Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Did You Know?

Cats can produce over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs can only produce about ten

The first "False eyelashes" were made out of real human hair

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of them are in the United States

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used

Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside

Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump

Switching letters is called spoonerism

In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second

Ants never sleep

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

Coca-Cola was originally green

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles

Kermit the Frog is left-handed

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

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