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Check This Out! 38 Intriguing Facts, You Probably Don't Know. by BarakOkenny(m): 2:24am On Jan 22, 2015
Top of the morning to you all nairalanders..! ermmm, in a nutshell, I stumbled on some wierd facts, while surfing the net, in the course of trying to get rid of my abject insomnia laced with boredom, at this early hours of the day, so, i decided to share them with y'all, even though, funny as most of them sounds, they are as true as the gospel, yeah, scratch the stance that it was posted in the jokes section... Without further fuss brethren, here we go.... DO KNOW? 1-The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet. 2- Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. 3- Its possible to lead a cow upstairs but not down. 4- the average person swallows 295 times during a meal. 5- the average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54. 6- Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola than any other country. 7- You can't tickle yourself. 8- Brazil is named after a tree. 9- The brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland. 10- There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia. 11- Months that starts on a Sunday will always have a Friday her 13th. 12- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime. 13- Frogs don't drink water, they absorb water through their skin. 14- Wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light. 15- The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle. 16- The past tense for the English word "dare" is 'durst'. 17- The word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles. 18- Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car. 19- Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. 20-Tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food. 21- The opposite sides of a dice always add up to 7. 22- Tokyo was once known as Edo. 23- A 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories. 24- hiccups usually last for 5 minutes. 25- Women hearts beats faster than men. 26- Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. 27- The longest word that can be typed using our right hand is 'lollipop'. 28- Akousticophobia is the fear of noises. 28- Melophobia is the fear of music. 29- Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body. 30- A hippopotamus can run faster than a man. 31- An Ostrich can outrun a horse. 32- Money is the number one thing that couples argue about. 33- A group of frogs is called an army. 34- That you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards. 35- That you can spell the word racecar the same backwards. 36- "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister. 37- the word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Sweedish and Portuguese. 38- Hippopotomonstrosesquippepedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
Re: Check This Out! 38 Intriguing Facts, You Probably Don't Know. by uokocha70(m): 2:57am On Jan 22, 2015
It will not be bad to format your post a bit so that people can read an comprehend easily.
Re: Check This Out! 38 Intriguing Facts, You Probably Don't Know. by dyadeleye(m): 3:27am On Jan 22, 2015
Wah Seere
Re: Check This Out! 38 Intriguing Facts, You Probably Don't Know. by speakthetruth: 4:52am On Jan 22, 2015
Wow! Think I like them. But can u make them more readable?

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