Monday, March 16, 2015

Did you know?????????????????????

  • 11% of the world is left handed.
  • It is possible to drown and not die. The term drowning refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by the process.
  • The average Japanese household watches at least 10 hours of TV a day.
  • An average person loses 200 head hairs per day.
  • Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
  • Polar bears are left-handed.
  • In France, a five year old can buy an alcoholic drink at a bar.
  • All 50 states are listed across the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a 5 dollar bill.
  • No word in the English language can rhyme with the words month, orange, silver, and purple.
  • There are more chickens than people in the world.(at least until the whole chicken-flu thing).
  • There are many different Oreo flavors including: fried chicken, watermelon, root beer.
  • A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
  • Tigers have striped skin, not striped fur.
  • The dot over the letter i is called a tittle.
  • The male gypsy moth can smell a virgin gypsy female moth 1.8 miles away.
  • The fly hums in the key of F.
  • Nutmeg is actually poisonous.
  • The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenu a kitanatahu. A New Zealand hill.

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