July 22, 2014

Amazing Facts

Some Amazing facts that you be may not be familiar......

• The human brain is about 80% of water.

• Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time , as the sleep with one eye open.

• Natural pearls melt in vinegar.

• The Spanish national anthem has no words.

• The Great pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees 
Fahrenheit.

• It is physically impossible to urinate and give blood at the same time.

• The letter ‘ J ‘ does not appear anywhere in the periodic table of the elements.

• The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.

• Starfish have no brains.

• Polar bears are left-handed.

• It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

• Butterflies taste with their feet.

• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.               

• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

• Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

• The markings found on dice are called “pips”.

• The tongue is the only muscle that is attached from one end only.

• Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

• A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

• Turtles can breathe out of their butts.

• Lighters were invented before matches.

• Charlie Chaplin once won the third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

• Like fingerprints, every person’s tongue print is different.

• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.

• The word “Checkmate “in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah-Mat “, which means “the king is dead “.

• Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades – King David, Club – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne, and Diamonds – Julius Caesar.

• 1 sperm has 37.5 MB of DNA information in it. That means a normal ejaculation represents a data transfer of 1587 GB in about 3 seconds.

• “Rhythm “is the longest English word without a vowel.

• Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

• A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.


• Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.