. Did you knowthe shell is 12% of an eggs weight
19. Did you knowthe longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years
20. Did you knowthe first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
21. Did you knowthe first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
22. Did you knowthe longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
23. Did you knowa squid has 10 tentacles
24. Did you knowthe average American eats 263 eggs a year
25. Did you knowin 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
26. Did you knowhypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
27. Did you knowa third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it
28. Did you knowyou're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other
29. Did you knowyour right lung takes in more air than your left
30. Did you knowwomens hearts beat faster than mens
31. Did you knowthe atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
32. Did you knowthe odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
33. Did you knowthe average bank teller loses $250 every year
34. Did you knowmore people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined
35. Did you knowthe average person has 10,000 taste buds
36. Did you knowIceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
37. Did you know'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
38. Did you knowa woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice
39. Did you knowsnakes can't blink
40. Did you knowants don�t like baby powder (talcum powder)
41. Did you knowemployees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day
42. Did you knowthe ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck
43. Did you knowa rat can tread water for 3 days
44. Did you knowbulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all invented by women
45. Did you knowthere is no rice in rice paper
46. Did you knowdolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout
47. Did you knowsharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
48. Did you knowbottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes
49. Did you knowflamingoes can live up to 80 years
50. Did you knowthe only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica
51. Did you knowAustralia has the largest sheep population
52. Did you knowgreyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
53. Did you knowyou can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)
54. Did you knowsharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest
55. Did you knowgreyhounds can see better than any other dog breed
56. Did you knowwhen 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators
57. Did you knowmost cows produce more milk when they listen to music
58. Did you knowelephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear
59. Did you knowgiant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal
60. Did you knowsnakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)
61. Did you knowa blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating
62. Did you knowpelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal
63. Did you knowgorillas can't swim
64. Did you knowhouse cats have 18 claws
65. Did you knowgiraffes can't cough
66. Did you knowthe Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak
67. Did you knowdeers don't like hay
68. Did you knowshrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females
69. Did you knowthe average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day
70. Did you knowthere are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos
71. Did you knowthe average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
72. Did you knowa platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
73. Did you knowfleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
74. Did you knowspiders have transparent blood
75. Did you knowmosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
76. Did you knowonly 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey
77. Did you knowMarch 14 is 'save a spider day'
78. Did you knowall the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube
79. Did you knowthere are over 4,300 known species of ladybugs
80. Did you knowa fly's recation time is 30 milliseconds
81. Did you knowbutterflies taste with their back feet
82. Did you knowmoths have no stomach
83. Did you knowbees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second
84. Did you knowbees have 4 wings
85. Did you knowthe most eaten fruit in America is the banana
86. Did you knowthe ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
87. Did you knoworiginally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power
88. Did you knowover a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii
89. Did you knowthe frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
90. Did you knowthe color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
91. Did you knowJohn Kellogg invented corn flakes
92. Did you know60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day
93. Did you knowOrange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
94. Did you knowItaly and France produce over 40% of all wine
95. Did you knowthere are over 15,000 different kinds of rice
96. Did you knowdairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
97. Did you knowthe smallest bone in your body is found in your ear
98. Did you knowthe ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30�c (64-86�f)
99. Did you knowCanada has more lakes than any other country
100. Did you knowthe largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
101. Did you know90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean
102. Did you knowthe Nile river flows North
103. Did you knowSpain's largest source of income is from tourism
104. Did you knowCoca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn
105. Did you knowthe first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
106. Did you knowthe first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
107. Did you knowthe dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
108. Did you knowthe first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
109. Did you knowthe first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
110. Did you knowbefore 1863 the postal service in the US was free
111. Did you knowthe first taxi service began in New York in 1907
112. Did you knowPez was invented in 1927
113. Did you knowthe elevator was invented in 1850
114. Did you knowthe first toothbrush was invented in 1498
115. Did you knowhoney enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
116. 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
117. 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
118. Did you knowthe hardest substance in the human body is enamel
119. Did you knowthere are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body
120. Did you knowthe number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
121. Did you knowtrees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely
122. Did you knowrain contains vitamin B12
123. Did you knowover 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
124. Did you knowclouds fly higher during the day than the night
125. Did you knowthe Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
126. Did you knowit takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing
127. Did you knowevery year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced
128. Did you knowyour blood is 6 times thicker than water
129. Did you knowclothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor)
130. Did you knowMercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
131. Did you knowthe opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'
132. Did you knowsound travels 15 times faster through steel than air
133. Did you knowbefore 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers
134. Did you knowthe most common Spanish surname is Garcia
135. Did you know22% of people skip lunch daily
136. Did you knowthe average person swallows 295 times during a meal
