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Posted by cls On January - 4 - 2009

There are many strange facts that we all may not be aware of. Following are some of the similar facts:

1. “Bookkeeper” is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
2. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
3. 180 million nos. of Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion.
4. 3,467 Nos. of confectionery nut stores in the United States, they are among the best sources of sweets for Valentine’s Day.
5. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
6. 4% people drink cold drink daily.
7. 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
8. 69% Americans use Internet & 5.5% Indians only.
9. 8.7 million of United State residents who were born in Asia.
10. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
11. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
12. A man says average 4850 words in 24 hours.
13. A normal person laughs five times in a day.
14. A normal person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.
15. A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a Carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After Weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe Leaving her mentally retarded
16. A snail can sleep for three years.
17. A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.
18. About 40% Proportion of all Valentine card purchases which parents account for.
19. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
20. Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
21. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.
22. Alfred Southwick developed the idea of using electric current & Professionally he was a Dentist (MDS, DDS).
23. America has 30.30% airports of the world & India has only 0.70%.
24. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
25. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.

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