Fun facts:
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole
body.
It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by
laughing.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh
15 to 100 times a day.
The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood
30 feet!!
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
full moon.
The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River
to flow backwards.
The average person's eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due
to blinking.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and
140,000 people die.
There are at least 40 known carcinogens in cigarettes.
The earliest British expeditions tackling Everest wore tweed jackets,
woolen underwear, and leather boots.
The amniotic fluid that surrounds a baby in the womb is completely
replaced every three hours.
A nautical mile measures 6,080 feet while a land or statute mile is
5,280 feet
No one can drown in the Dead Sea. It is 25 percent salt, which makes
the water very heavy
Earth's oceans contain 7 1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the
water
Children who are breastfed tend to have an I.Q. seven points higher
than children who are not.
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2
million individual flowers
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is
considered an insult!
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he
declined.
Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is
impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58
seconds.
There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle
of Champagne
Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never
wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61
percent
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450°F
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower
air density
The University of Alaska spans four time zones
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
Warner Comm. paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy
Birthday'
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher
than 15,000 meters
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have
the buttons on the left
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at lift-off
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the
elements
Snake venom is ninety percent protein
Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
Pizza Hut is the world's largest pizza restaurant serving close to
1.7 million pizzas a day
If all of the blood vessels in your body were placed end to end, they
would stretch 12,000 miles
If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be
the size of a tennis court
Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints
The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on
each others shoulders
Earth is traveling through space at 660,000 miles per hour
In 1643, the British Parliament officially abolished the celebration
of Christmas
The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters
each year
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their
own name
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is
a thin film of bacteria on it.
97% of the earth's water is undrinkable
All babies are color blind when they are born
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six
to eight weeks old
14 million people were killed in World War I, 20 million died in flu
epidemic in the years that followed
There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script
Vision requires more brain power than the other four senses
On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and
25% fat
Urine and tears have the same basic ingredients
The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been
digested by a bee.
Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize
It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to
make a film about it
The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best
or nothing'.
The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release
calming hormones.
There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in
the world
The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person
looks at something pleasing.
It takes only about 8 minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to
a speed of more than 27,359 km/hour
Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982
Your left lung is smaller in size than your right lung, it is like
that in order to make room for your heart.
Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the
same time
Male human brains are about 10 percent heavier than female brains
Before 1800 there were no separately designed shoes for right and
left feet
To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds
hollow then it is ripe
The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night
Mount Everest moves approximately 2.4 inches (10 cm) in a
Northeasterly direction every year
Mickey Mouse has four fingers on each hand
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds four Terra bytes
Most gemstones contain several elements. Except the diamond it's all
carbon
If the information contained in the DNA could be written down, it
would fill a 1000 volume encyclopedia
The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound
of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
Just twenty seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar
module landed on the moon
There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has
been mined in our entire history
Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in
Ireland
Mango is the number one selling fruit in the World. India is the
biggest producer of mangoes in the World
The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in
the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air
No nation has ever won the Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss
International Pageant in the same year?
About 85% of the plant life on earth is in the oceans
In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10
because then the arms frame the brand of the watch and make it look
like it's smiling
If a person counted at the rate of 100 numbers a minute and kept
counting for 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week, it would take a little over 4
weeks to count to one million and just over 80 years to reach a
billion
Geography:
Iceland is the world's oldest functioning democracy
Mongolia is the largest landlocked country
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away
from the Sun
There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower
In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained
The only man-made structure visible from space is the Great Wall of
China
Niagara Falls has moved about ten miles upstream in the last 10,000
years. The falls are eroding at the rate of 5 feet per year
The Sahara desert is expanding half a mile south every year
The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters
each year
The Hudson River along the island of Manhattan flows in either
direction depending on the tide.
There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a
winter population of 200 people
Vietnamese currency consists only of paper money; no coins
There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in
the world
Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world
It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979
The only nation whose name begins with an A, but doesn't end in an A
is Afghanistan
The Atlantic Ocean gets wider by a little more than one inch every
year
The world's only city whose name consists solely of vowels is Aiea,
in Hawaii, USA.
Soldiers in the Netherlands are not required to salute officers
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
los Angeles de Porciuncula" . In English this means 'The City of
Angels'
Big Ben is actually the name of the largest bell inside the London
clock tower, not of the clock itself.
