Thursday, October 13, 2011

Interesting but True Facts




The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long




 Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile




 A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.




 A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. the Wright brother's invented the airplane)




 There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.




 One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny




 The word "set " has the most number of definitions in the English language;192




 Slugs have four noses




 Sharks can live up to 100 years




 Mosquitoes are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.




 Kangaroos can't walk backwards




 About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday




 The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887




 The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.




 Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency




 Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints




There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human




 It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.




 The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002




 Octopus have three hearts




 If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange




 The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.




 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old




 The body has 2-3 million sweat glands




 Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs




 Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.




 Most cats are left pawed




 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa




 A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant




 You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!




 Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours




 An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce




 Bone is five times stronger than steel.

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