Monday, August 12, 2013
FUN FACTS OF LIFE
FUN FACTS OF LIFE
• A person cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than 8 times.
• There are just over 300 million cell phones used daily in the United States alone.
• A shrimp's heart is in its head.
• Natural pearls will melt in vinegar.
• An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.
• Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
• Ants can't shut their eyes.
• On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building looks like an American flag.
• Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, while women shirts have the buttons on the left.
• Chewing gum will help reduce tears when cutting an onion.
• The day after thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers in the U.S.
• Coffee beans are not beans at all, rather fruit pits.
• Fortune cookies were invented in America in 1918, by Charles Jung.
• Scuba divers cannot pass gas at depth deeper than 33 feet.
• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion then, to shave them off.
• The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.
• A giraffe can clean its ears with its 50 cm (20 in) tongue
• The pig is rated the fourth most intelligent animal but are mentioned only twice in Bible
• Sharks are immune to all known diseases
• The majority of suicides occur on a Monday.- It is a fact, everyone HATES Mondays.
• The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7
triplets, and 4 quadruplets - now that's a lot of babies!
• If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white.
• On average, people who use their right hand live 9 years longer than people who use their left.
• The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when
intoxicated.
• It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
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