In 1867 the United States paid Russia only $7.2 million (2 cents an
acre) for Alaska
Every year in France there is a "Thieves Fair" where people are
encouraged to try to steal things from the stalls
The world's longest street is in Canada. Toronto's Yonge Street runs
1,190 miles
Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship for
adult films
The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles without
a tree.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
country
Australia is the only continent on earth without an active volcano.
In Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking
coffee was put to death
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.
There are no public toilets in Peru
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
The oldest national flag still in existence, that of Denmark, dates
back to the 13th century
Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular or square
flag
In 1949, the temperature in part of Portugal soared to 158 degrees F
for a couple of minutes. No one knows why
Nauru is the only country in the world with no official capital
Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in
Ireland
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in
Switzerland
In 1980, Bhutan was the only country in the world with no telephones
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt
every year.
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but
only 6 people were injured.
The longest fence in the world is in Australia and it runs for over
3,436 miles (5,530 km)
In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if
you live in an apartment.
Holland is the lowest country in the world. It is estimated that 40
percent of the land is below sea level.
Tokyo has had 24 recorded instances of people either killed or
receiving serious skull fractures while bowing to each other with the
traditional Japanese greeting
Netherlands, most densely populated country in the world, followed by
Belgium, then Japan
Perth, Australia, is the most isolated city on the planet..200 miles
across impenetrable desert from the next city of any size.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina
delos Angeles de Porciuncula" . It means the City of Angels.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
In Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing
underwear
In Israel, picking your nose is illegal.
In Sweden, while prostitution is legal, it is illegal for anyone to
use the services of a prostitute.
On every continent there is a city called Rome.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population
of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
China has only about 200 family names.
The country with the most Post offices is India with over 152,792
compared with just over 38,000 in the United States.
Colombia produces the most emeralds of any country in South America.
The world's largest gold mine is in Juneau, Alaska
Namibia, Africa, supplies the most valuable diamonds of the 18
countries in southern Africa rich with diamonds.
Switzerland attracts the most suicide tourists.
India has no rabbits in the wild - only hares
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than
50 minutes!
It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a
curb in St. Louis, Missouri!
It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain churches in
Omaha, Nebraska!
The state of Florida is bigger than England!
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing
striped suits.
It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on
their finals!
A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat
your plate!
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name
of any of the United States!
In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!
People:
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he
declined
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents
thought he might be retarded
In 1935, Jesse Owens broke 4 world records in 45 minutes
Mother Teresa's real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
George Washington died the last hour of the last day of the last week
of the last month of the last year of the 18th century
St Francis of Assisi introduced Christmas Carols to formal church
services
The quickest ascent of Everest, in 10 hours, 56 minutes, was achieved
by Sherpa Lhakpa Gelu
Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns
Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor for lack of
imagination
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts
Alexander the Great was an epileptic
Mozart wrote the music for the song Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star when
he was just five years old.
Thomas Edison's total school education consisted of three months
Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern
Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century
The Most/ Longest/ Shortest/ Tallest/ Smallest/ Biggest/ Fastest:
The oldest national flag still in existence, that of Denmark, dates
back to the 13th century
The longest movie made lasts 85 hours and is fittingly titled "The
Cure for Insomnia.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail (HP), India, 2444 mts
above sea level.
The most common disease in the world is tooth decay
Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been
birds
The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
The quickest ascent of Everest, in 10 hours, 56 minutes, was achieved
by Sherpa Lhakpa Gelu
The longest fence in the world is in Australia and it runs for over
3,436 miles (5,530 km)
The country with the most Post offices is India with over 152,792
compared with just over 38,000 in the United States.
The First/The Last:
The first Valentine's Day card was sent by the imprisoned Duke of
Orlean to his wife in 1415.
Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine's Day candy box in the
late 1800s.
The first novel, called The story of Genji, was written in 1007 by
Japanese noble woman, Murasaki Shikibu.
The first company that Bill Gates ever ran created machines that
would record the number of cars passing a given point on a street.
The first personal computer was called the Altair and was made by a
company called MITS in 1974. It came in a kit and had to be assembled
by the user.
The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. Conceived as a real
estate ad, it originally read Hollywoodland.
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was
first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago.
