HERE ARE SOME OF THE AMAZING FACTS:
- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
- A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
- Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.
- Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
- Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (a variety of the marijuana plant) paper
- On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.
- "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- "Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, and Portuguese.
- 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of lemons contain more sugar than 1 kg of strawberries.
- 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
- 90% of bird species are monogamous; only 3% of animals are.
- 90% of New York City cab drivers are recently arrived immigrants.
- A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.
- A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
- A Cheetah at full speed takes strides of 8 meters.
- A cockroaches favorite food is the glue on the back of stamps.
- A cucumber is 96% water.
- A Dalmatian is the only dog that can get gout.
- A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
- A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.
- A fish's memory span is 3 seconds
- A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
- A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside
- A hippopotamus can run faster than a man can.
- A lions roar can be heard from five miles away.
- A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length
- A person who is lost in the woods and starving can obtain nourishment by chewing on his shoes. Leather has enough nutritional value to sustain life for a short time.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
- A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
- A quarter of raw potato placed in each shoe at night will keep the leather soft and the shoes smelling fresh and clean.
- A scientist who weighed people immediately before and after death concluded that the human soul weighs 21 gms
- A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
- Abraham Lincoln had to go across the street to the War Department to get news from the battlefield because there was no telegraph in the White House.
- Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.
- Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
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