dimanche 26 mai 2013


1.      Did you know 11% of people are left handed

2.      Did you know August has the highest percentage of births

3.      Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it

4.      Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

5.      Did you know a bear has 42 teeth

6.      Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain

7.      Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales

8.      Did you know no two corn flakes look the same

9.      Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

10.  Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib

11.  Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean

12.  Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

13.  Did you know rabbits like licorice

14.  Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

15.  Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy

16.  Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

17.  Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex

18.  Did you know reindeer like bananas

19.  Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

20.  Did you know birds need gravity to swallow

21.  Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

22.  Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q

23.  Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

24.  Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

25.  Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter

26.  Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON

27.  Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same

28.  Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

29.  Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city

30.  Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron

31.  Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color

32.  Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light

33.  Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

34.  Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep

35.  Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

36.  Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about

37.  Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs

38.  Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)

39.  Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects

40.  Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

41.  Did you know Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US

42.  Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

43.  Did you know there is no such thing as a naturally blue food

44.  Did you know honey is the only natural food which never goes off

45.  Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

46.  Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

47.  Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

48.  Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

49.  Did you know about 90% of the worlds population kisses

50.  Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

51.  Did you know in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman

52.  Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense

53.  Did you know sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air

54.  Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use

55.  Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco

56.  Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

57.  Did you know the average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)

58.  Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954

59.  Did you know all insects have 6 legs

60.  Did you know that 90% of an iceberg sits under water

61.  Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria

62.  Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas

63.  Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words

64.  Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue

65.  Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland

66.  Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia

67.  Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet

68.  Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

69.  Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

70.  Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it

71.  Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water

72.  Did you know your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe

73.  Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)

74.  Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050

75.  Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot

76.  Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute

77.  Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill

78.  Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords

79.  Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle

80.  Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period

81.  Did you know it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down

82.  Did you know frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

83.  Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

84.  Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet

85.  Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body

86.  Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second

87.  Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others

88.  Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros

89.  Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories

90.  Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

91.  Did you know frogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin)

92.  Did you know at birth dalmations are always white

93.  Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

94.  Did you know a duck can't walk without bobbing its head

95.  Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute

96.  Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk

97.  Did you know a crocodile can't move its tongue

98.  Did you know a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

99.  Did you know that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles

100. Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names.
 

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