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Thursday, 13 December 2012

FACTS

  • The word BATMAN actually means a SERVANT
  • A group of owls is called a parliament.
  • Blue color has a calming effect, releases calming hormones in the brain. Therefore many big co. like Twitter, Facebook, Skype etc. are blue!
  • In real life, Russi Taylor (the voice of Minnie Mouse) was married to Wayne Allwine (the voice of Mickey Mouse.)
  • A frog does not close its eye even when it sleeps
  • RADAR: Radio Detecting and Ranging
  • Approximately 80% of a child's intelligence is acquired from the mother
  • Alcohol triggers the region of the brain responsible for honesty. An intoxicated person is more likely to tell the truth.
  • You use 200 muscles to take one step.
  • Adding Vodka to your shampoo can help cleanse the scalp, keeping hair strong and healthy.
  •  AK47 »Avtomat Kalashnikova
  • This  is magic Bite your tongue four times rub your face five times.
  • The average temperature of a dog is 101 degree farenhiet
  • The longest bridge in africa is the 3rd main land bridge
  • The rapper LL cool j's name is short of "ladies love cool james"
  • The cost of a spacesuit is about $11 million dollars.
  • Saturn's rings are not solid. Although they appear to be thin, solid rings that surround the planet, Saturn's rings are actually particles of ice, dust and rock. The particles range from the size of a grain of sand to larger than skyscraper buildings.
  • You don't toast a girl you WOO a girl
  • Putting sugar on a cut will
  • help healing and stop the flow of blood.
  • -The first high heeled shoes were worn by Egyptian butchers to help them walk above the blood and gore.
  • Putting dry tea bags in a pair of smelly shoes will help absorb the unpleasant odor.
  • -- The bird with the most feathers is the Swan which can have as many as 25,000 during winter.
  • Who is the CEO of search company Google?
  • Eric Schmidt
  • --French Fries were actually invented in Belgium
  • The sound of running water often increases the need to pee simply because that's the sound we're used to hearing while we urinate.
  • "Recorder" is a pen which can record your writing and convert it into electronic files.You can send the files phone and computer with Bluetooth.
  • That sudden jerk you sometimes experience when you "slip" in a dream while half asleep is called a "Hypnic Jerk."
  •  The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965#Fact
  • Getting dumped often leads to “frustration attraction,” which causes an individual to love the one who dumped him or her even more.
  • The term “love” is from the Sanskrit lubhyati, meaning “desire#Fact
  • ---The Statue of Liberty was originally brown!#Fact
  • ---In Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger only spoke 700 words and was paid $15 million. That means 'Hasta la vista, baby' cost $85,716!
  • ++In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles holding it that's where the word testimony came from#Fact
  • The first cellular phone was the Motorola DynaTAC. It had a talk time of 30min,took 10hrs to recharge and could go 8hrs between charges.#Fact
  • The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. The word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos.
  • Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
  •  In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
  • ++Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.
  • ++It takes 6 months to build a rolls royce but only 13 hours to build a toyota.
  • "Karoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese."
  • "A snowflake can take up to a hour to fall from the cloud to the surface of the Earth."
  • ++"The name of the Internet's most popular directory, is an acronym. According to the company, the name "Yahoo" stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".
  • "The Home Insurance Building was built in 1885 in Chicago, becoming the world's first modern skyscraper."
  • ++"French author Michel Thaler published a 233 page novel which has no verbs."
  • "Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China."
  • ++Did you know that Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women. Also called venustraphobia.
  • ++Nigeria has the highest twinning rate in the world at around4.5%some experts attribute this number to the large consumption of yams in Nigeria
  • The study most trusted by urologists shows that the average erect penis size is 5.1 inches long and 4.8 inches in girth.
  • Oscar Wilde and his friends came up with the word "dude" It came from the words "duds" and "attitude".
  • Flamingos are pink or orange or white depending on what they eat.
  • ++Do you know what's the real meaning of HELLO?
  • Its the name of a girl..
  • "Margaret Hello"
  • She is girlfriend of Grahmbell who invented telephone.#Fact
  • Most of the "smoke" you see when a space shuttle takes off is actually water vapour
  • Sleeping wit d head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen tat may lead to brain damage
  • The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
  • The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
  • Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating
  • The word “mustache” comes from the Latin root mustacium which means “conveniently stored supply of extra food.”
  • Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.
  • Bikinis and tampons invented by men.
  • Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'#Fact
  • The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "The King is dead"#Fact
  • The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy#Fact
  • The metal band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule#Fact
  • The points of light that you see behind your eyelids when you shut your eyes really hard are called Phosphenes
  • The origin of the word "Goodbye" is the phrase "God be with ye"
  • The word shark is derived from the Latin word meaning "sharp teeth"
  • The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.
  • The dot over the letter "i" or "j" is called "tittle"#FACT
  • Vanilla” comes from the Latin word “vagina”.#FACT
  • Nigeria has the highest twinning rate in the world at around4.5%.Some experts attribute tis numbr to the large consumption of yams inNigeria
  • A kangaroo rat can go its entire life of 3-5 year without a sip of water
  • Smoking one cigarette takes 11 minutes out of your life span
  • The word "verb" is actually a noun.
  • If you press the "!" button at the Yahoo! Homepage, it will sing "Yaahooooo, yaahooo...!" followed by a girl's laugh.
  • You want to turn Google Translate into a beat-box?
  • If you go to Google Translate and type in "pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk" from German to German and press the listen button, it sounds like someone is beat boxing. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
  • The air pressure can be determined by counting chirps in 14 seconds and adding it to 40
  • Giraffes can't yawn.
  • There are people who can actually smell see and physically taste music. This is called synesthesia
  • If you type "do a barrel roll"in google search the whole page will spin
  • GA study finds, brunette make better friend and wife!
  • --You can truly be "scared to death" fear causes your body to pump adrenalin into your body,which can be toxic in large amount
  • --Ever heard of a Cryovolcano? It's a volcano that shoots out ICE rather than lava Cryovolcanoes only exist in outer space. They can be found on icy moons.
  • --If you look at the sun RIGHT NOW, you are technically looking back in time. It takes eight minutes for light from the sun to reach Earth.
