{EAV_BLOG_VER:548e807252c35303} General interesting facts ...really amazing

• No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
• The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.

• Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.

• A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

• Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it

• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

• The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.

• Fingerprints of koala bears are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans

• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

• SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below

• Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese".

• As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates
• Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
• 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.
• The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.
• Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.
• Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.
• Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection.
• In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
• Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
• As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet.
• More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
• The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
• Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
• Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.
• Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
• For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)
• 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 more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air.
• Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.
• The egg came first.
• Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink.
• Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based.
• In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
• The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle.
• Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
• Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.
• The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.
• The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.
• The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.
• A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
• The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer.

• All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

• The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.

• The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

• The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

• Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people)

• Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.

• Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

• The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.

• During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

• The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

• The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

• 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.

• Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

• The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.

• The doorbell was invented in 1831.

• The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.

• Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

• There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.

• Napoleon was terrified of cats.

• The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.

• The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.

• The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935.

• The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

• Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.

• The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.

• The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.

• France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.

• The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."

• The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.

• George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.

• Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.

• The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.

• Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

• The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.

• The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

• The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.

• Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.

• Dry fish food can make goldfish constipated.

• The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.

• Toilet paper was invented in 1857.

• Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.