Did you know facts

Did you know 11% of people are left handed
Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
Did you know rabbits like licorice
Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
Did you know reindeer like bananas
Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city
Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron
Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about
Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
Did you know honey is the only natural food which never spoils
Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
Did you know about 90% of the worlds population kisses
Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use
Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
Did you know all insects have 6 legs
Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria
Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland
Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet
Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs
Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it
Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water
Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle
Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
Did you know it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
Did you know frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump
Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others
Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
Did you know frogs don't usually swallow water (they absorb most of the moisture they need through their skin)
Did you know at birth dalmations are always white
Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
Did you know a duck can't walk without bobbing its head
Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
Did you know a crocodile can't move its tongue
Did you know that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
Did you know pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep
Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
Did you know an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
Did you know the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
Did you know the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
Did you know crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
Did you know reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body
Did you know cows don't have upper front teeth
Did you know everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world
Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
Did you know there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
Did you know in a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
Did you know black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact
Did you know the safest car color is white
Did you know the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
Did you know room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25C (68 to 77F)
Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular
Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
Did you know the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries
Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'
Did you know cats can't move their jaw sideways
Did you know grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
Did you know its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
Did you know the average golf ball has 336 dimples
Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
Did you know the movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks
Did you know the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply
Did you know a group of frogs is called an army
Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash
Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob
Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle
Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament
Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain
Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
Did you know Monopoly is the most played board game in the world
Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by women
Did you know 42% of men and women 25% don`t wash their hands after using a public toilet
Did you know if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
Did you know a cats urine glows under a blacklight
Did you know white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
Did you know cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees
Did you know small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds
Did you know domestic cats dislike citrus scents
Did you know cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
Did you know paper originated from China
Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
Did you know the film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors
Did you know all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20
Did you know instant coffee was invented in 1901
Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold
Did you know rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population
Did you know Pearls melt in vinegar
Did you know a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don`t)
Did you know there is no butter in buttermilk
Did you know giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels
Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
Did you know the electric chair was invented by a dentist
Did you know you're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
Did you know a crocodile can't stick out its tongue
Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated
Did you know women blink twice as much as men
Did you know ostriches don't bury their heads in sand
Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
Did you know Scotland has the most redheads
Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells
Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
Did you know hummingbirds can't walk
Did you know wind doesn`t make a sound until it blows against an object
Did you know the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953
Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
Did you know Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora
Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
Did you know every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered
Did you know the word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter
Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard
Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards
Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
Did you know almonds are members of the peach family
Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
Did you know owls can't move their eyes from side to side
Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday
Did you know gold never erodes
Did you know scorpions glow under ultra violet light
Did you know when water freezes it expans by 9%
Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning
Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length
Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance
Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
Did you know Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
Did you know there is no sound in space
Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands
Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913
Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees
Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year
Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times
Did you know the opposite sides of a die always adds up to 7
Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System
Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939
Did you know Porsche also builds tractors
Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door
Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast
Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms
Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands
Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee
Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night
Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks
Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular
Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second
Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products
Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day
Did you know the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair
Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards
Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television
Did you know the word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand
Did you know there are more chickens than people
Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects
Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites
Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
Did you know emus can't walk backwards
Did you know the Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets
Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831
Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
Did you know the oldest known vegetable is the pea
Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays
Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year
Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
Did you know Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old
Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically
Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god
Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th
Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes
Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day
Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific
Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day
Did you know your head contains 22 bones
Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print
Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water
Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes
Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days
Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)
Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua
Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)
Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba
Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth
Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755
Did you know the rarest type of diamond is green
Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
Did you know men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women
Did you know Tokyo was once known as Edo
Did you know women make up 49% of the worlds population
Did you know wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
Did you know the tea bag was invented in 1908
Did you know carrots contain 0% fat
Did you know 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year
Did you know plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788
Did you know the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
Did you know DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data
Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
Did you know sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air
Did you know the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches
Did you know soccer is the most followed sport
Did you know volleyball was invented in 1895
Did you know that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
Did you know the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
Did you know it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye
Did you know a banana contains 75% water
Did you know 13 people die every year from vending machines
Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
Did you know your liver has over 500 functions
Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
Did you know a flea can jump 350 times its body length
Did you know cucumbers are 96% water.
