Thursday, December 9, 2010

Did you know that...

Hey, guys! It's time for a publication with fun and amusing facts! Almost everyone likes finding out something interesting every day - I hope you're one of them and enjoy this publication! :)


Did you know that...:
  • A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute. 
  • An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet. 
  • Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket. 
  • Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all. 
  • In a day 34,000 children die every day from causes that are related to poverty and hunger. 
  • In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes. 
  • The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 film, "You're in the Army Now." It lasted for three minutes and three seconds. 
  • Superman The Escape rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds. 
  • The name "Muppet" was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word "marionette" and "puppet." 
  • One out of 20 people have an extra rib. 
  • The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long. 
  • The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool." 
  • More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. 
  • 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States. 
  • The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half. 
  • When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns. 
  • Emus cannot walk backwards. 
  • The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry. 
  • Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system. 
  • Seniors who drink a cup of coffee before a memory test score higher than those who drink a cup of decaffeinated coffee. 
  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 
  • Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it. 
  • The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre. 
  • Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse. 
  • The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

That's all for now! Keep following this blog for more amusing stuff but don't forget to share it with your friends in order to make it more popular! Thanks for the support! :)

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