Amazing Facts

Here are some interesting, but true facts, that you may or may not have known.

1. The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long

2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile

3. A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.

4. A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.(the Wright

brother's invented the airplane)

5. There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.

6. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny

7. The word "set " has the most number of definitions in the English language - 192

8. Slugs have four noses

9. Sharks can live up to 100 years

10. Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.

11. Kangaroos can't walk backwards

12. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. everyday

13. The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887

14. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.

15. Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency

16. Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints

17. There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human

18. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.

19. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002

20. Octopus have three hearts

21. If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange

22. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.

23. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old

24. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands

25. Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs

26. Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.

27. Most cats are left pawed

28. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa

29. A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant

30. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!

31. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours

32. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce

33. Bone is five times stronger than steel.

34.Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.

35.The term "bank teller" originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks

began hiring low-paid workers to "tell" throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.

36.The brand name "Jelly Belly" was created in 1982 after Nancy Reagan made a much-publicized quip about her husband's 20-pound weight gain.

37.The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.

38.Scandinavian berserkers used to cut out their eyes before battle to spare themselves the sight of the carnage they invariably wrought.

39.Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.

40.Comic duo Cheech and Chong were originally known as Spic and Span before changing due

to pressure from Chicano organizations.

41.The city of Slaughter, Texas (population: 11,284), has never had a homicide occur within

its boundaries.

42.Rubbing Tabasco on one's upper lip before bedtime is an effective temporary cure for

sleep apnea.

43.British pop singer Baby Spice is the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandniece of Archduke William Pinkley-Hogue of Standishfordshire, making her 103rd in line for the throne of England.

Amazing Facts and Tips

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a Person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!!

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow Then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears Never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14. 4 calories per hour by Breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt Every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk Rightfoot, right foot, left foot, left foot,

rather than right foot,left Foot...

20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

22. 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.

23. The color blue can have a calming affect on people.

24. Depending upon the shade, the brain may send up to 11 tranquilizing Chemicals to calm the body

25. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously. Now we know why his

pictures were exquisite!!

26. Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

27. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and parrot.

28. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

29. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child Reaches 2-6 years of age

30. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

31. Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

32. All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses; some of them just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public.

33. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

34. Raw cashews are poisonous and must be roasted before.

{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.

{EAV_BLOG_VER:548e807252c35303} Cool Language Facts

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There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France. It is not related to any other language in the world. It has an extremely complicated word structure and vocabulary.
All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.
Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
Many languages in Africa include a “click” sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.

Cool Facts about Earth

In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.

About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea.

A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above

Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.

Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.

Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.

Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.

The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.

The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.

In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA.

American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.

The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk. The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year.

The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.

The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.

The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.

Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters.

Fresh water from the River Amazon can be found up to 180 km out to sea.

The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade. The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade.

There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. The Arctic Ocean has about 12 million sq km of floating ice and has the coldest winter temperature of -34 degrees centigrade.

The Antarctic ice sheet is 3-4 km thick, covers 13 million sq km and has temperatures as low as -70 degrees centigrade.

Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

{EAV_BLOG_VER:548e807252c35303} 10 Amazing facts about Chocolate

Chocolate is made from beans derived from the cacao tree. These beans are very bitter, so the cocoa solids and the cocoa butter has sugar added to it, along with some other ingredients in order to make the chocolate that is available to the general public.

Chocolate is particularly popular at certain times of the year, such as Easter, Valentines Day and Christmas. As such, chocolate shaped gifts are popular. Hearts for Valentines day and cute bunnies at Easter are two high up on the gift selection list. Here are 10 interesting facts about chocolate:

1. Chocolate is lower in caffeine than tea, coffee and coca cola. A one ounce bar of chocolate contains about 6mg of caffeine, whereas a five ounce cup of regular coffee contains over 40mg.

2. Chocolate was regarded as an aphrodisiac by Aztec Indians.

3. Chocolate contains antioxidants which may help prevent cancer and heart disease.

4. Chocolate is the favourite flavour in the United States Of America.

5. The shelf life of a bar of chocolate is approximately one year.

6. In 1842 Cadbury's in England created the worlds first chocolate bar.

7. The Swiss eat the most chocolate. The average person eats 19lbs a year.

8. Chocolate contain theobromine, which is a mild relative of caffeine and magnesium. This chemical is found in some tranquilisers. Because coffee also contains caffeine, it both picks you up and calms you down.

9. It is widely believed that chocolate consumption releases a chemical into your body very similar to what is produced when you are in love.

