DID YOU KNOW ABOUT 1000+ THIS FACT !!!!

  • Did you know 11% of people are left handed
  • Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
  • Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
  • Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
  • Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
  • Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain
  • Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales
  • Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
  • Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
  • Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
  • Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
  • Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
  • Did you know rabbits like licorice
  • Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
  • Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
  • Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
  • Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
  • Did you know reindeer like bananas
  • Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
  • Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
  • Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
  • Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q
  • Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
  • Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
  • Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
  • Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
  • Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same
  • Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
  • Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city
  • Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron
  • Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
  • Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
  • Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
  • Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
  • Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
  • Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about
  • Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
  • Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
  • Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
  • Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
  • Did you know Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
  • Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
  • Did you know there is no such thing as a naturally blue food
  • Did you know honey is the only natural food which never goes off
  • Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
  • Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
  • Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
  • Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
  • Did you know about 90% of the worlds population kisses
  • Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
  • Did you know in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman
  • Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
  • Did you know sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air
  • Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use
  • Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
  • Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
  • Did you know the average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)
  • Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
  • Did you know all insects have 6 legs
  • Did you know that 90% of an iceberg sits under water
  • Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria
  • Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
  • Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
  • Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
  • Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland
  • Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
  • Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet
  • Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs
  • Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
  • Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it
  • Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water
  • Did you know your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe
  • Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
  • Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
  • Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
  • Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
  • Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
  • Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
  • Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle
  • Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
  • Did you know it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
  • Did you know frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
  • Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump
  • Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
  • Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
  • Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second
  • Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others
  • Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
  • Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
  • Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
  • Did you know frogs don�t drink (they absorb water through their skin)
  • Did you know at birth dalmations are always white
  • Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
  • Did you know a duck can't walk without bobbing its head
  • Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
  • Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
  • Did you know a crocodile can't move its tongue
  • Did you know a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside
  • Did you know that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
  • Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
  • Did you know pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
  • Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep
  • Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
  • Did you know an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
  • Did you know the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
  • Did you know bats always turn left when exiting a cave
  • Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
  • Did you know the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
  • Did you know crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
  • Did you know reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
  • Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body
  • Did you know cows don't have upper front teeth
  • Did you know everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world
  • Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
  • Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
  • Did you know enamel is the hardest substance in your body
  • Did you know there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
  • Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
  • Did you know in a deck of cards the king of harts is the only king without a moustache
  • Did you know black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact
  • Did you know the safest car color is white
  • Did you know the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
  • Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
  • Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
  • Did you know room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25�C (68 to 77�F)
  • Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular
  • Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
  • Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
  • Did you know the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries
  • Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
  • Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'
  • Did you know cats can't move their jaw sideways
  • Did you know grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
  • Did you know its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
  • Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
  • Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
  • Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
  • Did you know the average golf ball has 336 dimples
  • Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
  • Did you know the movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks
  • Did you know the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply
  • Did you know a group of frogs is called an army
  • Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash
  • Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob
  • Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
  • Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle
  • Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament
  • Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
  • Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
  • Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
  • Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
  • Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain
  • Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
  • Did you know Monopoly is the most played board game in the world
  • Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by women
  • Did you know 42% of men and women 25% don�t wash their hands after using a public toilet
  • Did you know if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
  • Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
  • Did you know the only animals that purr are cats
  • Did you know a cats urine glows under a blacklight
  • Did you know white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
  • Did you know cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees
  • Did you know small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds
  • Did you know domestic cats dislike citrus scents
  • Did you know cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
  • Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
  • Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
  • Did you know paper originated from China
  • Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
  • Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
  • Did you know the film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors
  • Did you know all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20
  • Did you know instant coffee was invented in 1901
  • Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold
  • Did you know rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population
  • Did you know Pearls melt in vinegar
  • Did you know a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don�t)
  • Did you know there is no butter in buttermilk
  • Did you know giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels
  • Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
  • Did you know the electric chair was invented by a dentist
  • Did you know your more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
  • Did you know a crocodile can't stick out its tongue
  • Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated
  • Did you know women blink twice as much as men
  • Did you know ostriches don't bury their heads in sand
  • Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
  • Did you know Scotland has the most redheads
  • Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells
  • Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
  • Did you know hummingbirds can't walk
  • Did you know wind doesn�t make a sound until it blows against an object
  • Did you know the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953
  • Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
  • Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
  • Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
  • Did you know Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora
  • Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
  • Did you know every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered
  • Did you know the word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter
  • Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
  • Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard
  • Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards
  • Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
  • Did you know almonds are members of the peach family
  • Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
  • Did you know duck eggs are the largest eggs in the world
  • Did you know owls can't move their eyes from side to side
  • Did you know flamingos can bend their knees backwards
  • Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday
  • Did you know gold never erodes
  • Did you know scorpions glow under ultra violet light
  • Did you know when water freezes it expans by 9%
  • Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning
  • Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length
  • Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance
  • Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  • Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
  • Did you know Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
  • Did you know there is no sound in space
  • Did you know Mars appears red because it's covered in rust
  • Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands
  • Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913
  • Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees
  • Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year
  • Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times
  • Did you know the opposite sides of a dice always adds up to 7
  • Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System
  • Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
  • Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939
  • Did you know Porsche also builds tractors
  • Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
  • Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door
  • Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast
  • Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms
  • Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands
  • Did you know New York was the first capital of the United States
  • Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
  • Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee
  • Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
  • Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night
  • Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
  • Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
  • Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
  • Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks
  • Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular
  • Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second
  • Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products
  • Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day
  • Did you know female lions complete 90% of the hunting in their herd
