- The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
- The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.
- The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
- Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
-The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
-The average Man 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.
A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.
9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.
- Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
- City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
- State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
- Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
- Percentage of North America that is in wilderness: 38%
- Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
- City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
- State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
- Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
- Percentage of North America that is in wilderness: 38%
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
- The youngest pope was 11 years old.
- First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David,
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne, and
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has
all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.
- Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.
The oldest breed of domesticated dog is the Saluki, member of the sighthound family. They are found in the Egyptian tombs of 2100 B.C.
A young coconut can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. It was done during World War II when blood supplies were low. Coconut water is identical to human blood plasma which makes it the universal donor. By drinking coconuts we give ourselves an instant blood transfusion.
Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
In 1314, the mayor of London banned football (soccer) and the law remained for centuries, but failed to slow the popularity of the game and now it became the most attended or watched sport in the world.
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia?
Indian Railways transport about five billion passengers annually?
The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta?
Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, about 1.6 million people?
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in 800 BC, India?
The world's first known University was established in Takshashila, India in 700BC?
The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India?
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Polar bears are left handed.
The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Starfish don't have brains.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you? )
A snail can sleep for three years.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. (SCARY!!!)
Some cancer facts/figures
1. Cancer starts with a single malignant cell.
2. There are over 100 types of cancers affecting various body parts.
3. Of 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer is the cause for 7.6 million deaths.
4. Lung cancer is the biggest killer and causes over 20% of cancer deaths.
5. It is estimated that in 2030, 11.5 million will die due to cancer.
6. Enormous amount of money is invested every year in cancer research. For example, American national cancer institute alone spend over $4.8 billion in 2005.
Dogs have only ten vocal sounds, while cats have over one hundred vocal sounds!
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
“testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
- The youngest pope was 11 years old.
- First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David,
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne, and
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has
all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.
- Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.
The oldest breed of domesticated dog is the Saluki, member of the sighthound family. They are found in the Egyptian tombs of 2100 B.C.
A young coconut can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. It was done during World War II when blood supplies were low. Coconut water is identical to human blood plasma which makes it the universal donor. By drinking coconuts we give ourselves an instant blood transfusion.
Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
In 1314, the mayor of London banned football (soccer) and the law remained for centuries, but failed to slow the popularity of the game and now it became the most attended or watched sport in the world.
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia?
Indian Railways transport about five billion passengers annually?
The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta?
Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, about 1.6 million people?
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in 800 BC, India?
The world's first known University was established in Takshashila, India in 700BC?
The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India?
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Polar bears are left handed.
The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Starfish don't have brains.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you? )
A snail can sleep for three years.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. (SCARY!!!)
Some cancer facts/figures
1. Cancer starts with a single malignant cell.
2. There are over 100 types of cancers affecting various body parts.
3. Of 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer is the cause for 7.6 million deaths.
4. Lung cancer is the biggest killer and causes over 20% of cancer deaths.
5. It is estimated that in 2030, 11.5 million will die due to cancer.
6. Enormous amount of money is invested every year in cancer research. For example, American national cancer institute alone spend over $4.8 billion in 2005.
Dogs have only ten vocal sounds, while cats have over one hundred vocal sounds!
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
“testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Journey of mankind
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/timeline.swf
A Water Strider can stand on water surface and its legs are designed to support up to 15 times its body weight. But a single mosquito leg alone can support 23 times the mosquito's body weight.
Google are said to have more than 450 000 servers
The chocolate chip cookie was created by accident
1 kilo of the mushroom called Matsutake can cost over 1000$ in Japan
There are penguins in Africa
Penguins don't have teeth but they still can bite
Norway is the world's third largest oil exporter
Laos is the most bombed country in the world
Burma was the second richest country in Asia before WWI
Yellow is the color of mourning in Burma
Burma is the only country where the cars are right hand-driven and driven on the right side of the road
The first rocket was invented by the Chinese in the 13th century?