Did you know a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
Did you know a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans
Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
Did you know horses sleep standing up
Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water
Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly
Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years
Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur
Did you know crocodiles are colour blind
Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water
Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards.
Did you know whales can't swim backwards
Did you know camels are born without humps
Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes
Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food
Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined
Did you know giraffes can't swim
Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
Did you know an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
Did you know bull's can run faster uphill than down
Did you know a shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
Did you know a moth has no stomach
Did you know grasshoppers have white blood
Did you know it takes 50 minutes to soft boil and two hours to hard boil an ostrich egg
Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined
Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
Did you know 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.)
Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
Did you know wRio de Janeiro translates to river of January
Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'
Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday
Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb
Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards
Did you know when recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain
Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day
Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women
Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining
Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
Did you know your normal body temperature is 37C (99F)
Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888
Did you know minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F
Did you know cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949
Did you know to crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound
Did you know there is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world
Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
Did you know the lie detector was invented in 1921
Did you know the world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years
Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886
Did you know red light has the highest wavelength
Did you know paper money was first used in China
Did you know according to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes
Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
Did you know light is electro magnetic radiation
Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
Did you know gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur
Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords
Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day
Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
Did you know armadillos can walk underwater
Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
Did you know roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks
Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
Did you know flamingos can only eat when their heada are upside down
Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human
Did you know a female ferret is called a jill
Did you know porcupines float in water
Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985
Did you know Scissors were most likely invented ancient Egypt
Did you know each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child
Did you know turnips turn green when sunburnt
Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
Did you know moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry
Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
Did you know artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991
Did you know 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer
Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
Did you know Britain was the first country to use postage stamps
Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime
Did you know a deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing
Did you know the side of a hammer is called a cheek
Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
Did you know the letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1)
Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'
Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
Did you know people who work at night tend to weigh more
Did you know you can only see a rainbow if you have your back to the sun
Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day
Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin
Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)
Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres
Did you know iet Coke was introduced in 1982
Did you know the word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
Did you know 55% of all movies are rated R
Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person
Did you know 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21
Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
Did you know Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
Did you know there are a million ants for every person on Earth
Did you know over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year
Did you know new born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206)
Did you know there is no proof as to who built the Taj Mahal
Did you know The sixth sick sheik`s sixth sheep`s sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister
Did you know that in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion)
Did you know Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick
Did you know you use 72 different muscles while speaking
Did you know coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks)
Did you know it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
Did you know the most common disease is tooth decay
Did you know avocados have the most calories of any other fruit
Did you know American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year
Did you know emus can't walk backwards
Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
Did you know the Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons
Did you know the average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
Did you know Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes
Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
Did you know 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs
Did you know the most common time for a wake up call is 7am
Did you know giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal
Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys
Did you know Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
Did you know blue and white are the most common school colors
Did you know ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
Did you know your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs
Did you know the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
Did you know every year the sun loses 360 million tons
Did you know the shell is 12% of an eggs weight
Did you know the longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years
Did you know the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
Did you know the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
Did you know squid has 10 tentacles
Did you know the average American eats 263 eggs a year
Did you know in 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
Did you know third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it
Did you know you're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other
Did you know your right lung takes in more air than your left
Did you know womens hearts beat faster than mens
Did you know the atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
Did you know the odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
Did you know the average bank teller loses $250 every year
Did you know more people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined
Did you know the average person has 10,000 taste buds
Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
Did you know 'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
Did you know a woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice
Did you know snakes can't blink
Did you know ants don`t like baby powder (talcum powder)
Did you know employees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day
Did you know the ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck
Did you know a rat can tread water for 3 days

Did you know bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all invented by women
Did you know there is no rice in rice paper
Did you know dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout
Did you know sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
Did you know bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes
Did you know the only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica
Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population
Did you know greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
Did you know you can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)
Did you know sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest
Did you know greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed
Did you know when 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators
Did you know most cows produce more milk when they listen to music
Did you know elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear
Did you know giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal
Did you know snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)
Did you know a blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating
Did you know pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal
Did you know gorillas can't swim
Did you know house cats have 18 claws
Did you know giraffes can't cough
Did you know the Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak
Did you know deers don't like hay
Did you know shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females
Did you know the average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day
Did you know there are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos
Did you know the average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
Did you know a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
Did you know fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
Did you know spiders have transparent blood
Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
Did you know only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey
Did you know March 14 is 'save a spider day'
Did you know all the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube
Did you know there are over 4,300 known species of ladybugs
Did you know a fly's recation time is 30 milliseconds
Did you know butterflies taste with their back feet
Did you know moths have no stomach
Did you know bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second
Did you know bees have 4 wings
Did you know the most eaten fruit in America is the banana
Did you know the ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
Did you know originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power
Did you know over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii
Did you know the frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
Did you know the color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
Did you know John Kellogg invented corn flakes
Did you know 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day
Did you know Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
Did you know Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine
Did you know there are over 15,000 different kinds of rice
Did you know dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
Did you know the ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30c (64-86f)
Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country
Did you know the largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
Did you know 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean
Did you know the Nile river flows North
Did you know Spain's largest source of income is from tourism
Did you know Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn
Did you know the first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
Did you know the first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
Did you know the dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
Did you know the first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
Did you know the first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
Did you know before 1863 the postal service in the US was free
Did you know the first taxi service began in New York in 1907
Did you know Pez was invented in 1927
Did you know the elevator was invented in 1850
Did you know the first toothbrush was invented in 1498
Did you know honey enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
Did you know you brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of the bodys blood supply
Did you know each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die
Did you know the hardest substance in the human body is enamel
Did you know there are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body
Did you know the number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
Did you know trees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely)
Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
Did you know over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
Did you know clouds fly higher during the day than the night
Did you know the Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
Did you know it takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing
Did you know every year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced
Did you know your blood is 6 times thicker than water
Did you know clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor)
Did you know Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
Did you know the opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'
Did you know sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air
Did you know before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers
Did you know the most common Spanish surname is Garcia
Did you know 22% of people skip lunch daily
Did you know the average person swallows 295 times during a meal
Did you know 72% of people eavesdrop
Did you know the most popular snack food is potato chips
Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash daily
Did you know on average 22% of all restaurant meals include potato chips
Did you know the most popular toothbrush color is blue
Did you know the US produces 19% of the world's trash
Did you know 59% of people say that their average looking
Did you know 53% of women don't leave home without makeup on
Did you know 44% of people have broken a bone
Did you know 9% of people skip breakfast daily
Did you know chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds
Did you know 90% people depend on alarm clocks to wake up
Did you know 21% of people don't make their bed in the morning
Did you know 85% of women wear the wrong bra size
Did you know the number 1 reason why people purchase a mobile phone is for safety
Did you know per person France consumes the most cheese
Did you know the Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year
Did you know 75% of people wouldn't give up their spouse for a night for a $1,000,000
Did you know M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'
Did you know The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'
Did you know the first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'
Did you know 'fan' is short for 'fanatic'
Did you know clinophobia is the fear of going to bed
Did you know a standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
Did you know police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian)
Did you know the makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
Did you know the 'black box' that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash
Did you know the average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
Did you know the blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper
Did you know the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
Did you know the first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
Did you know the human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
Did you know the number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
Did you know the statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
Did you know the surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
Did you know 3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
Did you know useful life of a modern toilet is 50 years
Did you know jellyfish don't have a brain
Did you know 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
Did you know the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
Did you know it takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
Did you know you can't tickle yourself
Did you know you can't trademark surnames
Did you know ferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day
Did you know the 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
Did you know A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
Did you know a violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
Did you know there are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
Did you know the average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
Did you know recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
Did you know a baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
Did you know a group of foxes is called a skulk
Did you know a hippopotamus can run faster than a man
Did you know a King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long
Did you know lions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
Did you know a male baboon can kill a leopard
Did you know rhinoceros have 3 toes on each foot
Did you know a shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
Did you know elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
Did you know baby rattlesnakes are born in August and September
Did you know most snakes have 1 lung
Did you know camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
