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Posted by cls On January - 5 - 2009

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


1. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall, The water of Falls drops are 3,212 feet (979 meters).
2. Approximately 300 million film tickets are sold every year in India.
3. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our Bodies.
4. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.
5. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
6. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
7. Brains are more active while sleeping than watching TV.
8. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.
9. Butterflies taste with their feet.
10. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.
11. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
12. China has more English speakers than the United States.
13. Chocolate can be killed dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
14. Coca-Cola was originally green.
15. Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command “go hang Yourself.”
16. Crocodile only animal & reptile that sheds tear while eating.
17. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
18. Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends in “mt”.
19. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades – King David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne, Diamonds – Julius Caesar.
20. Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
21. El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 – the hottest ever measured.
22. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
23. First Stock Exchange of America was in Philadelphia & it was established in 1791.
24. Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games.
25. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

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