DID YOU KNOW

11% of people are left handed

August has the highest percentage of births

unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it

the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

a bear has 42 teeth

an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain

most lipsticks contain fish scales

no two corn flakes look the same

lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

8% of people have an extra rib

85% of plant life is found in the ocean

Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

rabbits like licorice

the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy

a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex

reindeer like bananas

the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

birds need gravity to swallow

the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

the least used letter in the alphabet is Q

the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter

the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON

if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same

a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

Perth is Australia's windiest city

Elvis's middle name was Aron

the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color

goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light

the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

cats spend 66% of their life asleep

Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

money is the number one thing that couples argue about

macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs

when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)

spiders are arachnids and not insects

each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any
other in the US

stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

there is no such thing as a naturally blue food

honey is the only natural food which never goes off

M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

about 90% of the worlds population kisses

Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman

the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense

sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air

toilets use 35% of indoor water use

the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco

Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

the average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)

the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954

all insects have 6 legs

that 90% of an iceberg sits under water

the croissant was invented in Austria

In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas

African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words

a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue

Australia was originally called New Holland

'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia

the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet

the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

your foot has 26 bones in it

the average human brain contains around 78% water

your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe

1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)

if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050

sponges hold more cold water than hot

lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute

fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill

cats have over 100 vocal chords

camel's milk doesn't curdle

elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period

it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down

frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet

your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body

'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second

on your birthday you share it with 9 million others

1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros

a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories

you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

frogs don't drink (they absorb water through their skin)

at birth dalmations are always white

hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

a duck can't walk without bobbing its head

a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute

dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk

a crocodile can't move its tongue

a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles

in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names

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