- indiana jones' last name was originally smith. it was changed on the first day of production.
- there are more aquarians in the american hall of fame than any other sign, yet statistics reveal that in mental institutions there are more aquarians than any other sign too.
- babe ruth learned to play baseball while growing up in orphanages.
- some species of oak trees do not produce acorns in abundance until they are fifty years of age or older.
- light from the sun takes approximately 8 mins to reach earth.
- an elephant’s trunk has up to 150,000 muscles.
- owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
- coca-cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
- dolphins sleep with one eye open
- camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
- the elephant is the only mammal that can't jump
- like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
- the first novel ever written on a typewriter was tom sawyer
- elephants walk on their tiptoes
- there are about 16 million thunderstorms on earth every year
- leonardo da cinci invented scissors
- peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite
- winston churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance
- a hippo can run as fast as a human can
- The second best selling game of all time is jenga. jenga is a swahili word, meaning "to build."
- the great pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
- the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called arachibutyrophobia
- the famous casanova (giacomo casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died
- native americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine
- ramses II, a pharaoh of egypt died in 1225 b.c.. at the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters
- an armadillo can walk under water
- camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible
- lhe first toilet ever seen on television was on "leave it to beaver"
- a butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow
- the airplane buddy holly died in was the "american pie" (thus the name of the on mclean song.)
- lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two
- an oyster can change its gender
- bubble gum contains rubber
- humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
- alexander the great and julius caesar were both epileptic
- a newly hatched fish is called a "fry"
- the material to build the taj mahal was brought in from various parts of india by a fleet of 1000 elephants
- an orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
- ancient egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips
- a lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days
- high priests in ancient egypt were the only ones who were allowed to wear garments made from cotton
- a fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks
- the planet venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system
- a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
- there are three golf balls sitting on the moon
- mr. rogers is an ordained minister
- oscar wilde and his friends came up the with the word "dude." It came from the words "duds" and "attitude"
- if you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.
- if you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
- to make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
- heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
- tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
- people in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport
- albert einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
- astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
- Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
- Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
- The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
- google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros ..
- it takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .
- your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
- if you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
- each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
- zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
- kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
- the song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
- drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
- peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450?F
- the roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
- nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
- the banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man
- airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
- the University of Alaska spans four time zones
- the tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
- in ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
- Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
- intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- a comet's tail always points away from the sun
- The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent
- caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
- the military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
- if you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
- when a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
- in ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
- strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
- avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
- the moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
- the Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
- due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
- Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
- soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
- everything weighs one percent less at the equator
- for every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
- the letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
dec 1 2010 ∞
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