Others FACTS:
The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not
stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in
criminal proceedings).
Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right,
but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
The
reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
The colour
blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
The
verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of
each other: adhere and separate.
The
first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a
carburetor.
The
lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
Google
is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For
example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
It cost
7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
There
are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The
plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most
soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
In most
watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the
arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).
Colgate
faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate
translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
Do you
know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil),
Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
Whip
makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
If a
statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the
person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person
died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
No
piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Blueberry
juice boosts memory
Each
year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of
those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
The
percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the
spread of colour TV.
Just
days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then
later retrieved by a dog.
Some
Chinese believe that swinging the arms cures headaches.
The
city of Portland in Oregon was named after a coin toss in 1844. Heads for Portland and tails for Boston.
No
president of the United States was an only child for his parents
Pumice
is the only rock that floats in water
The
African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates
and then die.
The
vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female
"hysteria" during the 19th century
Reno,
Nevada has the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S., Provo, Utah, the lowest.
The
Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Hemp doesn't contain THC and won't make you
high.
250
to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S.
Chocolate
could be poisonous for dogs
George
Washington didn't want his image on US coins.
He didn't want to imitate European monarchs.
In
South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in
the roll
In
the US, Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day
Diamonds
are not that rare, De Beers creates an artificial scarcity by stockpiling mined
diamonds and selling them in small amounts
As
of May, 2010; 1.2 Billion people still defecate in the open
Charlie
Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
The
United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world
Other
than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes.
Names
in Iceland's phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last
name.
Dutch,
on average are the tallest people.
Jaguars
are frightened by dogs.
There
are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA (excluding the federal National Cemetery
at Lincoln Way)
India
never invaded any country in her history
111,111,111
x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
In
Scotland, people throw stinking crud like eggs and sauces on their brides. That was
apparently not true, thanks for
those who pointed this out. Scottish
throw confetti like many
how it is in many countries. In some other countries,
they throw rice.
Natural
pearls melt in vinegar
Liquorice
(or liquorice) and avocado are among the food that sets the mood for love
making
An
olive tree can live up to 1500 years
The
dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F"
There
are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
The
tradition of brides carrying a bouquet of flowers started with the brides
trying to hide
their body odour
Buttermilk
does not contain any butter
Before
toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen
The
earth is about 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons in weight
There
are 86,400 seconds in day
The
parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515
Marilyn
Monroe had six toes on one foot. She
actually had a normal set of 10. The
mistake
was caused by a clump of sand on her feet during a photo shoot when she
was known as Norma Jeane.
The
phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law that stated
you couldn't beat
your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (Appears to be
an urban legend. The rule of thumb
refers to a primitive way of writing measurements before a standardized
system. The thumb width at that time was
considered closed to about 1 inch - maybe on average, the thumbs of our
ancestors were thicker!)
'Jedi'
is an official religion in Australia with over 70,000 followers.
Church
of England has apologized to Charles Darwin 200 years after his birth.
Chewing
gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears.
There
are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
Winston
Churchill was born in a ladies' room.
Armadillos
have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.
In
2009 one of eight newly married couples in the US met online.
There
are about 540,000 words in the English language and growing.
Gamblers
mostly don't see any clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
Everyday,
15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide.
Hugo
Boss designed some of the Nazi SS uniforms.
Any
free moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of
its surface
tension.
The
French tickler was invented by a Tibetan monk
Studies
have proven that it is harder to tell a convincing lie to someone you find
sexually
attractive.
Soccer
players run on average as many as 6 miles during the course of a game.
Red
wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles.
The
largest hummus dish was prepared in Lebanon. It weighed 10,452 Kg.
The
day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers in the US
The
eyes of the chameleon can move independently. It can see in two different
directions at
the same time
The
world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner
in 1965 (Nevertheless; Michael Corke of Chicago suffered from rare genetic
disease that affected his ability to sleep.
The disease, Fatal Familial Insomnia, led to his death in 1992 after going
6 months without sleep)
Coffee
beans aren't beans; they are fruit pits
It
is not allowed to have living US presidents featured on US currency
Among
older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell
A
pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of raw potatoes
Lima
beans contain cyanide
Fortune
cookies were actually invented in America (not China), in 1918, by Charles Jung
If
you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall
continuously
Caffeine
is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. No longer on the list as of 2004.
Some
in Japan bath in coffee grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp to
improve
their skin and reduce wrinkles
February
1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
In
Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from
conception and not physical birth
The
people in Bali only have one of four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut
There
are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt
The
Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees
Fahrenheit
The
state official motto of Alaska is " North to the Future"
People
who chase after rare birds are called twitchers
In
ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies
The
word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah
Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."
One
California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people
Butterflies
smell with their feet
Canada
is the westernized version of "Kanata" which is an Indian word
meaning "Big Village"
In
Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous
husband but
she may only do so with her bare hands
In
Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.