  • Did you know the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
  • Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair
  • Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards
  • Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
  • Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television
  • Did you know the word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
  • Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand
  • Did you know there are more chickens than people
  • Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects
  • Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites
  • Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
  • Did you know emus can't walk backwards
  • Did you know the Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets
  • Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
  • Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831
  • Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
  • Did you know the oldest known vegetable is the pea
  • Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays
  • Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year
  • Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
  • Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
  • Did you know Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old
  • Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically
  • Did you know the word 'rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel
  • Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
  • Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god
  • Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th
  • Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
  • Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes
  • Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day
  • Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific
  • Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day
  • Did you know your head contains 22 bones
  • Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
  • Did you know you breathe 23,000 times a day
  • Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
  • Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print
  • Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water
  • Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes
  • Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
  • Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days
  • Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)
  • Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua
  • Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)
  • Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
  • Did you know sharks are immune to all known diseases
  • Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba
  • Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth
  • Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755
  • Did you know during a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6�C (20�F)
  • Did you know the rarest type of diamond is green
  • Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
  • Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
  • Did you know the first city to reach 1 million was London
  • Did you know men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women
  • Did you know Tokyo was once known as Edo
  • Did you know women make up 49% of the worlds population
  • Did you know wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
  • Did you know the tea bag was invented in 1908
  • Did you know carrots contain 0% fat
  • Did you know 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year
  • Did you know plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
  • Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788
  • Did you know the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
  • Did you know DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data
  • Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
  • Did you know hot water freezes quicker than cold water
  • Did you know sound travels 3 times faster through water than in air
  • Did you know the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches
  • Did you know soccer is the most followed sport
  • Did you know volleyball was invented in 1895
  • Did you know that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
  • Did you know the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
  • Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
  • Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
  • Did you know it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
  • Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye
  • Did you know a banana contains 75% water
  • Did you know 13 people die every year from vending machines
  • Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
  • Did you know your liver has over 500 functions
  • Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
  • Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
  • Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
  • Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
  • Did you know a flea can jump 350 times its body length
  • Did you know cucumbers are 96% water.
  • Did you know a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
  • Did you know a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
  • Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
  • Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
  • Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans
  • Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
  • Did you know horses sleep standing up
  • Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water
  • Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly
  • Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
  • Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
  • Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years
  • Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur
  • Did you know crocodiles are colour blind
  • Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
  • Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
  • Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water
  • Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards.
  • Did you know whales can't swim backwards
  • Did you know camels are born without humps
  • Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
  • Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes
  • Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food
  • Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
  • Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined
  • Did you know giraffes can't swim
  • Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
  • Did you know an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
  • Did you know bull's can run faster uphill than down
  • Did you know a shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
  • Did you know a moth has no stomach
  • Did you know grasshoppers have white blood
  • Did you know it takes 4 hours to hardboil an ostrich egg
  • Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
  • Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined
  • Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
  • Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
  • Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
  • Did you know Yugoslavia is bordered by 7 other countries
  • Did you know 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.)
  • Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
  • Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
  • Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
  • Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
  • Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
  • Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
  • Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
  • Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
  • Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
  • Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
  • Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
  • Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
  • Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
  • Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'
  • Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday
  • Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
  • Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb
  • Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
  • Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
  • Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
  • Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards
  • Did you know when recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain
  • Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
  • Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
  • Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day
  • Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women
  • Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
  • Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
  • Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining
  • Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
  • Did you know your normal body temperature is 37�C (99�F)
  • Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
  • Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
  • Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
  • Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
  • Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
  • Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
  • Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888
  • Did you know minus 40�C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40�F
  • Did you know cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949
  • Did you know to crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound
  • Did you know there is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world
  • Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
  • Did you know the lie detector was invented in 1921
  • Did you know the world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years
  • Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886
  • Did you know red light has the highest wavelength
  • Did you know paper money was first used in China
  • Did you know according to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes
  • Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
  • Did you know light is electro magnetic radiation
  • Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
  • Did you know gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur
  • Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords
  • Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day
  • Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
  • Did you know Kiwi birds are blind
  • Did you know armadillos can walk underwater
  • Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
  • Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
  • Did you know roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks
  • Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
  • Did you know flamingos can only eat when their heada are upside down
  • Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human
  • Did you know a female ferret is called a jill
  • Did you know porcupines float in water
  • Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985
  • Did you know Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors
  • Did you know each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child
  • Did you know turnips turn green when sunburnt
  • Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
  • Did you know moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry
  • Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
  • Did you know artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991
  • Did you know 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer
  • Did you know there are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube
  • Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
  • Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
  • Did you know Britain was the first country to use postage stamps
  • Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime
  • Did you know a deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing
  • Did you know the side of a hammer is called a cheek
  • Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
  • Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
  • Did you know the letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1)
  • Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'
  • Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
  • Did you know people who work at night tend to weigh more
  • Did you know you can only see a rainbow if have your back to the sun
  • Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
  • Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day
  • Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin
  • Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
  • Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)
  • Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres
  • Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982
  • Did you know the word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
  • Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
  • Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
  • Did you know 55% of all movies are rated R
  • Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person
  • Did you know 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21
  • Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
  • Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
  • Did you know Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
  • Did you know there are a million ants for every person on Earth
  • Did you know over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year
  • Did you know 40% of McDonald�s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals
  • Did you know new born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206)
  • Did you know there is no proof as to who built the Taj Mahal
  • Did you know The sixth sick sheik�s sixth sheep�s sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister
  • Did you know that in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion)
  • Did you know Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick
  • Did you know you use 72 different muscles while speaking
  • Did you know coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks)
  • Did you know it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
  • Did you know the most common disease is tooth decay
  • Did you know avocados have the most calories of any other fruit
  • Did you know American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year
  • Did you know emus can't walk backwards
  • Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
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