Amazing Facts - 40

1. The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet

2. One out of four American households own a cat

3. Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had

4. Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease

5. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk

6. The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born

7. An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week

8. Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope

9. The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

10. People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand

11. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country

12. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.

13. The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days

14. One billion seconds is about 32 years

15. An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year

16. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation

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