Showing posts with label Facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facts. Show all posts
Amazing Facts - 42
1. In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it
2. On average, a person has two million sweat glands
3. France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, and Australia have always been in the modern Olympics since it began in 1896
4. The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday
5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
6. The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane
7. The most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular
8. Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt
9. The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
10. In 1908, the first machine to make lollipops opened for business in New Haven, Connecticut
11. In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony
12. The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey
13. In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country
14. John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.
15. The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper
2. On average, a person has two million sweat glands
3. France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, and Australia have always been in the modern Olympics since it began in 1896
4. The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday
5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
6. The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane
7. The most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular
8. Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt
9. The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
10. In 1908, the first machine to make lollipops opened for business in New Haven, Connecticut
11. In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony
12. The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey
13. In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country
14. John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.
15. The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper
Amazing Facts - 41
1. The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes
2. Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living
3. As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower
4. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com
5. Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup
6. The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides
7. A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket
8. The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards
9. The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette
10. A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue
11. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger
2. Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living
3. As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower
4. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com
5. Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup
6. The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides
7. A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket
8. The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards
9. The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette
10. A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue
11. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger
12. Flu shots only work about 70% of the time
13. People of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured gelatin Jell-O in the United States
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
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
Amazing Facts - 39
1. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph
2. Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930
3. Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.
4. The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years
5. Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour
6. In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada
7. The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles
8. The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m
9. In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats
10. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet
11. A very Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery
12. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
13. On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom "The Hank McCune Show."
14. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood
Amazing Facts - 38
1. In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas
2. Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world
3. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.
4. The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds
5. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit
6. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell
7. Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players
8. Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient
9. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
10. Alexander the Great was an epileptic
11. Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state
12. Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world
13. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water
14. The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink
15. Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978
2. Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world
3. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.
4. The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds
5. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit
6. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell
7. Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players
8. Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient
9. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
10. Alexander the Great was an epileptic
11. Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state
12. Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world
13. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water
14. The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink
15. Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978
Amazing Facts - 37
1. Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men
2. In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.
3. There was an army general during the Liberia Civil War who used to lead his army into battle naked. His nickname was "General Butt Naked." Joshua Milton Blahyi (his real name) is now an evangelical preacher in Monrovia
4. There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same
5. The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold
6. Lake Ontario was originally named Lake St. Louis
7. Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie "Chicago." Richard Gere ended up playing the role
8. The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
9. There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world
10. Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration
11. David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon
12. Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War
13. Chicago has the largest cookie factory, where Nabisco made over 4.6 billion "Oreo" cookies in 1997
14. In 1963, Mister Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister
15. There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station
Interesting Facts - 1
1. 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways.
2. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
3. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
4. 27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "A meaningless existential hell."
5. 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled.
6. 5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem.
7. 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year.
8. 7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem.
9. 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S.
10. 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
11. A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
12. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
13. 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.
14. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
16. 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
2. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
3. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
4. 27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "A meaningless existential hell."
5. 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled.
6. 5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem.
7. 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year.
8. 7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem.
9. 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S.
10. 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
11. A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
12. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
13. 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.
14. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
16. 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
Quoestion and Answers
1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"
6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot-India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
9. From what four word ex-pression does the word `goodbye` derive?
10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe?
15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country (other than Vatican)?
17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?
Answers
1. Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax.
2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle
3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports
4. Satellite Television Asian Region
5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India
6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal dozen
7. That match was abandoned after ppl heard the news of indira gandhi being killed.
8. Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is our 's National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh-(Amar Sonar Bangla)
9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.
10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.
11. South Korea.
12. Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR, as it was known during the cold war)
13. Geoffrey Boycott
14. John Traicos
15. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham
Lincoln
16. Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa.
