dimanche 26 mai 2013









1.      Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles

2.      Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard

3.      Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards

4.      Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958

5.      Did you know almonds are members of the peach family

6.      Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C

7.      Did you know duck eggs are the largest eggs in the world

8.      Did you know owls can't move their eyes from side to side

9.      Did you know flamingos can bend their knees backwards

10.  Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday

11.  Did you know gold never erodes

12.  Did you know scorpions glow under ultra violet light

13.  Did you know when water freezes it expans by 9%

14.  Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning

15.  Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length

16.  Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance

17.  Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

18.  Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes

19.  Did you know Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)

20.  Did you know there is no sound in space

21.  Did you know Mars appears red because it's covered in rust

22.  Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands

23.  Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913

24.  Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees

25.  Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year

26.  Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times

27.  Did you know the opposite sides of a dice always adds up to 7

28.  Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System

29.  Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer

30.  Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939

31.  Did you know Porsche also builds tractors

32.  Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps

33.  Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door

34.  Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast

35.  Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms

36.  Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands

37.  Did you know New York was the first capital of the United States

38.  Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year

39.  Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee

40.  Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day

41.  Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night

42.  Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries

43.  Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt

44.  Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany

45.  Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks

46.  Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular

47.  Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second

48.  Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products

49.  Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day

50.  Did you know female lions complete 90% of the hunting in their herd

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

52.  Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair

53.  Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards

54.  Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel

55.  Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television

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

57.  Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand

58.  Did you know there are more chickens than people

59.  Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects

60.  Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites

61.  Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes

62.  Did you know emus can't walk backwards

63.  Did you know the Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets

64.  Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla

65.  Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831

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

67.  Did you know the oldest known vegetable is the pea

68.  Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays

69.  Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year

70.  Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps

71.  Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country

72.  Did you know Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old

73.  Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically

74.  Did you know the word 'rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel

75.  Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

76.  Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god

77.  Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th

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

79.  Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes

80.  Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day

81.  Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific

82.  Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day

83.  Did you know your head contains 22 bones

84.  Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris

85.  Did you know you breathe 23,000 times a day

86.  Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times

87.  Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print

88.  Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water

89.  Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes

90.  Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)

91.  Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days

92.  Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)

93.  Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua

94.  Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)

95.  Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)

96.  Did you know sharks are immune to all known diseases

97.  Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba

98.  Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth

99.  Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755

100.  Did you know during a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6°C (20°F)

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