Interesting Facts
v v The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long
v The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool."
v Smokers are twice more likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers
v Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone
v The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour
v In 1960 there were 16,067 gambling slots in Nevada. By 1999, this number rose to 205,726 slots which would be one slot for every 10 people residing there
v It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.
v The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produce approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. This amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour
v Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour
v The "naked recreation and travel" industry has grown by 233% in the past decade
v The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916
v Most lipstick contains fish scales
v The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language
v The expression cooked "al dente" means "to the tooth." What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender
v Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse
v No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
v More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
v The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was "Mary Kay and Johnny."
v Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen
v A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine
v Throughout the South, peanuts were known as "Monkey Nuts," and "Goober peas," before the civil war
v Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell
v In 1810, Peter Durand invented the tin can for preserving food
v The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia
v Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week
v Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries
v Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide
v A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
v Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
v There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake
v Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas
v Superman the Escape rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds
v Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories
v 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States
v In 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg.
v A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
v The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
v One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds
v Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie
v The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people
v The word "comet" comes from the Greek word "kometes" meaning long hair and referring to the tail
v The average price for a major league baseball game in 2004 is $19.82
v The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half
v The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 meters
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