- All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
- It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
- Until 1834, it was illegal for any soldier of the U.S. Army to carry the American flag into battle.
- Seaweed is used to thicken ice cream.
- Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!
- Antarctica is a desert.
- Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.
- Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.
- The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
- Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats! >Iguanas have two penises!
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
- Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
- All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room!
- About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
- Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
- On average women can hear better than men.
- Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
- The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
- It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
- Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan!
- It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
- Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
- Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn’t a federal crime to assassinate the President.
- 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear.
- Linen is actually stronger when wet.
- It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
- Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.
- Giraffes are unable to cough.
- Is Global Warming Real? More than 19,000 U.S. Scientists have signed a petition stating that there is No convincing scientific evidence that humans can cause 'Global Warming'.
- 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.
- Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
- Rain contains vitamin B12.
- More people in China speak English than in the United States.
- This year, more than 2.5 million books will be shipped with the wrong covers!
- Chained dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than unchained dogs.
- Koalas are excellent swimmers.
- If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
- A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
- Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
- Pearls melt in vinegar.
- Before 1941, fingerprints were not accepted as evidence in court.
- Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'.
- Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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