Wednesday, 25 April 2012

ESSENTIAL FACTS


·        The big toes of every human being have two bones while the rest have three.
·        Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of persian in the 10th century carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes. 
·        Your tongue is the same lenght as your nose - yeah that true!
·        It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.
·        A Spanish woman named Angeles Duran legally owns the sun
·        An ant can survive up to two days under water...
·        A Canary bird that can not sing will never find a mate.
·        It took humans thirteen years to learn how to slice bread - wow.
·        A snail can sleep for three years. Thats one lazy slug
·        Prince Willian and Kate Middelton got married on the same day as deceased nazi leader Adolf Hilter and Eva Braun.
·        There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. laid end to end, they would circle the earth 2.5 times
·        on average One hundred people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
·        Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovocanoconiosis means lung disease. It is 45 letters long and it is the longest English word.
·        If a person has two third of their liver removed through trauma or surgery, it will grow back to the original size in four weeks time. - belive me , you can try this.
·        The flower with the longest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii, found in the rainforest of Indonesia. It can grow up to 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds.
·        A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head
·        It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of the New York Times.
·        Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world
·        The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm.
·        Each year approximately 250,000 american husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.
·        A snail can actually glide over the sharp edge of a knife or razor without harming itself. This is as a result of the mucus it produces.
·        The warmest sea in the world is the Red Sea, where temperatures range from 68 degrees to 87.8 degrees F depending on what part is measured.
·        The most dangerous animal in the world is the housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more than any other animal.
·        Every British queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned.
You need to know this… you just MIGHT need the answer someday…