Sunday, 22 September 2013

Yup....even more.

The Lone Rangers mask, was made from the vest of his Dead brother.

Some unwrapped mummies had a total bandage length of about 1.5 miles.

Although its only 2% of our body weight, the brain uses 20% of all the oxygen we breathe, 20% of all the calories we consume and 15% of all our blood supply.

At the South pole. every direction you look is North.

By the time you are 70, you will have lost over half of your taste buds.

A mosquito can beat its wings up to 600 times per second, but only travels at 1 mph.

97% of all the Earths water supply is in the oceans.

The word 'Acre' literally means, "the amount of land plowable in one day".

The scientific name for Goosebumps is "Horripilations"

The human body has 45 miles of nerves, enough blood vessels to circle the equator 6 times and a mile of intestine.

The word "MAYDAY" comes from the French "Maidez", which means 'Help me'

President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other at the same time.

The human brain feels no pain. It is the surrounding membrane that is laced with nerves that transmits pain sensations to the brain.

There are more chickens in the world, than people.

Every Monarch of England since 1066 and William the  Conqueror have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.

The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries.

The maximum achieveable score possible in a game of  PacMan is 3,333,360 points.

It cost 7 million Dollars to build the Titanic, and 200 million dollars to make a film about it.

X-rays have proved that there are 3 other versions of the Mona Lisa under the one on show.

There are a possible 2 million different combinations of sandwiches can be made from a Subway menu.

The UK eats more tins of Baked Beans, than the rest of the world combined..

God is the only character in 'The Simpsons' to have 5 fingers on each hand.

Althaiophobia is a fear of Marshmallows.

Mosquito repellants, don't repel they mask your odour,so the mosquito doesn't realise your there.

During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools.

The current flag of America, The Stars and Stripes, was designed by a 17 year old for a school project. He only got a B-.

Facebook is Blue, mainly because its founder Mark Zuckerberg suffers from Red/Green colour blindness.

The voice behind 'Mickey Mouse' is married in real life to the voice of 'Minnie Mouse' who is Russi Taylor.

The Harry Potter franchise made more money than the gross domestic product of Bolivia.

There is no word for "yesterday" in Inuit.

The letter "J" is the only letter not in the Periodic Table.

Although Jones is the most common surname in Wales.. There is no "J" in the Welsh alphabet.

The Phillippine Island of LUZON has a lake, this lake contains an island, this island contains a lake and that lake also contains an island.

According to the NASA astronauts, the moon smells of spent gunpowder.

The forest of the Canadian Lake District is so dense, during winter, the snow stays on the tree tops and the forest floor is bare.

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