26 December, Boxing day, was traditionally known as St. Stephen's
Day, after the first Christian martyr.
The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in
1531.
Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps, and
they're the only nation today that doesn't use a national name on
their stamps.
The Chinese first invented the system of zoos, and called them Parks
of Intelligence.
The first striptease dance was performed in Paris, France on March
13, 1894.
The first time the color khaki was used for uniforms in a war was in
1880, during the Afghan War.
Butter was the first food product allowed by law to have artificial
coloring.
The term skyscraper was first used in 1888, to describe 11-story
building.
Benjamin Franklin was America's first newspaper cartoonist.
When tennis was first invented in 1874, it was called sphairistike.
When volleyball was first invented in 1895, it was called mintonette.
The first animal in space was a female dog named "Laika".
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5
Megabytes.
China was the first country to introduce paper money (in 812).
The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a
tomato can for a carburetor.
The first Academy Awards (or Oscar's) were presented on 16 May 1929.
Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well
behaved Convicts.
In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued
in Austria.
The first recorded reference to cricket dates back to 1272.
The first domain name ever registered was
Symbolics.com in Mar 85. The first music video was aired on August 1,
1981 "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Bugles on MTV.
The first police force was established in Paris 1667.
The first product to have a UPC bar code on its packaging was
Wrigley's gum.
France became the first reigning World Cup champions who fail to win
a match.
Pamela Lee-Anderson is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby
born on the centennial anniversiary of Canada's independence.
The first city in modern history to reach 1 million people was London
in 1811.
Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic
signal system.
King Charles VII, assassinated in 1167, was the first Swedish king
with the name of Charles. Charles I, II, III, IV, V, never existed.
The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained
the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered
this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
The World's first university was established in Takshila, India in
700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more
than 60 subjects.
The first place in the western world to give women the right to vote
was an island known as "Man".
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War
II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo
The Phobias:
If you are afraid you might die laughing, you are suffering from
cherophobia
Someone with an irrational fear of meat is called a carnophobic.
Unatractiphobia is the fear of ugliness or ugly people.
If you are a 'scoptophobic' , you have an intense fear of being seen.
'Mageiricophobia' is the intense fear of having to cook.
Syngenesophobia is the fear of relatives
Automatonophobia is a fear of ventriloquist' s dummies, animatronic
creatures, wax statues or anything that falsly represents a sentient
being
Paedophobia is a fear of children
Clinophobia is the fear of beds
"Hippopotomonstrose s quippedaliophobi a" is the fear of long words
Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias
Lyssophobia is a morbid fear of insanity
Hypnophobia is a morbid fear of sleep and falling asleep
Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses
Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of
the mouth
The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia! ..
Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
Acrophobia is the fear of heights
Claustrophobia is the fear of being closed in.
Arachnophobia is the Fear Of Spiders
Hemophobia is the fear of blood.
Hydrophobia/ Aquaphobia is the fear of water.
Fear of Beautiful women is Caligynephobia.
Fear of Men is Androphobia.
Fear of Kissing is Philemaphobia or Philematophobia
Fear of Love, sexual love is Erotophobia.
Fear of falling in Love, or being in Love is Philophobia
Fear of Love play is Malaxophobia or Sarmassophobia.
Words:
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
purple,and month
The real name of Jesus was Yeshua. Jesus is the Greek version of the
name.
A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which
contains the letter "E".
The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning "a circle
of learning."
Carol comes from the Greek word Choraulein which referred to a dance
accompanied by a flute.
The word Christmas comes from the English phrase, Christes Masse,
literally Christ's mass.
The word 'puppy' comes from the French poupee', meaning doll.
When two words are combined to form a single word (motor + hotel =
motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a
"portmanteau" .
The term "hooch" for liquor comes from the Hoochinoo Indians, known
for their ability to make liquor so strong it could knock someone out.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning
"capital".
The word "tattoo" comes from the Tahitian word "tattau," which means
"to mark".
The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose
are known as the philtrum
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the
English language.
The word "novel" originally derived from the Latin novus, meaning
"new".
The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means
"to exercise naked".
The word Karate means, empty hand.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to
remember the word you want.
The word salary came from the word salt in Roman times. Salt was used
as a trading medium - money.
The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which
are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
Someone who is "pauciloquent" uses as few words as possible when
speaking.
