Interesting facts
1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire are strung across the Unites States
1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment
10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria
11% of the world is left-handed
123,000,000 cars are being driven on highways in the United States
27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon
52% of Americans drink coffee
56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball games each year
28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%
99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns.
80% of animals on earth are insects
80% of arrested criminals are male
28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%
"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.
"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
111, 111, 111 X 111, 111, 111 = 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321
48% of astronauts experience motion sickness
One in ten people live on an island.
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A cat uses it's whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't
A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
A cucumber is 96% water
A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year.
A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.
A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat
A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.
A dragonfly can fly 25 mph.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A fish's memory span is 3 seconds.
A fly always jumps backwards for a quick getaway when you try to hit it.
A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
A full-grown pumpkin has about 15 miles of roots.
A giant squid has eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter. (Now think of how big your computer screen is..)
A giraffe and rat can go longer without water than a camel can.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word.
A group of crows is called a murder.
A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray
A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation
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