Wednesday, February 6, 2008

INTERESTING FACTS

- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

- It is impossible to lick your elbow.

- People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heartstops for

a millisecond.

- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

- The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the

English language.

- If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a
sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

- What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Ans. - HoneY.

- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.


- A snail can sleep for three years.


- All polar bears are left handed.

- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

- In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

- On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

- Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

- The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

- The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

- Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

- The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.

- Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.

- The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.

- Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.

- The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an - American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.

- Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

- To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.

- 99% of pumpkins that are sold for decoration.

- Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.

- The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.

- Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.

- Ants can live up to 16 years.

- In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.

- The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's.

- Coca-Cola was originally green.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

dei...where have u copied these facts from...its your blog da..be original..this is not a information website...