- 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. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
- 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.
- Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"
- Children grow faster in the springtime.
- The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
- You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
- There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.
- When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
- Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Top ten fun facts of this July
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Ten Random Fun Facts of May
1.The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910!!!!
2.The youngest pope was 11 years old.
3.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
4.Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
5.Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
6.In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.
7.Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
8.Newborn babies are given to the wrong mother in the hospital 12 times a day worldwide.
9.A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
10.Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry.
2.The youngest pope was 11 years old.
3.One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
4.Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
5.Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
6.In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.
7.Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
8.Newborn babies are given to the wrong mother in the hospital 12 times a day worldwide.
9.A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
10.Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Ten random fun facts of April
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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.
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth.Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building, it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air-crashes.
Cat's urine glows under a black light.
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