10. Chocolate manufacturers use 20% of the worlds peanuts and 40% of the worlds almonds.
Chocolate is mildly addictive, but a bar now and again is not going to hurt. With all those great antioxidants it contains, it may even help you live longer. After all, as the saying goes, “A little of what you fancy does you good”.

{EAV_BLOG_VER:548e807252c35303} World Milk Day

Ten Common Milk Myths - Busted with the Facts!

Myth #1: Consuming dairy products can lead to weight gain. Fact: Weight gain occurs when one consumes more calories than the body can burn as energy. Contrary to this common myth, research both in animals and humans suggest that including three servings of low fat dairy foods in a calorie controlled diet may help achieve greater weight loss (Zemel, 2005). Clinical trials have also shown a strong correlation between increased calcium intake and reduced body weight, body fat percentage and waist size (Zemel, 2005). Myth #2: Spinach is as good a source of calcium as milk. Fact: There is more calcium in 1 cup of milk than there is in 16 cups of spinach. One will need to eat more than 48 cups of spinach to get the recommended daily intake of calcium (USDA, 2010). Furthermore, milk contains Vitamin D which enhances calcium absorption (Wasserman, 2004). Myth #3: People with lactose intolerance should avoid dairy foods. Fact: Lactose intolerance is often confused with milk allergies. Lactose intolerance is not an allergic reaction to dairy foods. Rather it is the inability to digest the milk sugar lactose. Lactose-free milk and yogurt are good alternatives to drinking milk for people that are lactose intolerant. Aged cheeses such as Cheddar and Swiss are also low in lactose. Many people with lactose intolerance can drink up to 1 cup of milk daily without problems (Miller et al., 2000). Myth #4: Milk causes asthma. Fact: While infants with milk allergies are more likely to develop asthma later in life, there are no scientific data that support that consuming dairy foods makes a person asthmatic. Myth #5: Consuming dairy foods can increase the risk of heart disease. Fact: A diet high in saturated fat regardless of the source will likely cause heart disease and not dairy foods. Recently, it was reported that the evidence linking saturated fat intake to heart disease is lacking (Siri-Tarino et al., 2010). Furthermore, today saturated fat from butter is believed to be not as bad as trans fat filled hydrogenated vegetable fats such as margarine and other so-called ‘healthy’ spreads. Those still wishing to reduce their fat intake can consume low fat dairy foods and receive the nutritional benefits of dairy foods without the high fat (Berner, 1992; Miller, 2000). Myth #6: If you take calcium supplements you don’t need milk. Fact: Milk isn’t only a good source of calcium but it also provides other high quality nutrients such as high quality protein, vitamins A, D, B12, riboflavin; zinc; potassium and magnesium. Fermented dairy foods such as yogurt also serve as an excellent carrier of probiotic organisms and pediatrics, which are important for gastrointestinal health. Taking supplements does not provide the enjoyment of drinking a cold glass of milk; pouring cold milk on a bowl of cereal for breakfast; eating a creamy delicious bowl of ice cream on a hot summer day; or enjoying the pleasure of a creamy cheese sauce on nachos, or melted cheese slices on a hamburger. Myth #7: Milk causes mucus. Fact: After drinking whole milk or eating ice cream some people mistake the thin coat or residue in their mouth and throat for mucus. This is the normal creamy texture of milk fat which melts near body temperature and not excess mucus. A study conducted by Pinnock and co-workers (1990) reported that there is no association between milk and dairy products intake and mucus production in healthy as well as rhinovirus infected individuals. Myth #8: Humans are not designed to drink cow’s milk. Fact: Humans are designed to eat plant as well as animal products such as meat and dairy products. Domestication of cattle (and consumption of milk and dairy foods) date back to 6000 BC. We are equipped with the lactose enzyme in our gut that aids in the digestion of cow’s milk. Consequently humans have enjoyed consuming dairy foods over many, many centuries. If we were restricted to consuming milk only from our own species, we would not enjoy many of the dairy foods we enjoy today; such as blue cheese on our salads, ice cream on apple pie, sour cream on baked potatoes, Mozzarella cheese on pizza, shredded cheese on our tacos, and buttermilk in our pancakes. Myth #9: Drinking milk can cause kidney stones. Fact: Milk may actually protect against the formation of kidney stones (NHS, 1990). It was suggested that the calcium in milk may bind to oxalates in food so that they can no longer be absorbed by the body, reducing the risk of kidney stones. Myth #10: Eating cheese and high fat dairy foods can cause acne. Fact: Science does not support any link between acne and dairy foods. Importance of vitamins A and D in skin health is well established. Milk is a good source of vitamins A and D in the diet (Miller et al., 2000). Source: Dairy Herd News - 10 Myths About Dairy Foods Dispelled 4/14/2010