A dog can hear sounds 250 yards away
All continent names end with the same letter in which they start
Google is also a verb
Singapore is the most expensive place on earth to own a car
Singapore is one of two cities in the world with a tropical rainforest
Russia's president Putin has worked in the KGB's foreign intelligence service
Neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful would weigh more than all the people on Earth
Space shuttles travel at approximately 17000 miles per hour
Antarctica is one of the best place in the world to find meteorites. Dark meteorites show in the snow and dont get covered by vegetation
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/timeline.swf
A Water Strider can stand on water surface and its legs are designed to support up to 15 times its body weight. But a single mosquito leg alone can support 23 times the mosquito's body weight.
Google are said to have more than 450 000 servers
The chocolate chip cookie was created by accident
1 kilo of the mushroom called Matsutake can cost over 1000$ in Japan
There are penguins in Africa
Penguins don't have teeth but they still can bite
Norway is the world's third largest oil exporter
Laos is the most bombed country in the world
Burma was the second richest country in Asia before WWI
Yellow is the color of mourning in Burma
Burma is the only country where the cars are right hand-driven and driven on the right side of the road
The first rocket was invented by the Chinese in the 13th century?
A dog can hear sounds 250 yards away
All continent names end with the same letter in which they start
Google is also a verb
Singapore is the most expensive place on earth to own a car
Singapore is one of two cities in the world with a tropical rainforest
Russia's president Putin has worked in the KGB's foreign intelligence service
Neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful would weigh more than all the people on Earth
Space shuttles travel at approximately 17000 miles per hour
Antarctica is one of the best place in the world to find meteorites. Dark meteorites show in the snow and dont get covered by vegetation
When you see a full moon you will see the same side every time 
The longest possible eclipse of the Sun is 7.31 minutes
Halley's comet nears the earth every 76 years? Halley's comet is next scheduled to return in 2062
A year on Mars is almost twice as long as on Earth
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped
Gravity is so much greater on the sun that a man weighing 150 pounds on the earth would weigh about 2 tons on the sun
If the sun suddenly stopped shining it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of it
The distance between the earth and moon is increasing over 30 cm each year
Our earth is also a magnet
Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate
More than 1 million Earths could fit inside the sun. The Sun is by far the largest object in our solar system
Mars is home to the largest known volcano in the Solar System
The coldest place in our solar system is Neptune's moon Triton
Comets are a mixture of ice and dust that failed to come together as a planet. Some people called them "dirty snowballs"
All planets in our solar system orbit the sun in the same direction
Sylvester Stallone earned $23,000 for the film Rocky in 1976
Oprah Winfrey was the first African American woman to win the title Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville, 1971
-Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies
-The actor George Clooney is very scared of earthquakes
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone
James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, was a spy for the British Navy during World War II
Lost is the most expensive television show ever filmed
it was filmed in Hawaii
Bruce Lee had to slow down his movements so the camera could catch the action
The first Oscar for Special Effects was awarded in 1940
More to come....as soon as I gather more such info........
vijay
The longest possible eclipse of the Sun is 7.31 minutes
Halley's comet nears the earth every 76 years? Halley's comet is next scheduled to return in 2062
A year on Mars is almost twice as long as on Earth
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped
Gravity is so much greater on the sun that a man weighing 150 pounds on the earth would weigh about 2 tons on the sun
If the sun suddenly stopped shining it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of it
The distance between the earth and moon is increasing over 30 cm each year
Our earth is also a magnet
Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate
More than 1 million Earths could fit inside the sun. The Sun is by far the largest object in our solar system
Mars is home to the largest known volcano in the Solar System
The coldest place in our solar system is Neptune's moon Triton
Comets are a mixture of ice and dust that failed to come together as a planet. Some people called them "dirty snowballs"
All planets in our solar system orbit the sun in the same direction
Sylvester Stallone earned $23,000 for the film Rocky in 1976
Oprah Winfrey was the first African American woman to win the title Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville, 1971
-Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies
-The actor George Clooney is very scared of earthquakes
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone
James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, was a spy for the British Navy during World War II
Lost is the most expensive television show ever filmed
it was filmed in Hawaii
Bruce Lee had to slow down his movements so the camera could catch the action
The first Oscar for Special Effects was awarded in 1940
More to come....as soon as I gather more such info........
vijay
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