Impotence
is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states
In1770,
a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was
put
forward to the British Parliament
Black
olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives
In
Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
San
Jose was the original capital of California
Carl
Sagan was a pot smoker
5%
of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons
population are held
in the US.
Hershey's
Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like as if
it's kissing the conveyor belt
The
first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.
Earth
is the only planet not named after a pagan God.
250
to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S
You
will weigh less if you weigh yourself when the moon is full
Benjamin
Franklin was offended about putting a bald eagle as the national bird because
he
thought that other people were trying to make fun of him, since he was bald
Chocolate
contains an ingredient called “Theobromine” which can be toxic to dogs' central
nervous system and cardiac muscles
Most
lipstick have fish scales
Tamiflu's
main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise
The
Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.
Every
day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it.
Venus
is the only planet that rotates clockwise
The
largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)
Footprints
of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years
since
the moon has no atmosphere.
Both
men and women can be turned on by the aromas of wine
The
national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its
army.
The
Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more
beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.
Paraguay
and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems
on the obverse and reverse sides.
Genetically-engineered
babies were born first in 2001.
If
an Amish man has a beard, he is married.
If
a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is
available. (The bigger the flower, the
more desperate)
Pope
Pius II wrote an erotic book "Historia de duobos amantibus" in 1444.
Pele
has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in
Portuguese".
Two
phone books with their pages interlaced require more than 8000 pounds of
pressure to separate.
Urban
birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different
from their rural counterparts.
The
lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
The
Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.
Donald
Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defence secretary in US history.
Coco
Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt
on a cruise.
Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
In
ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth
to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
Ghandi
didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but
took quinine to save himself from malaria.
More
than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
The
Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
Barbie's
full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
Eating
a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a
year.
Plant
seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new
life.
For
every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As
of 2006).
Watching
television can act as a natural painkiller for children.
Forty-one
percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a
study.
The
more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to
control in the air.
Music
can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by
up to 25%.
The
egg came first.
Britain
is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper
to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based.
In
Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street
advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
The
best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric
kettle.
Native
Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook.
The
age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for
boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.
The
brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and
cooked pasta.
The
Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.
A
"lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens
of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
The
two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro
Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer.
All
US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them
in public.
The
Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave
them off.
Walt
Disney was afraid of mice.
The
first known marketer of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
The
cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
The
average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
The
average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds
of insect parts a year. (This fact and
the one prior to it have been judged as urban legends by many)
Every
drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
The
US national anthem actually has four verses, but everyone just knows the first
one. When
the whole anthem is sung, the
third verse is usually omitted.
The
total combined weight of the worlds and population is heavier than the weight
of the human population.
The
deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the
1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus
Christ.
Just
about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second.
The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10
people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
Happy
Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
The
number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the
people that have died. Ever.
There
is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you have probably
never heard of.
Scientists
have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals
than to plants.
In
some Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name
written second (Filipinos and people from near by Asian countries have their
individual names first and surnames last)
Abe
Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860
A
German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.
Washington
State has the longest single beach in the United States.Long Beach, WA
The
largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in
Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.
The
town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named "El Pueblo la
Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula"
9
out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn't true;
Joseph Swan did.
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.
The
Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
Plastic
lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
Ernest
Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing
the letter "e."
Tourists
visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is not considered an
insult!
Despite the expensive food, tipping is welcome as in any most other
countries. Locals in Japan might also
get offended if you leave a tip.
The
largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.
The
largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds.
Pinocchio
was made of pine.
Alfred
Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.
A
quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
A
dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
Cranberry
Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit.
Maine
is the toothpick capital of the world.
New
Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
There
was once a town in West Virginia called "6."
The
parking meter was invented in North Dakota Oklahoma City.
Napoleon
made his battle plans in a sandbox.
Roman
Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. (He actually tried to make his
horse, Incitatus, a consul and a priest)
The
green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.
Neil
Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
There
are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.
The
Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.
On
an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
Every
minute in the U.S. six people turn 17.
Ten
tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.
On
average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
Blue
and white are the most common school colours.
Swimming
pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.
In
a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds
of meat.
A
new book is published every 13 minutes in America.
America's
best-selling ice cream flavour is vanilla.
Every
year the sun loses 360 million tons.
Because
of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear
is as tall
as a giraffe.
The
Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per
hour.
The
bulls-eye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.
The
doorbell was invented in 1831.
The
electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.
There
are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
The
first Lifesaver flavour was peppermint.
The
typical American eats 263 eggs a year.
The
parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935.
The
oldest known vegetable is the pea.
The
avocado has the most calories of any fruit.
The
first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
France
has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
Minus
40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit
A
notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows
Europeans
in the Middle Ages used to call coffee the "Arabic Wine"
The
shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is
"feedback."
The
state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.
George
Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
Iceland
was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.
The
dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.
Russia
has the most movie theaters in the world.
The
most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
The
mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.
Goldfish
swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
Dry
fish food can make goldfish constipated.
The
stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the
least used.
Toilet
paper was invented in 1857.
Alaska
could hold the 21 smallest States.
