dimanche 26 mai 2013


 
1.      Did you know the Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons

2.      Did you know Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise

3.      Did you know the average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day

4.      Did you know Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes

5.      Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown

6.      Did you know 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs

7.      Did you know the most common time for a wake up call is 7am

8.      Did you know giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal

9.      Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys

10.  Did you know Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935

11.  Did you know blue and white are the most common school colors

12.  Did you know ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine

13.  Did you know your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects

14.  Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs

15.  Did you know the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth

16.  Did you know every year the sun loses 360 million tons

17.  Did you know the shell is 12% of an eggs weight

18.  Did you know the longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years

19.  Did you know the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum

20.  Did you know the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint

21.  Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'

22.  Did you know a squid has 10 tentacles

23.  Did you know the average American eats 263 eggs a year

24.  Did you know in 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills

25.  Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)

26.  Did you know a third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it

27.  Did you know you're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other

28.  Did you know your right lung takes in more air than your left

29.  Did you know womens hearts beat faster than mens

30.  Did you know the atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)

31.  Did you know the odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1

32.  Did you know the average bank teller loses $250 every year

33.  Did you know more people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined

34.  Did you know the average person has 10,000 taste buds

35.  Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country

36.  Did you know 'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'

37.  Did you know a woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice

38.  Did you know snakes can't blink

39.  Did you know ants don’t like baby powder (talcum powder)

40.  Did you know employees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day

41.  Did you know the ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck

42.  Did you know a rat can tread water for 3 days

43.  Did you know bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all invented by women

44.  Did you know there is no rice in rice paper

45.  Did you know dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout

46.  Did you know sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away

47.  Did you know bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes

48.  Did you know flamingoes can live up to 80 years

49.  Did you know the only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica

50.  Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population

51.  Did you know greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)

52.  Did you know you can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)

53.  Did you know sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest

54.  Did you know greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed

55.  Did you know when 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators

56.  Did you know most cows produce more milk when they listen to music

57.  Did you know elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear

58.  Did you know giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal

59.  Did you know snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)

60.  Did you know a blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating

61.  Did you know pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal

62.  Did you know gorillas can't swim

63.  Did you know house cats have 18 claws

64.  Did you know giraffes can't cough

65.  Did you know the Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak

66.  Did you know deers don't like hay

67.  Did you know shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females

68.  Did you know the average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day

69.  Did you know there are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos

70.  Did you know the average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years

71.  Did you know a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day

72.  Did you know fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle

73.  Did you know spiders have transparent blood

74.  Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes

75.  Did you know only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey

76.  Did you know March 14 is 'save a spider day'

77.  Did you know all the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube

78.  Did you know there are over 4,300 known species of ladybugs

79.  Did you know a fly's recation time is 30 milliseconds

80.  Did you know butterflies taste with their back feet

81.  Did you know moths have no stomach

82.  Did you know bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second

83.  Did you know bees have 4 wings

84.  Did you know the most eaten fruit in America is the banana

85.  Did you know the ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food

86.  Did you know originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power

87.  Did you know over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii

88.  Did you know the frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.

89.  Did you know the color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)

90.  Did you know John Kellogg invented corn flakes

91.  Did you know 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day

92.  Did you know Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world

93.  Did you know Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine

94.  Did you know there are over 15,000 different kinds of rice

95.  Did you know dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.

96.  Did you know the smallest bone in your body is found in your ear

97.  Did you know the ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30°c (64-86°f)

98.  Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country

99.  Did you know the largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily

100.  Did you know 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean



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