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"Some amazing facts"Series-3

"Some amazing facts",Series-3


  • The surface area of our lungs is 1000 sq.feet (93 sq.meters). That is 20 times greater than the surface area of the skin.
  • Our heart pumps more than six liters of blood every minute. That is about 10,000 liters a day, or about 2000 gallons.
  • In ancient Sparta, Coins were nade out of iron and were so large they could hardly be carried.
  • In Thailand it is considered good luck for a pregnant woman to walk under an elephant's belly.
  • In a pack of playing cards each king represents a great king or Emperor of history. King David-Spades, Alexander-Culbs, Charlemagne-Hearts, and Julius Caesar-Diamonds.
  • Actor Larry Hangman had a ring made from a gallstone that was removed in 1995.
  • Ten Ballard has a collection of over 3,000 lighters yet has never smoked in his life.
  • The last word in the Webster Dictionary is "ZYZZVA" meaning the last word.
  • In 1998 the earth was struck by rays from a Magneter, a star located 20,000 light years away. The star was so dense that even one teaspoon of it weigh more than 1,00,000 elephants.
  • At the Sant Ambroglo Hospital in Mortara, Italy patients who do not require anesthesia can undergo surgery while watching movies.
  • In England the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
  • Coca-Cola was originally green.
  • Intelligent people have more Zinc and Copper in their hair.
  • December is the most popular time for conception.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth,but nose and ears never stop growing.
  • On an average there are two credit cards for every person in the Unites States.
  • Nepal is the only country without a rectangular flag.
  • Libya is the only flag, which is all one colour with writing or decoration on it.
  • February 1865 is the only month in the recorded history not to have a full moon.
  • Canada is an indian word meaning "Big Village".
  • Scissors was invented by Leonardo Da Vinci,the famous painter who made the picture of Mona Lisa.
  • The volume of the moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific ocean.
  • There are only four words in the english language that end in "-dous". 
  • Tremendous,Horrendous,stupendous and hazardous.
  • Nauru is the only country in the world with no official capital.
  • The longest time someone has typed on a typewriter continuously is 264 hours,set by Violet Gibson Burns.
  • Elephants have been found swimming miles away from the shore in the Indian Ocean.
  • If NASA sent birds to space they would soon die because they need gravity to swallow food.
  • A penguin has sex only twice a year.
  • No words in the english language rhyme with Orange,Silver or Purple.
  • There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabets.
  • The legbones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
  • A full moon always rises at sunset.
  • If one is locked in a completely sealed room,he will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before he dies of oxygen deprivation.
  • Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
  • Horses and Rabbits cannot vomit.
  • Our stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
  • The smallest book in the Library of Congress is Old King Cole.It is 1/25" × 1/25".The pages can only be turned with the use of a needle.
  • The hippo's yawn is not a sign of sleepiness or boredom but is actually a threat sign,displaying long,thick,sharp teeth,with which it is capable of biting a small boat in half.
  • Covering 122 square kilometers (47 square miles),Walt Disney World is about the size of the city of Ottawa!
  • Of the 4000 species of mammals on the planet,there are 900 different species of bats.
  • The longest animal ever recorded is the Ribbon worm (also known as Lineus Longissimus),this creature has been measured at 180 feet when it was washed ashore in Scotland in the late 1800's.
  • One of the worlds oldest breed of dog is the Saluki.It is thought to have been developed in the ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C.
  • Pigs are not the only animals that can get sunburned.Beluga Whales can obtain severe sunburns;dogs's noses are also subject to sunburn.
  • The zoo in Tokyo closes for two months of the year so animals can have a holiday from visitors.
  • Depending on where they live.Wolves live mainly on the meat from such animals as Deer,Moose,Elk or buffalo.
  • Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds.It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
  • The Catfish has over 27,000 taste buds that makes the Catfish rank #1 for animals having the most taste buds.
  • The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
  • Vegetarian animals have the eyes on the side of their heads (rabbit,deer,canary) so they can see hunters coming at them from all directions.
  • As elephants are the only animal with four knees if you are chased by one then run up hill as they cannot go straight up.
  • Rats demage structures,chew wiring and cause electric fires,eat and urinate on human and animal food,and carry many diseases.
  • The common Goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and Ultra-voilet light.Proportional to their size,cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.
  • Each of us generate on average 4.4 pounds of waste per day.

to be continued in series-4

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