May 11, '08
1-No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
2-The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.
3- Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
4-Earthworms have five hearts.
5-The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than
steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.
6-Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the
fingerprints of humans.
7-Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their
weight.
8-Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
9-The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
10-Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
11-Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their
partners, according to a study.
12-Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate
depression by up to 25%.
13-Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20
years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and
drink.
14-Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more
iron than cow's milk.
15-Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.
16-The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance
Florence to shave them off.
17-Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people)
This fact is based on a study that had errors in it, thus it might not be a
fact.
18-The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than
the weight of the human population.
19-The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the
number of all the people that have died. Ever.
20-9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This
isn't true; Joseph Swan did.
21-Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of
Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
22-On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
23-On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
24-A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.
25-America's best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla.
26-The doorbell was invented in 1831.
27-The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F
is "feedback."
28-The average person can live 11 days without water.
29-There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach.
30-Clocks made before 1687 had only one hand, and hour hand.
31-Coca-Cola was originally green.
32-Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
33-Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg.
34-The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because
the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the
bubbles.
35-In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received
800,000 fan letters.
36-There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous':
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
37-A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
death.
38-Butterflies taste with their feet.
39-The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
40-Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
41-Pearls melt in vinegar.
42-Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
43-About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the
same number are born each second.
44-Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone
marrow.
45-In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters
as its value.
46-The three words in the English language with the letters "uu" are:
vacuum, residuum and continuum.
47-There are no words in the English language that rhyme with silver and
orange.
48-The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
"uncopyrightable".
49-Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to
eight weeks old.
50-Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop
producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions!
51-Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
52-Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.
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