1.The
Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal
2.It cost 7 million dollars
to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
3.Laughing lowers levels of
stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
4.Six-year-olds laugh an
average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
5.In the middle ages,
people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's
Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
6.It was during the
Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
7.The human heart creates
enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
8.February 1865 is the only
month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
9.Tomato Ketchup was once
used as medicine in the United States. Was sold as "Dr.Miles Compound
Extract of Tomato"
11.Dating back to the
1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury
12.The quartz crystal in
your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second
13.An earthquake on Dec.
16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
14.Shoe sizes were
standardized in Britain in 1885
15.The average person's
eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due to blinking.
16.Women blink nearly twice
as much as men.
17.Every day 200 million
couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
18.There are at least 40
known carcinogens in cigarettes.
19.The earliest British
expeditions tackling Everest wore tweed jackets, woolen underwear, and leather
boots.
20.The amniotic fluid that
surrounds a baby in the womb is completely replaced every three hours.
21.During World War II,
twice as many fighter pilots were killed during training than combat
22.In 1962 an outbreak of
contagious laughter in Tanganyika lasted for six months and caused schools to
be closed
23.A nautical mile measures
6,080 feet while a land or statute mile is 5,280 feet
24.No one can drown in the
Dead Sea. It is 25 percent salt, which makes the water very heavy
25.Plants watered with warm
water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water
26.Earth's oceans contain 7
1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the water
27.Children who are
breastfed tend to have an I.Q. seven points higher than children who are not.
28.The bird flu virus could
evolve into a form that is easily spread between people, resulting in a highly
contagious and lethal disease.
29.The Chinese, in olden
days, used marijuana only as a remedy for dysentery.
30.If you are right handed,
you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are
left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
31.To make half a kilo of
honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
32.Heroin is the brand name
of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
33.Communications giant
Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam.
34.Tourists visiting
Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
35.People in nudist
colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
36.Albert Einstein was
offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
37.Astronauts can't belch-
there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
38.Ancient Roman, Chinese
and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
39.The average person who
stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
40.The Mona Lisa has no
eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
41.Because of the speed at
which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last
more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
42.The night of January 20
is "Saint Agnes's Eve," which is regarded as a time when a young
woman dreams of her future husband.
43.There are over 25
million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of Champagne
44.Google is actually the
common name for a number with a million zeros
45.It takes glass one
million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled
an infinite amount of times!
46.The "heat" of
peppers is rated on the Scoville scale
47.Gold is the only metal
that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years
48.Your tongue is the only
muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
49.If you stop getting
thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its
thirst mechanism shuts off.
50.Each year 2,000,000
smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
51.When it originally
appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual
Beverage.
52.Zero is the only number
that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
53.Kites were used in the
American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
54.The song, "Auld
Lang Syne" is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every
English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
55.For every real Christmas
tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.
56.Drinking water after
eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
57.Peanut oil is used for
cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F
58.The Shell Oil Company
originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells
59.The roar that we hear
when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound
of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
60.Nine out of every 10
living things live in the ocean
61.The banana cannot
reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man
62.Airports at higher
altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
63.Fish and Chip selling
officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces
64.The University of Alaska
spans four time zones
65.The tooth is the only
part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
66.In ancient Greece,
tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it
meant she accepted.
67.Do you know the names of
the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil),
and Mazaru(Speak no evil).
68.Warner Comm. paid $28
million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'
69.Intelligent people have
more zinc and copper in their hair.
70.A comet's tail always
points away from the sun
71.The "Swine
flu" vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was
intended to prevent
72.Caffeine increases the
power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some
medicines.
73.The military salute is a
motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their
visors to reveal their identity.
74.If you get into the
bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the
middle of the day.
75.When a person dies,
hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
76.Trivia is the Roman
goddess of sorcery, hounds and... the crossroads
77.In ancient times
strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
78.Strawberries are the
only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
79.Avocados have the
highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
80.It cost the soft drink
industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines
81.The moon moves about two
inches away from the Earth each year
82.The Earth gets 100 tons
heavier every day due to falling space dust
83.Due to earth's gravity
it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
84.Men's shirts have the
buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left
85.Mickey Mouse is known as
"Topolino" in Italy
86.Soldiers do not march in
step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which
could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
87.The painting that won
second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was
hanging upside down when it was judged
88.Everything weighs one
percent less at the equator
89.For every extra kilogram
carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
90.The letter J does not
appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements
100.Snake venom is ninety
percent protein
101.Mercury is the only
metal that is liquid at room temperature
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102.Pizza Hut is the
world's largest pizza restaurant serving close to 1.7 million pizzas a day
103.Beer foam will go down
by licking your finger then sticking it in the beer
104.Those stars and colors
you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes
105.A full-moon is nine
times brighter than a half-moon
106.If all of the blood
vessels in your body were placed end to end, they would stretch 12,000 miles
107.If you were to roll a
lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court
108.Everyone's tongue print
is different, like fingerprints
109.Two-thirds of the
people in the world have not made a phone call
110.Contrary to popular
belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through
the system and be excreted
111.The microwave was
invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted
in his pocket
112.The Nobel Peace Prize
medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders
113.Earth is traveling
through space at 660,000 miles per hour
114.In 1643, the British
Parliament officially abolished the celebration of Christmas
115.Santa's Reindeers are
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
116.In 1875 the director of
the US patent office resigned. He said that there was nothing left to invent
117.The Channel between
England and France grows about 300 millimeters each year
118.The average person's
field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle
119.Offered a new pen to
write with, 97% of all people will write their own name
120.On average, a person
has two million sweat glands
121.Grapes explode when you
put them in the microwave.
