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35 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn't Know by Boboye4slim(m): 11:48am On Sep 23, 2016
1. A snail can sleep for three years.

2. All polar bears are left handed.

3. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

4. Hydra – an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones.

5. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

6. Coca-Cola was originally green because of fresh cocoa leaves.

7. Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil

8. Strawberry is the only fruit with its seeds on the outside.

9, There are 318,979,564,000 possible ways to play first four moves, per side, in chess.

10, The bulletproof vest was actually invented by a pizza delivery guy from Detroit USA, after he was shot twice on the job.

11, Boxing is the only sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends.

12, The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

13, The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

14, If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

15, If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

16. Mao Zedong of China never brush his teeth in his lifetime.


17. Randy Gardner of San Diego is the longest person who has gone without sleep for 11 days in 1965. He broke the record of Peter Tripp of New York, who settled a record of 8.5 days without a

18.The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

19, You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

20. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

21, Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

22, If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

23, If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

24, An average person eat 60,000 pounds of food in his lifetime.

25, An average person spent 24 years of his life in sleeping.

26, An average woman consume 6 lbs. of lipstick in her lifetime.

27, Sitting while talking on the phone for eight hours will burn 914 calories. Driving a car for eight hours will knock off around 1,219 calories. And standing in a casino for eight hours will burn about 1,402 calories.

28, The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

29, . You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

30. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

31. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

32. Pearls melt in vinegar.

33. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs… but, not downstairs.

34, Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

35, Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Re: 35 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn't Know by sinaj(f): 11:54am On Sep 23, 2016
Your no 13 tho, what about South America?



Av learnt something new tho

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