Poliosis is the graying of the hair. It comes from polios, the Greek
word for "gray".
The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town.
The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and
2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space.
The phrase "honeymoon" came from the Greeks. It was customary for the
bride's family to supply the groom with a month (or full moon cycle)
of the wedding wine, which tasted like honey.
The word "Oral-B" is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B,
which stands for the word better.
Graffito is the little-used singular of the much used plural word
graffiti.
Orange and black became Halloween colors because orange is associated
with harvests and black is associated with death "Hallow" is an old
word meaning holy, while "e'en" is Scottish for evening.
The word "alphabet" Comes from the first 2 letters of the Greek
alphabet, Alpha and Beta.
Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah
Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.
There are only four words in the English language which end in '-
dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with
upwards of 350 words per minute.
First newspaper crossword puzzle was published in a Sunday supplement
to the New York World in 1913
The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
letter is "uncopyrightable" .
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the
letters in alphabetical order.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
Did you know that the words 'lakh' and 'crore' do not exist in the
English language? The two words are only used in India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh and are derivatives of the Hindi words laakh and karod.
The scientific term for nose-picking is "rhinotillexonamia" .
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!
Know what Mafia means? "Morte Allafrancia Italia Anela "Death to the
French is Italy's cry!"
A fireplace is called a mantelpiece because, at one time, people hung
their coats over the fireplace to dry them.
The "left bank" of a river is the left side as you look downstream
The Rx sign that pharmacists use was originally the astrological sign
for Jupiter
Taresthesia is what you call it when your foot falls asleep
The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'
Women who wink at men are known as "nictitating" women
The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water
without soil
The permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors
(baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth
The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts
dots
Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular
rays
A "pogonip" is a heavy winter fog containing ice crystals
The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high
altitudes is called a contrail
The forward slash character on your keyboard is also known as a
slant, virgule or solidus
In the Chinese written language, the ideograph for "trouble"
represents two women under one roof
A misomaniac is someone who hates everything
The infinite sign is called a Lemniscate
Priests in Australia advise you to say Happy Christmas, not Merry
Christmas, because Merry has connotations of getting drunk.
The act of yawning and stretching is called "pandiculation. "
A group of crows is called a murder
A "clue" originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said
to unravel the clues of a mystery
In circus parlance, a "Joey" is a clown with at least five years of
experience.
'Smithee' is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want
their names to appear in the credits.
A collector who attempts to collect an example of every item in a
particular field is called a 'completist' .
Mummies, are so called because of the wax (or 'mum' ) which is
smeared on to the bandages for waterproofing
The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of"
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle
A 'bibliophile' is one who collects rare books.
A 'bibliopole' is a seller of rare books.
A nihilist believes in nothing
The little bits of paper left over when holes are punched in data
cards or tape are called "chad"
The name "piano" is an abbreviation of Cristofori's original name for
the instrument: piano et forte, or soft and loud
The loop on a belt that holds the loose-end is called a "keeper"
Blype is the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn
The relationship of a godparent to the real parent of a child is
called 'compaternity'
A 'nullipara' is a woman who has never given birth to a child.
"Whirly Girls" is the name of the International Association of Women
Helicopter Pilots.
Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of
Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
The chef's tall hat is called a "toque".
A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school
room, is referred to as a "silentium"
Fiat stands for Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Torino, the name of the
Italian manufacturer
"Steatopygia" means an accumulation of fat in the buttocks
The little bumps on the surface of a table tennis paddle are called
pips
A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and
gossip
The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but
for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal
proceedings)
The ZIP in Zip-code stands for Zoning Improvement Plan
In genealogy, the female side of the family is called the distaff
side the male side is the spear side.
If you are taking a class in pistology, you are not studying pistols,
but rather, faith.
The science of determining characteristic traits by examining a
person's shoes is scarpology
The study of stupidity is called 'monology'
The search for the existence of ghosts is Eidology
The study of word origins is called etymology
Synesthesia is a rare condition in which the senses are combined.
Synesthetes see words, taste colors and shapes and feel flavors.
Groaking is to watch people eating food hoping they'll offer you
some.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P
The little hole in the sink that lets the water drain out, instead of
flowing over the side, is called a "porcelator"
The 'You are here' arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator.
