Facts That You Must Know..!

Facts That You Must Know..!

1. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
2. A shrimp's heart is in it's head.
3. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
4. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
5. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
6. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
7. Rats and horses can't vomit.
8. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
9. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
10. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out.
11. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
12. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
14. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
15. Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
16. A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
17. Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.
18. Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world
19. Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
20. On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
21. Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
22. Starch is used as a binder in the production of paper. It is the use of a starch coating that controls ink penetration when printing. Cheaper papers do not use as much starch, and this is why your elbows get black when you are leaning over your morning paper.
23. Sterling silver is not pure silver. Because pure silver is too soft to be used in most tableware it is mixed with copper in the proportion of 92.5 percent silver to 7.5 percent copper.
24. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
25. A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
26. An ordinary TNT bomb involves atomic reaction, and could be called an atomic bomb. What we call an A-bomb involves nuclear reactions and should be called a nuclear bomb.
27. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
28. Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.
29. Hot water is heavier than cold.
30. If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
31. Gorillas sleep as much as fourteen hours per day.
32. A biological reserve has been made for golden toads because they are so rare.
33. There are more than fifty different kinds of kangaroos.
34. Jellyfish like salt water. A rainy season often reduces the jellyfish population by putting more fresh water into normally salty waters where they live.
35. The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.
36. On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.
37. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself
38. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
39. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
40. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
41. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
42. It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
43. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
44. Horatio Nelson, one of England’s most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
45. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
46. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
47. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
48. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
49. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
50. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
51. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
52. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
53. On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
54. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
55. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
56. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
57. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
58. The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
59. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
60. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
61. It’s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
62. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
63. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
64. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
65. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
66. Butterflies taste with their feet.
67. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
68. A cat's urine glows under a black light.
69. Starfish have no brains.
70. Polar bears are left-handed.
71. In France, it is legal to marry a dead person