122.Wearing headphones for
just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
123.Your tongue is germ
free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
124.The attachment of the
human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
125.97% of the earth's
water is undrinkable
126.The Earth gets heavier
each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it
127.All babies are color
blind when they are born
128.Babies' eyes do not
produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old
129. 14 million people were
killed in World War I, 20 million died in flu epidemic in the years that
followed
130.There are more than
40,000 characters in the Chinese script
131.Vision requires more
brain power than the other four senses
132.On average, men are 40%
muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and 25% fat
133.There are no public
toilets in Peru
134.Urine and tears have
the same basic ingredients
135.The reason honey is so
easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.
136.Every time you sneeze
some of your brain cells die.
137.Historically, a blue
ribbon has been awarded for first prize
138.The motto of M-G-M
movie studios is Art for Art's Sake
139.The lion that roars in
the MGM logo is named "Volney"
140.It takes about 20
seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body
141.It's been proven that
people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
142.The Mercedes-Benz motto
is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
143.The color blue has a
calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
144.There are more Rolls
Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world
145.X-ray technology has
shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one
146.The pupil of the eye
expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
147.It takes only about 8
minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to a speed of more than 27,359
km/hour
148.Hydroponics is the
technique by which plants are grown in water without soil
149.Time magazine named the
computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982
150.Chewing on gum while
cutting onions can help a person from producing tears
151.Your left lung is
smaller in size than your right lung, it is like that in order to make room for
your heart.
152.Until babies are six
months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time
153.Male human brains are
about 10 percent heavier than female brains
154.Before 1800 there were
no separately designed shoes for right and left feet
155.The glossy look to
lipstick comes from fish scales, which are iridescent
156.To find out if a
watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe
157.Honey is used as a
center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures
158.The original name for
the butterfly was 'flutterby'
159.Your body weight is
lower at 9 A.M. than at any other time of the day
160.The average person is
about a quarter of an inch taller at night
161. 40% of McDonald's
profits come from the sales of Happy Meals
162.Without any greenhouse
effect, Earth would be cold and lifeless with an average temp of 0.4ºF
163.The primary purpose of
growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young
seedlings. Rice can, in fact, be grown in drained areas
164.Not a single new
livestock animal has been domesticated in the last 4,000 years
165.Bone China is so called
because powdered animal bone is mixed with the clay to give it translucency and
whiteness
166.The original reason for
tablecloths was as a towel to wipe one's fingers and hands on after eating
167.Mount Everest moves
approximately 2.4 inches (10 cm) in a Northeasterly direction every year
168.Mickey Mouse has four
fingers on each hand
169.The bark of a redwood
tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the
trees
170.The storage capacity of
human brain exceeds four Terra bytes
171.There are an average of
178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun
172.Because of the rotation
of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west
173.In 2001, the five most
valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia
174.After the
"Popeye" comic strip started in 1931, spinach consumption went up by
33 percent in the US
175.A rainbow can only
occur when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon
176.At 40° Centigrade a
person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing
177.Most gemstones contain
several elements. Except the diamond it's all carbon
178.Onions help reduce
cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal
179.It has been calculated
that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace
throughout the civilized world
180.Feb 1865 and Feb 1999
are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon
181.The citrus soda 7-UP
was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers
were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles
182.The "crack"
from a whip is actually the tip of the whip traveling faster than the speed of
sound, emitting a small sonic boom
183.If the information
contained in the DNA could be written down, it would fill a 1000 volume
encyclopedia
184.It would take 13 years
and eight months to stay one night in every room at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las
Vegas
185.Brain damage occurs at
an internal temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit
186.The sound you hear when
you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
187.If you gave each human
on earth an equal portion of dry land, (including the uninhabitable areas) everyone
would get roughly 100sqft
188.Just twenty seconds
worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon
189.There are more than
1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee
190.Pearls melt in vinegar
191.There is about 200
times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history
192.Human hair and finger
nails continue to grow after death
193.Windmills always turn
counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland
194.Eighteen per cent of
all global carbon dioxide emissions are from cars
195.Onions get their
distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the soil
196.Mango is the number one
selling fruit in the World. India is the biggest producer of mangoes in the World
197.The only part of the
body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen
directly from the air
198.No nation has ever won
the Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International Pageant in the same year?
199.About 85% of the plant
life on earth is in the oceans
200.In most watch
advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms
frame the brand of the watch and make it look like it's smiling
201.If a person counted at
the rate of 100 numbers a minute and kept counting for 8 hrs a day, 5 days a
week, it would take a little over 4 weeks to count to one million and just over
80 years to reach a billion
202.An average person
perspires a gut-wrenching 278 gallons of sweat each year
203.Because metal was scarce,
the Oscars given out during World War II were made out of wood
204.A banana is about 75%
water. They grow on a rhizome, not a tree. You are more likely to be a target
for mosquitoes if you consume bananas.
205. You know our bones aren't white, they range from being to light brown. Bones in museums are white because they're boiled.
206. Did you know, Pigs are 4th most intelligent animals in the world.
207. Did you know, humans use an average of 43 muscles to frown, whereas to smile, only 17 do the trick
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