137. Did you know72% of people eavesdrop
138. Did you knowthe most popular snack food is potato chips
139. Did you know45% of people use mouthwash daily
140. Did you knowon average 22% of all restaurant meals include potato chips
141. Did you knowthe most popular toothbrush color is blue
142. Did you knowthe US produces 19% of the world's trash
143. Did you know59% of people say that their average looking
144. Did you know53% of women don't leave home without makeup on
145. Did you know44% of people have broken a bone
146. Did you know9% of people skip breakfast daily
147. Did you knowchocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds
148. Did you know90% people depend on alarm clocks to wake up
149. Did you know21% of people don't make their bed in the morning
150. Did you know85% of women wear the wrong bra size
151. Did you knowthe number 1 reason why people purchase a mobile phone is for safety
152. Did you knowwomen are 4 times more likely to shop lift than men
153. Did you knowper person France consumes the most cheese
154. Did you knowthe Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year
155. Did you know75% of people wouldn't give up their spouse for a night for a $1,000,000
156. Did you knowM*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'
157. Did you knowThe TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'
158. Did you knowthe first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'
159. Did you know'fan' is short for 'fanatic'
160. Did you knowclinophobia is the fear of going to bed
161. Did you knowa standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
162. Did you knowpolice dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian)
163. Did you knowthe makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
164. Did you knowSuperman dates back to June 1938 (he first appeared in Action Comics No. 1)
165. 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
166. Did you knowthe average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
167. Did you knowthe blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper
168. Did you knowthe Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
169. Did you knowthe first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
170. Did you knowthe human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
171. Did you knowthe number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
172. Did you knowthe statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
173. Did you knowthe surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
174. Did you know3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
175. Did you knowuseful life of a modern toilet is 50 years
176. Did you knowjellyfish don't have a brain
177. Did you know45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
178. Did you knowthe Greek national anthem has 158 verses
179. Did you knowit takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
180. Did you knowyou can't tickle yourself
181. Did you knowyou can't trademark surnames
182. Did you knowferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day
183. Did you knowthe 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
184. Did you knowthe smallest unit of time is a yoctosecond (1 septillionth which is 10 to the power of negative 24 )
185. Did you knowA Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
186. Did you knowa violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
187. Did you knowthere are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
188. Did you knowthe average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
189. Did you knowrecycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
190. Did you knowa baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
191. Did you knowa group of foxes is called a skulk
192. Did you knowa hippopotamus can run faster than a man
193. Did you knowa King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long
194. Did you knowlions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
195. Did you knowa male baboon can kill a leopard
196. Did you knowrhinoceros have 3 toes on each foot
197. Did you knowa shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
198. Did you knowelephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
199. Did you knowbaby rattlesnakes are born in August and September
200. Did you knowmost snakes have 1 lung
201. Did you knowcamels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
202. Did you knowthe night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
203. Did you knowflamingoes can live up to 80 years old
204. Did you knowin Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
205. Did you knowmost dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
206. Did you knowout of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man
207. Did you knowan ostriches can outrun a horse
208. Did you knowostriches can live up to 75 years old
209. Did you knowsheep won't drink from running water
210. Did you knowsquirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground
211. Did you knowwild cobras can live up to 20 years old
212. Did you knowthe average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day
213. Did you knowa blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses
214. Did you knowthe greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)
215. Did you knowthe fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph, 59knots)
216. Did you knowfemale condors lays a single egg once every 2 years
217. Did you knowhippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick
218. Did you knowan arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
219. Did you knowwhales have the slowest metabolism of all animals
220. Did you knowpenguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator)
221. Did you knowtoads only eat moving prey
222. Did you knowwhen born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall
223. Did you knowa bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight
224. Did you knowpandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo
225. Did you knowcrocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones
226. Did you knowthe skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight
227. Did you knowthere are over 1,600 known species of starfishes
228. Did you knowthere are over 320 species of parrots
229. Did you knowthere are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk
230. Did you knowthere are over 690 known species of bats
231. Did you knowthere are over 130 species of owl
232. Did you knowa garfish has green bones
233. Did you knowa camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm
234. Did you knowa cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling
235. Did you knowa fox litter is 10 to 15 pups
236. Did you knowthe spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours
237. Did you knowcamels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes
238. Did you knowyou can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
239. Did you knowthere are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms
240. Did you knowthere are over 7,000 different types of apples
241. Did you knowthin skinned lemons are the juiciest
242. Did you knowon the average there are 8 peas in a pod
243. 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)
244. Did you knowa connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers
245. Did you knowthe ice cream cone was introduced in 1904
246. Did you know93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)
247. Did you knowchocolate is the number 1 food craved by women
248. Did you knowAmericans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
249. Did you knowchicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken
250. Did you knowcooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper
251. Did you knowarachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
252. Did you knowdark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones
253. Did you knowthe average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year
254. Did you knowcabbage is 91% water
255. Did you knowthe most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin
256. Did you knowfresh apples float because they contain 25% air
257. Did you knowgreen tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea
258. Did you knowlettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable
259. Did you knowmore people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
260. Did you knowthere are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
261. Did you knowAntarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
262. Did you knowFinland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
263. Did you knowthe average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
264. Did you knowCanada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
265. Did you know80% of all people hit by lightning are men
266. Did you knowbefore beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
267. Did you knowChevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius
268. Did you knowthe only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
269. Did you knowa 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
270. Did you knowa nanosecond is one billionth of a second
271. Did you knowa whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
272. 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)
273. Did you knowall pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
274. Did you knowbrontology is the study of thunder
275. Did you knowdiamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
276. Did you knowdry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
277. Did you knowemployees of the Vatican pay no income tax
278. Did you knowthe first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
279. Did you knowpetrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115�C (-180 and -240�F)
280. Did you knowsound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
281. Did you knowJapanese people don�t have middle names
282. Did you knowsome playing cards in India are round
283. Did you knowthe average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
284. Did you knowthe expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
285. Did you knowthe first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964
286. Did you knowthe first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900
287. Did you knowthe national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
288. 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)
289. Did you knowwomen were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
290. Did you knowa bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
291. Did you knowa dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
292. Did you knowflies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
293. Did you knowa queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
294. Did you knowants can lift 50 times their own weight
295. Did you knowbees can see ultraviolet light
296. Did you know80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
297. Did you know10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects
298. Did you knowit takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
299. Did you knowqueen termites can live up to 50 years
300. Did you knowmost spiders have transparent blood
301. Did you knowcaterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
302. Did you knowthe fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
303. Did you knowhoney bees kill more people each year than snakes
304. Did you knowthere are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
305. Did you knowthere are over 80,000 different species of ants
306. Did you knowall the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
307. 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
308. Did you knowmore than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
309. Did you knowthe Moon weighs 81 billion tons
310. Did you knowthe world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
311. Did you knowit takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
312. Did you knownatural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks)
313. Did you knowthere are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
314. Did you knowrainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40� above the horizon)
315. Did you knowacorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
316. Did you knowall hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
317. Did you knowthere are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
318. Did you knowchalk is made from tiny plankton fossils
319. Did you know80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
320. Did you know8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
321. Did you knowevery living thing on the Earth contains carbon
322. Did you knowthe Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
323. Did you knowit takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
324. Did you knowthe average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
325. Did you knowonions are part of the lily family
326. 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)
327. Did you knowthe softest known mineral is talc
328. Did you know'orology' is the study of mountains
329. Did you know20% of China's plants are used in medicine
330. Did you know2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
331. Did you knowhumans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
332. Did you knowit was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
333. Did you knowmoths have white blood
334. Did you knowthe diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
335. Did you knowthe diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
336. Did you knowthe diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
337. Did you knowMount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
338. Did you knowdolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
339. Did you knowdinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
340. Did you knowjellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
341. Did you knowonly pregnant females polar bears hibernate
342. Did you knowpolar bears are strictly carnivores
343. Did you knowsharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
344. Did you knowsome dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
345. Did you knowthe average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
346. Did you knowthe tallest mammal is the giraffe
347. Did you knowwarthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
348. Did you knowwarthogs live for 15 years
349. Did you knowwhen baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month
350. Did you know2 out of 5 people marry their first love
351. Did you know30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
352. Did you know45% of people use mouthwash everyday
353. Did you knowless than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
354. Did you knowpeople in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
355. Did you knowthe average shower tempreture is 38�C (101�F)
356. Did you knowraindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
357. Did you knowthe algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen
358. Did you knowthe game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920
359. Did you knowthere are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
360. Did you knowNintendo first produced playing cards
361. Did you knowthe word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
362. Did you knowthere are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
363. Did you knowchameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
364. Did you knowa chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
365. Did you knowa newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
366. Did you knowa woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
