Moths rest with their wings open and a butterfly rests with theirs closed.
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first, because we read from left to right.
Water is the only substance that is found naturally on Earth in 3 forms, Liquid, Gas and Solid.
If you lived on the planet Mercury, a year would only last 88 days.
The most common letters in the English alphabet are R,S,T,L,N & E.
The only place in the United States of America where coffee is grown is Hawaii.
Apart from its flammability, human hair decays at such a slow rate. It is practically non-disintergrative.
UPS the courier company was founded by 2 schoolboys with 1 bicycle and $100 dollars borrowed from a friend.
Las Vegas has 1 slot machine for every 8 of its inhabitants.
Its estimated that 1 out of 10 children in Europe, were conceived on an IKEA bed.
The Guiness Book of Records, holds the record itself for being the book most stolen from libraries.
Bruce Lee was so fast, they actually had to slow his films down so you could see the moves.
When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red too.
70% less energy is required to recycle paper, as compared to making it from scratch.
Pumbaa from "The Lion King" film, was the first Disney character to fart in a Disney movie.
Typographical symbols like *@#& that are used to replace swear words are called GRAWLIX.
Nearly One third of New York City public school teachers, send their own children to Private school.
Every year Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags from a season, The reason is so that they cannot be sold at a sale price and it will keep them exclusive.
Paintball guns were originally designed to use to mark Livestock like sheep & cattle.
At the peak of its popularity, the game of Farmville had more members than the number of real farmers by 60 to 1.
The University of Victoria in Canada, offers a course in the "Science of Batman".
English sailors were referred to as 'limeys' because they used to add lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
A woman attempted to commit suicide, by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. She landed on a car, survived and later married the owner of the car.
ALMOST is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in the correct alphabetical order.
The word 'Mortgage' comes from a word in French law meaning "pledge till death".
A sentence that contains all the 26 letters of the alphabet is called a 'Pangram'
JK Rowling loosely based Hermoine Granger in the Harry Potter films on herself at the age of 11.
She even made Hermoines patronus her own favourite animal. An otter.
The words 'THE EYES' can be rearranged to make the words. 'THEY SEE'.
The terms 'White meat; and 'Dark meat' in poultry, were originated in the Victorian era, by people who were too embarrassed to say "Breast or Leg",
Japanese Universitys hold memorial services for animals who died in experiments.
Just like some people talk in their sleep, some deaf people sign in their sleep.
After the Disney film "Princess and the Frog" came out in 2009. Over 50 children were hospitalized with Salmonella from kissing frogs.
The "Heart Attack Grill" in Las Vegas is a restaurant and it offers free food for anyone over 350lb or 25 stone.
New York Central Park is so big, its almost twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
Saturday, 5 October 2013
More true but useless facts.
The mouth of the Statue of Liberty is 3 ft wide.
William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day. April 23rd.
The Capitol buildings in Washington DC have 365 steps. One for every day of the year.
Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie and Ken, named them after her children.
Leonardo de Vinci discovered you can age trees by the rings on the trunk.
The sentence "Are you as bored as I am", can be read backwards and still mean the same thing.
Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dali.
Honey is the only food that contains all the substances necessary to sustain life. Including Enzymes, Vitamins, Minerals and water.
A single blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano,,
Pandas spend up to 16 hours a day eating.
Shaking hands exchanges more germs than kissing.
'Yahoo' was originally going to be called. "Jerry and Davids Guide to the World Wide Web."
Amazon sell more E-books than paper books.
The Gmail logo was designed the night before the launch.
In Finland, the cost of a speeding ticket is determined by the drivers annual income.
Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored.
Peladophobia is the fear of bald people.
The literacy rate in Japan is almost 100%
Jon Bon Jovi has a restaurant in New Jersey that has no prices. You only pay if you can afford, and give an amount your happy with, If you cannot afford anything, then you can volunteer to help out in return for the food.
When he was cold and struggling to keep warm. Pablo Picasso used to keep warm by burning his paintings.
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined,
A cats jaw can only move up and down, It doesn't have any lateral, or side to side motion like dogs and humans.
The water of Antarctica is so cold, nothing will rot there.
Abraham Lincoln was a licenced bartender.
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 they save.
The winter of 1932 was so cold in the US, that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
It takes approx. 13 hours to build a Toyota, and about 6 months to build a Rolls Royce.
The average human can live for about a month without food, but only 1 week without water.
The can opener wasn't invented until 48 years after the can.
There are around 200 dead bodies on Mt Everest.
The record for the most babies born to one woman was 69. She lived between 1707 - 1782. In Russia. She had 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of Triplets and 4 sets of Quads. 67 of them survived infancy. Assuming each one had 2 offspring themselves and each of them had 2 each. This woman could have over 70,000 descendants,
William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day. April 23rd.
The Capitol buildings in Washington DC have 365 steps. One for every day of the year.
Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie and Ken, named them after her children.
Leonardo de Vinci discovered you can age trees by the rings on the trunk.
The sentence "Are you as bored as I am", can be read backwards and still mean the same thing.
Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dali.
Honey is the only food that contains all the substances necessary to sustain life. Including Enzymes, Vitamins, Minerals and water.
A single blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano,,
Pandas spend up to 16 hours a day eating.
Shaking hands exchanges more germs than kissing.
'Yahoo' was originally going to be called. "Jerry and Davids Guide to the World Wide Web."
Amazon sell more E-books than paper books.
The Gmail logo was designed the night before the launch.
In Finland, the cost of a speeding ticket is determined by the drivers annual income.
Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored.
Peladophobia is the fear of bald people.
The literacy rate in Japan is almost 100%
Jon Bon Jovi has a restaurant in New Jersey that has no prices. You only pay if you can afford, and give an amount your happy with, If you cannot afford anything, then you can volunteer to help out in return for the food.
When he was cold and struggling to keep warm. Pablo Picasso used to keep warm by burning his paintings.
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined,
A cats jaw can only move up and down, It doesn't have any lateral, or side to side motion like dogs and humans.
The water of Antarctica is so cold, nothing will rot there.
Abraham Lincoln was a licenced bartender.
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 they save.
The winter of 1932 was so cold in the US, that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
It takes approx. 13 hours to build a Toyota, and about 6 months to build a Rolls Royce.
The average human can live for about a month without food, but only 1 week without water.
The can opener wasn't invented until 48 years after the can.
There are around 200 dead bodies on Mt Everest.
The record for the most babies born to one woman was 69. She lived between 1707 - 1782. In Russia. She had 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of Triplets and 4 sets of Quads. 67 of them survived infancy. Assuming each one had 2 offspring themselves and each of them had 2 each. This woman could have over 70,000 descendants,
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