26. Google is actually the common name
for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called
spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build
the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to
muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of
the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack
your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue
to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red
blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of
shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a
game.
36. 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.
37. Every day 200 million couples make
love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. 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
is smiling).
is smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing
toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command
“go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see
behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a
day.
43. 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)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as
men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more
than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30
feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because
its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were
protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly
the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and
stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person
on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the
horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough
pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
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