Before
Prohibition, Schlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else,
except
the Catholic church.
If
you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and
sinking to the
bottom.
Kermit
the Frog is left-handed.
Non-dairy
creamer is flammable.
The
car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.
If
you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun.
The
reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the
engines
were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and
figured out how to
walk up straight staircases.
The
ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the
actual queen.
Columbia
University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic
Church.
When
the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sell-out
crowd, the
stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
Ohio
is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until
August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the
Union.
When
Saigon fell, the signal for all Americans to evacuate was Bing Crosby's
"White
Christmas" being played on the radio.
The
dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In
Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia.
The
most common speed limit sign in the United States is 25 m.p.h.
At
any one time, there are 100 million phone conversations going on in the United
States.
The
world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.
The
Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in
order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and
being thrown from a horse.
You
can make edible cheese from the milk of 24 different mammals.
Sir
Isaac Newton, who invented Calculus, had trouble with names to the point where
he would forget his brothers' names.
In
medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made
from baked oxen dung.
By
law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing.
The
average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.
More
American workers (18%) call sick on Friday than any other day of the week.
Tuesday
has the lowest present of absenteeism (11%).
Enough
beer is poured every Saturday across America to fill the Orange Bowl.
A
new-born expels its own body weight in waste every 60 hours.
Florida's
beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually.
Naturalists
use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps.
It
takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.
We
evils are more resistant to poisons in the morning than at night.
Cacao,
the main ingredient of chocolate is the most pest-ridden tree in the jungle.
In
deep space most lubricants will disappear.
America
once issued a 5-cent bill.
The
only vehicle legally allowed to pass a funeral procession is a government owned
vehicle: a mail truck.
In
1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population
of the city
of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing.
(Moguls
claim that 1.7 million were killed)
In
1800 only 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000.
There
are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball
More
steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile
bodies.
It
is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to
any
unnamed mountain or hill in the United States.
King
Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from
ailurophobia--fear of cats.
Before
1850 golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers.
Clocks
made before 1687 had only one hand, and hour hand.
The
motto of the American people, "In God We Trust," was not adopted as
the national slogan until 1956.
More
Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever
fought by the United States.
The
ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet. The ampersand
(&) did not use
to be a letter of the English alphabet - it was the last
letter of the Latin alphabet
The
principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres.
There
are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.
During
the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who had a beard was required to
pay a special tax.
The
first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and
Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola
was originally green.
Every
day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury.
The
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters (I was thankfully corrected by a friend: The
Hawai'ian alphabet has 13 letters, A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, ' (which
is called an okina).
Men
can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
The
amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad
served in first class: $40,000.
City
with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong.
State
with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
Percentage
of Africa that is wilderness--28%. Percentage of North America that is
wilderness--38%.
Percentage
of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do
all over again: 80%.
Average
people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
Average
lifespan of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The
only President to win a Pulitzer Prize: John Kennedy for "Profiles in
Courage."
The
youngest Pope was 11 years old.
Iceland
consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
First
novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer."
The
main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when
it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books
that would occupy the building (This is an urban myth. Despite a collection of more than 3.7 million
books, this library is not sinking.
Thanks to GG for this correction)
Diet
Coke was only invented in 1982.
Methane
gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by
the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
There
are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James
translation of the Bible.
The
E. Coli bacterium propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch
in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors built to date by
man. The rotation of the bacterial motor comes from a current of protons. The
efficiency of the motor approaches 100 per cent.
Henry
Ford produced the model T mostly in black because the black paint available at
the time was the fastest to dry. Model T was available in other colors. The British factory for model T started
producing them in Green as mentioned by the British Show QI.
At
- 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by
breathing.
Pet
superstores now sell about 40 percent of all pet food
One
million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of
them are children.
In
1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan
letters.
There
are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
If
you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it
would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
Less
than 3% of Nestlé's sales are for chocolate.
The
tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph
Less
than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease
is China's leading cause of death.
The
number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the
population growth
The
X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss,
actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the
end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they
would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their
King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X
Nova
Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.'
The
collecting of Beer mats is called Tegestology.
Even
though it is widely attributed to him Shakespeare never actually used the word
'gadzooks'.
Only
2 blue moons (the saying 'only once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence
of two full moons during one calendar month) are to occur between now and 2001.
Those times are January 1999 and March 1999
Upper
and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when
al original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters
were stored in the case on top of the case stored smaller, 'lower case' letters
Each
king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and
Diamonds--Julius Caesar.
Mosquito
repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors
so they don't know your there
The
bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep
Inventor
Samuel Colt patented his revolver in 1836.
It
has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two
meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the
flush!
In
ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked
nose
It
is possible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the
process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process.
The
first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799,
physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common foxglove
plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications,
digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the
amount of b lood pumped per heartbeat.
Dry
cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the
century
During
World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question
attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant
ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one
of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and
breaking its back
Jeremy
Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832,left his entire estate to the
London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board
meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It
was present at the meeting for 92 years.
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