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Over 100+ Did You Know Facts!!! by Sheenor: 2:04pm On Nov 22, 2014 |
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 it's brain Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales Did you know no two corn flakes look the same 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 12 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 least used letter in the alphabet is Q 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 names of all continents both start and end with the same letter Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving уσυя lips or tongue every letter will sound the same 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 the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color 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 Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand Did you know there is no such thing as a naturally blue food Did you know honey is the only natural food which never goes off 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 in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense Did you know sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air 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 average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph) 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 that 90% of an iceberg sits under water 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 уσυя 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 your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe 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 уσυя body Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second 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 drink (they absorb water 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 a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside 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 SOURCE |
Re: Over 100+ Did You Know Facts!!! by whugo(m): 2:13pm On Nov 22, 2014 |
Nice one op... Btw ostrich has got a weird fact.No wonder my ostrich is so dumd!lol |
Re: Over 100+ Did You Know Facts!!! by tspun(m): 2:29pm On Nov 22, 2014 |
ok now i know. |
Re: Over 100+ Did You Know Facts!!! by Nobody: 3:15pm On Nov 22, 2014 |
can't believe I read all |
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