Monday, 16 September 2013

Just a few more..

 Construction workers hard hats were first designed and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

Groaking is to watch someone eat in the hope they will offer you some.

Right handed people live on average 9 years longer than left handed people.

It can take up to 4 hours to Hard boil an Ostrich egg.

A cheetah is the only cat that cannot retract its claws.

A Jumbo jet uses 4,000 gallons of fuel just to take off.

Every year there is One tonne of cement poured for every Man, Woman and Child in the world.

The most common name in Italy is Mario Rossi

It is impossible to lick your elbows..

40% of all the people who come to a party in your house will snoop in your bathroom cabinet.

The first CD pressed in the USA was Bruce Springsteens "Born in the USA".

23% of all photocopy repairs are needed because of people photocopying their bottoms.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks, so that it doesn't digest itself.

More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food.

The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.

There are more beetles on the planet than any other animal. In fact 1 in every 4 animals is a beetle.

The San Francisco Cable Cars are the only Mobile National Monuments.

Only the female mosquito bites.

Cornwall is the only county in Britain to share its border with only one other. Devon.

During the Chariot scene, a small red mini car can be seen in the background.

Angel Falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, Over half of London was destroyed, but only 6 people were injured and nobody was killed.

HEDENOPHOBIA  is the fear of pleasure.

An estimated 80% of all animals have 6 legs or more.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days. You will have produced enough sound energy to heat 1 cup of coffee..

When you sneeze, all your body functions stop for a split second, even your heart.

Caterpillars have around 4,000 muscles, Humans by comparison have only 600.

'GO' is the shortest sentence in the English Language.

At their nearest points. America and Russia are less than 4 KM apart.

Rhythm is the longest English word without a vowel.

Indivisibility is the only word with One vowel that appears 6 times.

Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I's mother had 6 fingers on one hand.

A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water.

Beetles taste like Apples, Wasps taste like Pine nuts and Worms taste like Fried Bacon.

A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus.













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