Over 1,025 Did you know facts ! (Part 9)

 
1.      Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))

2.      Did you know honey bees kill more people each year than snakes

3.      Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies

4.      Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants

5.      Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter

6.      Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles

7.      Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun

8.      Did you know the Moon weighs 81 billion tons

9.      Did you know the world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.

10.  Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster

11.  Did you know natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks)

12.  Did you know there are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte

13.  Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40° above the horizon)

14.  Did you know acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)

15.  Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days

16.  Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park

17.  Did you know chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils

18.  Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia

19.  Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day

20.  Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon

21.  Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest

22.  Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl

23.  Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn

24.  Did you know onions are part of the lily family

25.  Did you know the primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)

26.  Did you know the softest known mineral is talc

27.  Did you know 'orology' is the study of mountains

28.  Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine

29.  Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey

30.  Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands

31.  Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland

32.  Did you know moths have white blood

33.  Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)

34.  Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)

35.  Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)

36.  Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high

37.  Did you know dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away

38.  Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct

39.  Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years

40.  Did you know only pregnant females polar bears hibernate

41.  Did you know polar bears are strictly carnivores

42.  Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years

43.  Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long

44.  Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years

45.  Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe

46.  Did you know warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)

47.  Did you know warthogs live for 15 years

48.  Did you know when baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month

49.  Did you know 2 out of 5 people marry their first love

50.  Did you know 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats

51.  Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash everyday

52.  Did you know less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal

53.  Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country

54.  Did you know the average shower tempreture is 38°C (101°F)

55.  Did you know raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)

56.  Did you know the algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen

57.  Did you know the game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920

58.  Did you know there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game

59.  Did you know Nintendo first produced playing cards

60.  Did you know the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France

61.  Did you know there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building

62.  Did you know chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time

63.  Did you know a chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body

64.  Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall

65.  Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second

66.  Did you know catfish have over 100,000 taste buds

67.  Did you know it takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg

68.  Did you know the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand

69.  Did you know England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old

70.  Did you know the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall

71.  Did you know the Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years

72.  Did you know the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons

73.  Did you know there are 132 rooms in the US White House

74.  Did you know banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)

75.  Did you know bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber

76.  Did you know bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium

77.  Did you know over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month

78.  Did you know mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet

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

80.  Did you know no two spider webs are the same

81.  Did you know there are over 900,000 known species of insects

82.  Did you know worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15

83.  Did you know John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars

84.  Did you know Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930

85.  Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate

86.  Did you know 1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana

87.  Did you know 52% of Americans drink coffee

88.  Did you know Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production

89.  Did you know coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218°C (400 - 425°F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast)

90.  Did you know coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world

91.  Did you know coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year

92.  Did you know coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US

93.  Did you know as a world commodity coffee is second only to oil

94.  Did you know dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)

95.  Did you know the first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900

96.  Did you know Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee

97.  Did you know over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry

98.  Did you know coffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old

99.  Did you know the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee

100.   Did you know there are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150

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Over 1,025 Did you know facts ! (Part 8)

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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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