Did you know the night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
Did you know flamingoes can live up to 80 years old
Did you know in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
Did you know most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
Did you know out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man
Did you know an ostriches can outrun a horse
Did you know an ostriches life span is 40-45 years
Did you know squirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground
Did you know wild cobras can live up to 20 years old
Did you know the average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day
Did you know a blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses
Did you know the greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)
Did you know the fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph, 59knots)
Did you know female condors lays a single egg once every 2 years
Did you know hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick
Did you know an arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
Did you know whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals
Did you know penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator)
Did you know toads only eat moving prey
Did you know when born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall
Did you know a bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight
Did you know pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo
Did you know crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones
Did you know the skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight
Did you know there are over 1,600 known species of starfishes
Did you know there are over 320 species of parrots
Did you know there are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk
Did you know there are over 690 known species of bats
Did you know there are over 130 species of owl
Did you know a garfish has green bones
Did you know a camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm
Did you know a cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling
Did you know the spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours
Did you know camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes
Did you know you can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
Did you know there are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms
Did you know there are over 7,000 different types of apples
Did you know thin skinned lemons are the juiciest
Did you know on the average there are 8 peas in a pod
Did you know you have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)
Did you know a connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers
Did you know the ice cream cone was introduced in 1904
Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)
Did you know chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women
Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
Did you know chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken
Did you know cooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper
Did you know arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Did you know dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones
Did you know the average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year
Did you know cabbage is 91% water
Did you know the most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin
Did you know fresh apples float because they contain 25% air
Did you know green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea
Did you know lettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable
Did you know there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
Did you know Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius
Did you know the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
Did you know a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
Did you know a nanosecond is one billionth of a second
Did you know a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
Did you know brontology is the study of thunder
Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
Did you know dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
Did you know employees of the Vatican pay no income tax
Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
Did you know petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F)
Did you know sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
Did you know Japanese people don�t have middle names
Did you know some playing cards in India are round
Did you know the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
Did you know the first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964
Did you know the first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900
Did you know the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
Did you know there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p)
Did you know women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
Did you know a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
Did you know a dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
Did you know flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
Did you know a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
Did you know ants can lift 50 times their own weight
Did you know bees can see ultraviolet light
Did you know 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
Did you know 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects
Did you know it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
Did you know queen termites can live up to 50 years
Did you know most spiders have transparent blood
Did you know caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
Did you know honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants
Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
Did you know the world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
Did you know natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks)
Did you know there are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon)
Did you know acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
Did you know chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils
Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon
Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
Did you know onions are part of the lily family
Did you know the primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)
Did you know the softest known mineral is talc
Did you know 'orology' is the study of mountains

Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands
Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
Did you know moths have white blood
Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
Did you know dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
Did you know only pregnant females polar bears hibernate
Did you know polar bears are strictly carnivores
Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe
Did you know warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
Did you know warthogs live for 15 years
Did you know hen baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month
Did you know 2 out of 5 people marry their first love
Did you know 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash everyday
Did you know less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
Did you know the average shower temperature is 38C (101F)
Did you know raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
Did you know the algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen
Did you know the game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920
Did you know there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
Did you know Nintendo first produced playing cards
Did you know the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
Did you know there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
Did you know chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
Did you know a chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
Did you know catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
Did you know the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
Did you know England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
Did you know the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
Did you know the Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
Did you know the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
Did you know there are 132 rooms in the US White House
Did you know banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
Did you know bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
Did you know bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
Did you know over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
Did you know mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
Did you know no two spider webs are the same
Did you know there are over 900,000 known species of insects
Did you know worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
Did you know John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
Did you know Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
Did you know 1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
Did you know 52% of Americans drink coffee
Did you know Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
Did you know coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218C (400 - 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast)
