fun facts and trivias
Monday, November 16, 2009 // 5:55 AM
SOME FUN FACTS AND TRIVIAS
All swans in England are the property of the queen or king
The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley’s gum
n Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands
Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world’s prisons population are held in the US
80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
Horses can’t vomit and pigs can’t look up in the sky
Most lipstick have fish scales
The oldest dog died at the age of 29
Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere
Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight
Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine
Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year
Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study
The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal
It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest
The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand
Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year
Shrimp's hearts are in their heads
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing(oh that's why mines are still small haha)
Only humans sleep on their backs
In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed)
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.
Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
A “lost world” exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
Earthworms have five hearts
The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.
Lobsters have blue blood
Shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
Giraffes are unable to cough
The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.
Most people blink about 17,000 times a day
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FUN FACTS
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fun facts and trivias
Monday, November 16, 2009 // 5:55 AM
SOME FUN FACTS AND TRIVIASAll swans in England are the property of the queen or king
The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley’s gum
n Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands
Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world’s prisons population are held in the US
80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
Horses can’t vomit and pigs can’t look up in the sky
Most lipstick have fish scales
The oldest dog died at the age of 29
Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere
Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight
Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine
Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year
Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study
The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal
It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest
The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand
Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year
Shrimp's hearts are in their heads
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing(oh that's why mines are still small haha)
Only humans sleep on their backs
In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed)
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.
Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
A “lost world” exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
Earthworms have five hearts
The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.
Lobsters have blue blood
Shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
Giraffes are unable to cough
The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.
Most people blink about 17,000 times a day
have you read all of it?
if you want to read more
click this sites and enjoy
FUN FACTS
Labels: funny, science, trivias
All swans in England are the property of the queen or king
