dimanche 26 mai 2013




1.      Did you know the night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans

2.      Did you know flamingoes can live up to 80 years old

3.      Did you know in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions

4.      Did you know most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old

5.      Did you know out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man

6.      Did you know an ostriches can outrun a horse

7.      Did you know ostriches can live up to 75 years old

8.      Did you know sheep won't drink from running water

9.      Did you know squirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground

10.  Did you know wild cobras can live up to 20 years old

11.  Did you know the average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day

12.  Did you know a blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses

13.  Did you know the greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)

14.  Did you know the fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph, 59knots)

15.  Did you know female condors lays a single egg once every 2 years

16.  Did you know hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick

17.  Did you know an arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people

18.  Did you know whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals

19.  Did you know penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator)

20.  Did you know toads only eat moving prey

21.  Did you know when born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall

22.  Did you know a bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight

23.  Did you know pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo

24.  Did you know crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones

25.  Did you know the skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight

26.  Did you know there are over 1,600 known species of starfishes

27.  Did you know there are over 320 species of parrots

28.  Did you know there are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk

29.  Did you know there are over 690 known species of bats

30.  Did you know there are over 130 species of owl

31.  Did you know a garfish has green bones

32.  Did you know a camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm

33.  Did you know a cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling

34.  Did you know a fox litter is 10 to 15 pups

35.  Did you know the spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours

36.  Did you know camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes

37.  Did you know you can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away

38.  Did you know there are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms

39.  Did you know there are over 7,000 different types of apples

40.  Did you know thin skinned lemons are the juiciest

41.  Did you know on the average there are 8 peas in a pod

42.  Did you know you have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)

43.  Did you know a connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers

44.  Did you know the ice cream cone was introduced in 1904

45.  Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)

46.  Did you know chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women

47.  Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year

48.  Did you know chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken

49.  Did you know cooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper

50.  Did you know arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth

51.  Did you know dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones

52.  Did you know the average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year

53.  Did you know cabbage is 91% water

54.  Did you know the most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin

55.  Did you know fresh apples float because they contain 25% air

56.  Did you know green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea

57.  Did you know lettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable

58.  Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food

59.  Did you know there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold

60.  Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock

61.  Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)

62.  Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food

63.  Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country

64.  Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men

65.  Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada

66.  Did you know Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius

67.  Did you know the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat

68.  Did you know a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial

69.  Did you know a nanosecond is one billionth of a second

70.  Did you know a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

71.  Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)

72.  Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin

73.  Did you know brontology is the study of thunder

74.  Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa

75.  Did you know dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas

76.  Did you know employees of the Vatican pay no income tax

77.  Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252

78.  Did you know petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115°C (-180 and -240°F)

79.  Did you know sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air

80.  Did you know Japanese people don’t have middle names

81.  Did you know some playing cards in India are round

82.  Did you know the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long

83.  Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)

84.  Did you know the first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964

85.  Did you know the first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900

86.  Did you know the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines

87.  Did you know there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p)

88.  Did you know women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944

89.  Did you know a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second

90.  Did you know a dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)

91.  Did you know flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds

92.  Did you know a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day

93.  Did you know ants can lift 50 times their own weight

94.  Did you know bees can see ultraviolet light

95.  Did you know 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects

96.  Did you know 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects

97.  Did you know it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie

98.  Did you know queen termites can live up to 50 years

99.  Did you know most spiders have transparent blood

100.  Did you know caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles

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