Did you know coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
Did you know coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year
Did you know coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
Did you know as a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
Did you know dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)
Did you know the first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
Did you know Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
Did you know over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
Did you know coffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
Did you know the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
Did you know there are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee has around 100 to 150
Did you know between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
Did you know Disneyland opened in 1955
Did you know MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles)
Did you know the 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs)
Did you know the hamburger was invented in 1900
Did you know the hottest chile in the world is the habanero
Did you know Australia is the only country that is also a continent
Did you know Europe is the only continent without a desert
Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900
Did you know the dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
Did you know the supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969
Did you know in 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park
Did you know a person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks)
Did you know the average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime
Did you know an individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
Did you know by age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds
Did you know every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it
Did you know fingernails grow faster than toenails
Did you know humans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime)
Did you know it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
Did you know the human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight)
Did you know in 1900 the average life span in the US was 47
Did you know the vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words
Did you know DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid
Did you know the study of insects is called entomology
Did you know the word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
Did you know the Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
Did you know the word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'
Did you know wheat is the world's most widely grown plant
Did you know Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats
Did you know flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome
Did you know the first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950
Did you know the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum
Did you know the world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York
Did you know the average life span of a mosquito is 2 weeks
Did you know the average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime
Did you know the Empire State Building in New York weighs over 365,000 tons
Did you know sea water is approximately 3.5% salt
Did you know there are over 900 species of bats
Did you know after bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery
Did you know the African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating
Did you know the average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime
Did you know over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States
Did you know instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962
Did you know in American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items
Did you know ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats
Did you know banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall
Did you know blueberries are very high in antioxidants
Did you know the grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine
Did you know a pumpkin really is a fruit
Did you know laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system
Did you know once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%)
Did you know the surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court
Did you know England's first great industry was wool
Did you know the average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54
Did you know according to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces
Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
Did you know a pip is one of the spots on die or domino
Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'
Did you know the number 2 is the only number greater than zero that when added to or multiplied by itself gives you the same result (4)
Did you know the word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese
Did you know ablutophobia is the fear of bathing
Did you know achluophobiais the fear of the dark
Did you know acrophobia is the fear of heights
Did you know agoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces
Did you know aichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects
Did you know akousticophobia is the fear of noises
Did you know amathophobia is the fear of dust
Did you know atychiphobia is the fear of failure
Did you know brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms
Did you know catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors
Did you know dendrophobia is the fear of trees
Did you know gatophobia is the fear of cats
Did you know heliophobia is the fear of sunlight
Did you know helminthophobia is the fear of worms
Did you know herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles
Did you know hippophobia is the fear of horses
Did you know iatrophobia is the fear of doctors
Did you know ichthyophobia is the fear of fish
Did you know elissophobia is the fear of bees
Did you know elophobia is the fear of music
Did you know myrmecophobia is the fear of ants
Did you know ombrophobia is the fear of rain
Did you know ornithophobia is the fear of birds
Did you know siderodromophobia is the fear of trains
Did you know tachophobia is the fear of speed
Did you know zoophobia is the fear of animals
Did you know a lions feed once every 3 to 4 days
Did you know lion's can't roar until the age of 2
Did you know an office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet
Did you know you have over 600 muscles
Did you know all owls lay white eggs
Did you know mapping is older than writing
Did you know the bigger the orange the sweeter sweeter it is
Did you know from space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas
Did you know sesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words
Did you know triscadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13
Did you know the world's most expensive spice is saffron
Did you know the corkscrew was invented in 1890
Did you know Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car
Did you know after you`ve eaten it takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest
Did you know the human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year
Did you know the little hole in some sinks that lets the water drain out instead of flowing is called a 'porcelator'
Did you know the original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy
Did you know the winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely
Did you know there are 2 credit cards for every person in the US
Did you know 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle
Did you know$30 of raw popcorn translates into $3,000 in sales at movie theaters
Did you know a person produces enough saliva to fill 2 average size swimming pools during their lifetime
Did you know the average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year
Did you know the average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime
Did you know the human body creates 2,500,000 new red blood cells every second
Did you know a soap bubble is 10,000 times thinner than the average human hair
Did you know all snakes are carnivorous
Did you know the tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet)
Did you know the only letter which doesn't appear in the Periodic Table is j
Did you know October the 10th is national metric day
Did you know the typewriter was invented in 1829
Did you know the dishwasher was invented in 1889
Did you know the wristwatch was invented in 1904
Did you know diamonds are the hardest substance known to man
Did you know when hydrogen burns in the air water is formed
Did you know due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
Did you know If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years
Did you know hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%)
Did you know the moon is 27% the size of the Earth
Did you know the center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C (27 million F)
Did you know sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet)
Did you know cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds
Did you know an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)
Did you know the oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old
Did you know there are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person

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