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* Can a big waterfall freeze? The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
* Jiffy - A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
* Look behind you! - The only three animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are - the rabbit, chameleon and the parrot.
* The housefly - On average the housefly lives for one month.
*CO2 is not your friend - If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
* New Zealand's wheather - New Zealand is also the only country that contains every type of climate in the world.
* Wasted time - The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.
* Alligators - Alligators cannot move backwards.
* Bats left - Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
* Blood presure - The human heart produces enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.
* Cats vs dogs - Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
* Men and women - Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
* Rats and horses - Rats and horses can’t vomit.
* Speech takes muscle - It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.
* Mosquito repellents - Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
* Blue eyed primates - Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes.
* Body bones - Almost half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet.
* Coconuts vs sharks - Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
* Giraffe vs horse and camel - A giraffe can run faster then a horse, and can live without water longer than a camel.
* Lenin's brain - The great Russian leader, Lenin died 21 January 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disorder. At the time of his death his brain was a quarter of its normal size.
* Potato chips fraud - In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
* Raindrop speed - The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
* The real Mona Lisa - It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
* Piracy in China - Approximately 98% of software in China is pirated.
* Not called a genius for nothing - Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other. He also invented scissors.
* Shit, my birthday is tomorrow - In Thailand, it is customary to give, not receive, presents on your birthday.
* Fast fly - A fly can react to something it sees and change direction in 30 milliseconds.
* Giraffe sleeping - A giraffe usually sleeps for only 1 - 12 minutes!
* Inventress - Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women
* Crime does pay - Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
* Caesar superstar - Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
* Einstein retarded? - Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.
* Cuttle fish blood - The colour of cuttle fish blood is blue and it has 3 hearts.
* Domestication - In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
* Hyoid bone - The hyoid bone, in your throat, is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
* Libya's flag - Libya is the only country in the world with a solid, single-colored flag, it's green.
* Hot Lightning - The heat a lightning bolt produces is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.
* Invention of the microwave owen - The microwave owen was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
* Pearls vs Vinegar - Pearls melt in vinegar.
* Atomic fart - If a man farted non-stop for six years and nine months and then lit it he would produce an explosion equal to the power of the first atomic bomb.
* Muscles - A caterpillar has 2000 muscles, as compared to man who has only 656 muscles.
* Cockroaches vs glue - Cockroaches' favorite food is the glue on envelopes and on the back of postage stamps.
* Toast and War - French toast was known as German toast until World War One.
* Giraffe's baby - When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of 2 meters, normally without being hurt.
* Earth quakes and lightning - The Earth experiences 150 earth quakes each day and is hit by lightning 100 times a second.
* The internet is for porn - 60% of all people using the Internet, use it for pornography.
* Blue whale - A blue whale needs 3 tonnes of food everyday.
* All eyes on you - The butterfly has 1200 eyes. These are compound eyes consisting of thousands of hexagonal shaped omatidea. Each omatidea, or miniscule sensor, is directed at a slightly different angle from the others. Collectively they are directed in every direction -- up, down, forwards, backwards, left and right. Because of this, butterflies are able to see in virtually every direction simultaneously.
* Albania maps - Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.
* Busy bees - Bees have to suck about 4 million flowers to produce 1kg of honey.
* Bladder size - The bladder of an average person can hold 350 ml to 550 ml of urine. Generally, a person feels like they need to urinate when approximately 200 ml of urine fills up in the bladder.
* Donkeys vs planes - Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
* Playing cards kings - Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
* Charlie Chaplin - Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
* Cancer free animals - Sharks and sting rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.
* French kiss - What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
* Human hair - One human hair can support 3 kgs.
* The Guinness Book holds a record of its own - The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
* Spider blood - A spider has transparent blood.
* Gorilla contraception - Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
* Insects vs humans - There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are humans on the entire earth.
* Life span - Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
* Peanuts and dynamite - Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
* Sleepless world record - The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965.
* Electric chair - The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
* Rat vs Camel - A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
* Bamboo growth - Bamboo can grow up to three feet in a 24 hour period.
* Camel eyelids - Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!
* China family names - Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names.
* Coffee takes time - When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield it's first consumable fruit.
* Water world - Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
* Space dust - One tonne of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.