17. Polo
Amazing Facts - 36
1. Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second
2. It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits
3. Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes
4. An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day
5. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world
6. Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes
7. The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel
8. Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest
9. The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380
10. If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world
11. Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise located in Paris is the most visited cemetery in the world. The cemetery opened in 1805 and has over one million people buried there, including rock star Jim Morrison
12. In Australia, a dust-devil is called a "willy-willy
13. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground
14. Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
15. The name "Snickers" for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned
16. The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia
17. Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book. Click Here For More Details
18. An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home
2. It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits
3. Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes
4. An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day
5. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world
6. Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes
7. The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel
8. Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest
9. The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380
10. If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world
11. Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise located in Paris is the most visited cemetery in the world. The cemetery opened in 1805 and has over one million people buried there, including rock star Jim Morrison
12. In Australia, a dust-devil is called a "willy-willy
13. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground
14. Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
15. The name "Snickers" for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned
16. The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia
17. Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book. Click Here For More Details
18. An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home
Amazing Facts - 35
1. Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet
2. The markings that are found on dice are called "pips."
3. Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later
4. A newly hatched fish is called a "fry."
5. The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England
6. The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam
7. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer
8. Armadillos can be housebroken
9. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
10. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants
11. Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth
12. In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time
13. In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake mustache that could cause laughter in the church
14. In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married
15. Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new
16. The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away
2. The markings that are found on dice are called "pips."
3. Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later
4. A newly hatched fish is called a "fry."
5. The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England
6. The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam
7. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer
8. Armadillos can be housebroken
9. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
10. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants
11. Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth
12. In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time
13. In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake mustache that could cause laughter in the church
14. In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married
15. Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new
16. The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away
Amazing Facts - 34
1. A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell
2. The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment
3. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units
4. Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs
5. Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes
6. Shirley Temple was considered to play the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
7. Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper
8. One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.
9. In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums
10. Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households
11. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China
12. Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men
13. Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)
14. Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like
15. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft
16. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building
2. The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment
3. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units
4. Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs
5. Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes
6. Shirley Temple was considered to play the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
7. Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper
8. One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.
9. In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums
10. Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households
11. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China
12. Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men
13. Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)
14. Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like
15. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft
16. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building
Amazing Facts - 33
1. On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight
2. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.
3. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents
4. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago
5. The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii
6. The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS
7. The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money
8. In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome
9. The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs
10. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge
11.Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world
12. In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors
13. In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
14. There are some ice creams that are 75% air
15. In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.
2. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.
3. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents
4. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago
5. The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii
6. The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS
7. The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money
8. In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome
9. The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs
10. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge
11.Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world
12. In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors
13. In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
14. There are some ice creams that are 75% air
15. In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.
Deepest Lake in the World
World's Deepest Lake :
Lake Baikal in southern Russia is the world's deepest lake. It is 5314 feet deep (1637 meters) and it's bottom is at 4215 feet (1285 meters) below sea level. This large lake is located in an active continental rift zone which is estimated to be widening at a rate of about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) per year.
Lake Baikal in southern Russia is the world's deepest lake. It is 5314 feet deep (1637 meters) and it's bottom is at 4215 feet (1285 meters) below sea level. This large lake is located in an active continental rift zone which is estimated to be widening at a rate of about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) per year.
Amazing Facts - 31
1. Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from "Clifford The Big Red Dog."
2. Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet
3. The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella."
4. The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child
5. In the Netherlands, there are special traffic lanes for bicycles. There are approximately 17,000 kms of cycle lanes with special bicycle traffic lights.
6. It was believed by Ancient Hindus that the world was a sphere and rested on the back of four elephants, which stood on a turtle
7. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic
8. Every year, more than one million miles of Twizzlers licorice is made
9. A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour
10. The word Thailand means "land of the free."
11. A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old
12. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram
13. The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level
14. The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness
15. The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four
16.Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
17. In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire
Amazing Facts -30
1. Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character
2. Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human
3. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process
4. Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country
5. In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza
6. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks
7. Bubble gum contains rubber
8. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover
9. In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married
10. The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
11. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
12. Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older
13.Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating
14. In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
15. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE
2. Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human
3. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process
4. Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country
5. In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza
6. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks
7. Bubble gum contains rubber
8. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover
9. In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married
10. The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
11. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
12. Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older
13.Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating
14. In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
15. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE
Amazing Facts - 29
1. The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
2. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
3. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
4. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald
5. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
6. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
8. Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
9. The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
10. An oyster can change its gender
11. From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
2. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
3. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
4. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald
5. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
6. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
8. Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
9. The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
10. An oyster can change its gender
11. From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
12. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is
13. Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went
14. A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque
15. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high
16. In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it
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