In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
A snail can sleep for three years.
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears are left handed..
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick"is said to be the toughest tongue twisterin the English language.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
A shrimp's heart is in its head.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months,two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hourwill increase the bacteria in your ear by 700times.
Someone should please try to lead a cow downstairs to contradict this fact. Meanwhile you really can't lick your elbows...I tried it like I know many of you will!
Drop a comment and let me know what creeps you the most.
Snails...slimy sleepy heads!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that they are slow should always make ém be on the move but no..
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about dat. How about 'DAUNT'.
Hi Linda, interesting Info, thx
ReplyDeletewhere do u get all these facts linda?ur resaerching is great. i wish i had ur kind of zeal
ReplyDeleteive learnt alot today
ReplyDeleteI actually tried licking my elbows, and I tried folding a piece of paper 7 times. Impossible.
ReplyDelete"Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing." i find it hard to accept, but what one do, when it's true. Good job linda.
ReplyDeletesome of this facts are so hard to believe.but its a eye opener for me.so many things i have learnt from ur blog.keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteHilarious is the word. Seems those overly curious to see a crocodile's tongue are the one that get caught in btw its teeth.lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's no surprise that an ostrich's eyes are bigger than its brain.
.......on 2nd thots, say what?
I'm off to experiment on the paper trick. Ewww, not sure why I'd want to lick my elbows in the first place.Tayo!