  • --Mosquitoes fly through rain drops without getting hit !
  • "Fuck" can be used has a verb adverb adjective command interjection noun and can logically be  used as virtually any word in a sentence
  • Pizza is like sex when it good, it is very good when its bad it is still pretty Good
  • The second most searched word on google is "porn"
  • each of the main characters in SpongeBob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.
  • 1. Greed (Mr. Krabs)
  • 2. Envy (Plankton)
  • 3. Sloth (Patrick)
  • 4. Pride (Sandy)
  • 5. Wrath (Squidward)
  • 6. Gluttony (Garyn)
  • 7. Lust (Spongebob)
  • The Anglo-Zanzibar War is the shortest war in history. It lasted 38 minutes.
  • Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, is so high that much of the water evaporates before it can reach the ground.
  • some apples that are mutated can be half green, and half red!
  • The clown fish has the ability to change its sex. If a breeding female dies, the male fish will change its sex and mate with another male. 
  • Yawning is contagious - even thinking about yawning is enough. After reading this fact, there is a 50% chance you will yawn. 
  • The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
  • Most of the laugh tracks you hear on television were recorded in the 1950's, which means a lot of the people you hear laughing, are dead. 
  • Bill gate earns $250 every SECOND, that's about $20 million a day and  $7.8 billion a year
  • The closer you get to the toilet the harder it is to  hold it in
  • When a person cries and the first drop of tears comes from the right eye its happiness,when its from the left its pain
  • Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left.
  • Europe is the only continent without a desert.
  • Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
  • Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
  • Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
  • Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
  • If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones go to the top.
  • Dibble means to drink like a duck
  • Starfish have eight eyes--one at the end of each leg.
  • Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
  • Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
  • Columbia University is the second largest land owner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
  • Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.
  • Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
  • Emotions love have nothing to go with your heart its a chemical reaction in the brain
  • Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
  • The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
  • -What five digit number, when multiplied by the number 4, is the same number with the digits in  reverse order?  21978; 21978 x 4 = 87912.
  • A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew.
  • nycrophobia is the fear of dakness
  • Space is a vacuum which means sound can't travel. Hence, "Nobody can hear you scream in space"!
  • Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
  • "Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system."
  • Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
  • "Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair."
  • Goat's milk is used more widely throughout the world than cow's milk.
  • Ants don't sleep.
  • Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
  • Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
  • _The search engine Google got its name from the word googol, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
  • The human brain stops growing at the age of 18
  • A group of officers is called a mess.
  • The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
  • Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
  • Groaking is the art of watching people eating food, hoping they'll offer you some.
  • No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver, or purple.
  • A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
  • Mosquitoes have teeth.
  • A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
  • Farts are highly flammable.
  • Females learn to talk earlier, use sentences earlier, and learn to read more quickly than males.
  • You can start a fire with ice.
  • If you watch Titanic backwards, it is a heart warming tale of a ship which jumps out of the water & saves lots of drowning people.
  • king henry the 8 formed the anglican church
  • It is assumed that it will take 750 men to do what a horse can do in one hour
  • the most painful thing in the world is been burn alive the second is child birth
  • The vibrator, a common sex toy for women, was originally designed in the nineteenth century as a medication to combat the anxiety-related symptoms of “hysteria” (now known as menstruation).
  • 90% people at some point in their life have tried to close the fridge slowly to see when the light goes out.
  • The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia  a Latin term meaning "for example."
  • Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue.
  • Most toilets flush in E flat
  • There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
  • You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
  • A group of goats is called a trip
  • Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"
  • Cats' urine glows under a black light.
  • It's a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his elder sister's daughter.
  • WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
  • "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
  • The penguin is the only bird that can swim but not fly.
  • Rats can't vomit, that's why rat poison works.
  • A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation.
  • Tonsurphobia is the fear of haircuts
  • The first recorded occurance of a Tornado was June 10, 1682
  • Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
  • The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
  • Insects outnumber humans by 1 million to one.
  • A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
  • The letter J does not appear ANYWHERE in the periodic table of elements.
  • When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating. 0
  • For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
  • Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can  be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
  • Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
  • Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
  • A golf ball has 360 dimples
  • Giraffes are unable to cough.
  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  • A necropsy is an autopsy on animals
  • Snails breathe through their feet.
  • The most common letters in english are R S T L N E
  • There are more chickens than people in the world.
  • The can opener was invented 48 years after the can was.
  • Elephants can't jump.
  • All porcupines float in water.
  • Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
  • It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
  • A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
  • Sperm have to swim 100,000 times their length to get a woman pregnant. That's the equivalent of man swimming over 100 miles in one go.
  • New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
  • The two highest IQ’s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
  • A group of frogs is called an army.
  • In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
  • The sound of knuckles cracking is generated by imploding synovial fluid.
  • Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

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