The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in
England.
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking
countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
A person who collects teddy bears is called an archtophilist.
The term karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
Sports/Games:
Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
Holes in a golf course must be 4.25 inches in diameter, and at least
4 inches deep.
In tennis, zero points is referred to as love, which is possibly
derived from the French word for egg, l'oeuf, referring to the
physical appearance of the number zero.
The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided
twenty-five years of service.
The sport with the most number of officials with relation to players
is tennis. There are 13 officials for two players.
The spots on dice are called "pips."
If you add up all the number on a roulette wheel, that is 1through
36, you get '666', the biblical number of fallen man.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail (HP), India, 2444 mt
above sea level
The Australian term for extras in cricket are 'sundries'
Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and
Australia have participated in every Games
In 1935, Jesse Owens broke 4 world records in 45 minutes
The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called
the Brannock device
Sunbeams that shine down through clouds are called crepuscular rays
Animal Kingdom:
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Sharks have no air bladders, so they must swim constantly or they'll
sink.
Cockroaches can go without eating for three months, as long as they
have water.
"Mako sharks" show cannibalistic tendencies while still in mother's
womb; older embryos will eat the younger embryos and eggs.
Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them,
but they actually sleep in other places.
Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through
their skin.
Humans, Ants and Chimpanzees are the only organisms that wage
organized warfare.
The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly.
Kiwis are the only birds that hunt by smell.
Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been
birds.
The elephant is the only mammal with four knees.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other
color
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.
Bulls are colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them.
Giraffes rarely sleep more than 20 minutes a day
Not a single new livestock animal has been domesticated in the last
4,000 years.
Honeybees navigate using the sun as a compass, even when it is hidden
behind clouds
An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.
Eel-skin wallets have been known to demagnetize credit cards
In the magic world of seahorses it is the male who gets pregnant and
has the babies.
If you cut the head off a cockroach, it will continue to live for up
to many more weeks.
Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only female bites.
A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 2 seconds
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
Sharks never get sick, as far as is known, they are immune to every
known disease including cancer
Sharks will eat anything. The only exception, is that they will not
eat anything in the vicinity of where they give birth. This is because
they are so stupid, this is the only way nature protects them from
accidentally eating their own babies
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own
weight
Female black widow spiders eat their husbands after mating. That's
how they got that name
All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature
Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by
osmosis
About 70% of all organisms in the world are Bacteria
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't
have eyes
Tiger Snake of Australia is the most poisonous snake in the world. 1
mg of its venom is enough to kill a man
The common silkworm has eleven brains. It only uses five of them.
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk
right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,
left foot
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet
A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs but suckles its young on milk
once they have hatched
A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away
Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to
do it
Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground
drinking water
Pigeons can be killed by feeding them uncooked rice, either coz their
stomach can't handle the carbohydrates or it swells in their throats
and chokes them
The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes
to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!
To make just one pound of honey, bees must collect nectar from over
two million seperate flowers
Cuban bee hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird, only 57 mm (2¼ in)
long and half of this is tail and bill. It weighs less than 2 g and is
the smallest warm-blooded animal
The color white in the animal kingdom means 'danger' or 'caution'. On
safari in Africa it is recommended not to wear white because it can
scare away the animals
Cockroach can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of
a hydrogen atom
The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a
second
The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature
most likely to survive a nuclear war
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's
head are the rabbit and the parrot
Did you know that a giraffe can kill a lion with one kick
A sea urchin walks on the tips of its teeth
Humans are the only animals to sleep on their backs
The Panda bear is expected to become extinct by about 2040, barring a
drastic change of events
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
a million descendants
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky
Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die
The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's
womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born
A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive
juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. The tongue of a
blue whale is as long as an elephant
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes
Giraffes are unable to cough
Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.
A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body
A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second
Ants don't sleep
Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give
birth 10 days after being born themselves
Camel milk does not curdle.
German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dogs.
Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump
It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
No two spider webs are the same
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat
The Pacific Giant Octopus, the largest octopus in the world, grows
from the size of pea to a 150 pound behemoth potentially 30 feet
across in only two years, its entire life-span.
The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.
The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the
mosquito.
A zebra is white with black stripes
The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth.
Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there
are human beings on the entire earth
If an octopus is hungry enough, it will eat its own arms.
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