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Posted on: May 11, '08

-FACT IS FACT-

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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sonuExcel said:
a good collection

June 15, '08

tenjade_destiny said:
now this is realy interesting and not known to most of us..that 41% english women punching their partners is surely an eye opener...lolz..just happened to go thru zone..liked ur blog

May 12, '08

sriangood said:
A very good compilation.
Lots of GK for many of us.

May 11, '08

utkarsha2008 said:
really fantastic . tremendous yaar. where did u get dem from??? i never found such matter on fropper!! really got 2 know sumthin different n interesting. thanx. tc. bye..

May 11, '08

eisabel said:
HI DEAR'
really nice facts
thanx 4 making me aware of these
tc

May 11, '08

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