367. Did you knowcatfish have over 100,000 taste buds
368. Did you knowit takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
369. Did you knowthe world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
370. Did you knowEngland's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
371. Did you knowthe Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
372. Did you knowthe Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
373. Did you knowthe Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
374. Did you knowthere are 132 rooms in the US White House
375. Did you knowbanana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
376. Did you knowbananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
377. Did you knowbananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
378. Did you knowover 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
379. Did you knowmosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
380. Did you knowmosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
381. Did you knowno two spider webs are the same
382. Did you knowthere are over 900,000 known species of insects
383. Did you knowworker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
384. Did you knowJohn Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
385. Did you knowFranklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
386. Did you knowHawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
387. Did you know1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
388. Did you know52% of Americans drink coffee
389. Did you knowBrazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
390. Did you knowcoffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218�C (400 - 425�F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast)
391. Did you knowcoffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
392. Did you knowcoffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year
393. Did you knowcoffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
394. Did you knowas a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
395. 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)
396. Did you knowthe first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
397. Did you knowJapan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
398. Did you knowover 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
399. Did you knowcoffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
400. Did you knowthe US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
401. Did you knowthere are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150
402. Did you knowbetween 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
403. Did you knowDisneyland opened in 1955
404. 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)
405. Did you knowthe 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs)
406. Did you knowthe hamburger was invented in 1900
407. Did you knowthe hottest chile in the world is the habanero
408. Did you knowAustralia is the only country that is also a continent
409. Did you knowEurope is the only continent without a desert
410. Did you knowHawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900
411. Did you knowthe dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
412. Did you knowthe supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969
413. Did you knowin 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park
414. 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)
415. Did you knowthe average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime
416. Did you knowan individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
417. Did you knowby age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds
418. Did you knowevery square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it
419. Did you knowfingernails grow faster than toenails
420. Did you knowhumans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime)
421. Did you knowit takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
422. Did you knowthe human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight)
423. Did you knowin 1900 the average life span in the US was 47
424. Did you knowthe vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words
425. Did you knowDNA stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid
426. Did you knowthe word 'rhythms' is the longest word without any vowels
427. Did you knowthe study of insects is called entomology
428. Did you knowthe word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
429. Did you knowthe Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
430. Did you knowthe word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'
431. Did you knowwheat is the world's most widely grown plant
432. Did you knowCheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats
433. Did you knowflushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome
434. Did you knowthe first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950
435. Did you knowthe most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum
436. Did you knowthe world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York
437. Did you knowthere are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube
438. Did you knowthe average life span of a mosquito is 2 weeks
439. Did you knowthe average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime
440. Did you knowthe Empire State Building in New York weighs over 365,000 tons
441. Did you knowsea water is approximately 3.5% salt
442. Did you knowthere are over 900 species of bats
443. Did you knowafter bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery
444. Did you knowthe African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating
445. Did you knowthe average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime
446. Did you knowover 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States
447. Did you knowinstant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962
448. Did you knowin American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items
449. Did you knowostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats
450. Did you knowbanana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall
451. Did you knowblueberries are very high in antioxidants
452. Did you knowthe grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine
453. Did you knowa pumpkin really is a fruit
454. Did you knowlaughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system
455. 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%)
456. Did you knowthe surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court
457. Did you knowEngland's first great industry was wool
458. Did you knowthe average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54
459. Did you knowaccording to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces
460. Did you knowthe word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
461. Did you knowa pip is one of the spots on dice or domino
462. Did you knowthe most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'
463. 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)
464. Did you knowthe word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese
465. Did you knowablutophobia is the fear of bathing
466. Did you knowachluophobiais the fear of the dark
467. Did you knowacrophobia is the fear of heights
468. Did you knowagoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces
469. Did you knowaichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects
470. Did you knowakousticophobia is the fear of noises
471. Did you knowamathophobia is the fear of dust
472. Did you knowatychiphobia is the fear of failure
473. Did you knowbrontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms
474. Did you knowcatoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors
475. Did you knowdendrophobia is the fear of trees
476. Did you knowgatophobia is the fear of cats
477. Did you knowheliophobia is the fear of sunlight
478. Did you knowhelminthophobia is the fear of worms
479. Did you knowherpetophobia is the fear of reptiles