10.57.50 AM Amazing fact 10 | ||
Although the
Pony Express was one of the most famous chapters in U.S. history, it only
lasted one year, from 1860-61. Amazon ants
(red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as
slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do
anything but fight. They depend completely on their slaves for survival. Amelia
Earhart designed the first lightweight luggage for air travel. American
Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in
first-class. American and
Russian space flights have always included chocolate. American car
horns beep in the tone of F. American
chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -only surpassed by
the cheese and ice cream industries. Americans
are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average,
that's 3 pounds a day per person. Americans
consume 42 tons of aspirin per day. Americans
consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of
the total world's production. Americans
drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a
half pounds of coffee every year. Americans
drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million
bottles of soda. Americans
eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year. Americans on
average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. Americans
spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer. Americans
spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and
barber shops. Americans
spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993. Americans
spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath. Americans
use about 100 million pounds of tea leaves every year. Americans
use over 16, 000 tons of aspirin a year. Americans,
on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day. America's
first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men. America's
first stock exchange was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1791. Among
primitive people the soul normally is said to escape through the mouth or nose.
In the Celebes, when a person is very sick, his friends will often attach fish
hooks in certain places. If the soul tries to escape, it gets hooked. Among
transsexuals who choose sex-change operations, females who elect to become
males are reportedly happier and better adjusted after the procedures than
males who elect to become female. Among words
consisting only of Roman numeral letters, the "highest scoring" words
in English are MIMIC (2,102) and IMMIX (2012). An adult
lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or
reunites scattered members of the pride. An adult
male ostrich, the world's largest bird, can weigh up to 345 pounds. An adult
porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every
year. An African
American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato
chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name. An albatross
can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph. An American
cow called Fawn was not afraid of flying. In May 1963, she was swept up by a
tornado and carried half a mile, only to land safely in another farmer's field.
Five years later, another tornado carried her over a bus. She survived this
too, and lived to the ripe old age of 25. An American
urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000. An animal
epidemic is called an epizootic. An ant
always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. An ant can
survive for up to two days underwater. An ant's
sense of smell is as good as a Dog's. An apple
tree is at its prime when its about 50 years old. The United States produces
about 100 million barrels of apples a year. That's a lot of old trees. An apple,
onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused
by their smell. To prove this you can pinch your nose and take a bite from
each. They will all taste sweet. An arabica
coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and
climate. An area of
the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of
1,500,000 candles. An
artificial hand , with fingers moved by cogwheels and levers, was designed in
1551 by Frenchman Ambroise Paré. It worked so well that a handless cavalryman
was able to grasp the reins of his horse. An Athens
legislator named Solon passed a law in the 6th century that let fathers sell
their fornicating daughters into slavery.
An average
ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows. An average
human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime. An average
human scalp has 100,00 hairs. An average
person drinks about 16,000 gallons of wate during his life time. An average
person laughs about 5 times a day. An average
person uses the bathroom 6 times per day. An average
pig squeals at a range from 100 to 115 decibels. An average
secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing. An eagle can
kill a young deer and fly away with it. An ear of
corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which
divides the cells. An ear of
corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows. An
earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards. An electric
eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts. An elephant
can smell water 3 miles away. An elephant
could carry up to 2 gallons of water in its trunk. An elephant
has 4 knees An elephant
may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day. An
elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles. An Estee
Lauder perfume called "Country Mist" had disappointing sales in Germany
where the word "Mist" was slang for manure! An estimated
$1 million is lost at race tracks each year by people who lose or carelessly
throw away winning tickets. An etiquette
writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the
tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it." An eyelash
lives about 5 months. An iguana
can stay under water for 28 minutes. An
individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the
body. An insect
exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third
of its total body weight. An Octopus
has 3 hearts! An old law
in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps
backwards while dancing. An ordinance
in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing
inside a store's walk-in-meat freezer! An ostrich
egg can make approx. eleven and a half omelets. An ostrich's
eye is bigger than its brain. An ounce of
gold can be beaten up into a sheet covering 9.3 sq. meters, or drawn into 80.5
kms(50 miles) of wire. An ounce of
gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long. An owl
cannot move it's eyeballs in its eye sockets. An oyster
can change it's sex a number of times during its life. An oyster
can change its sex once every seven days. Anagrams
amused the ancient Greeks, Romans and Hebrews, and were popular during the
Middle Ages. Ancient
Chinese artists freely painted scenes of nakedness and sex. However, they would
absolutely never depict a bare female foot. Ancient
Chinese artists would never paint pictures of women's feet. Ancient
Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies. Ancient
Egyptians believed that "Bast" was the mother of all cats on Earth.
They also believed that cats were sacred animals. Ancient Egyptians
shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats. Andorra, a
tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average
lifespan: 83.49 years. Andrew
Jackson spent most of his adult life with a bullet no more than two inches away
from his heart as a result of a duel he fought before becoming President. Andrew
Johnson, was the only self-educated tailor. He is the only President to make
his own clothes as well as his cabinet's. Andy Warhol
based his 1964 series of silk portraits of Marilyn Monroe on a still photo from
the 1952 movie Niagra. Andy Warhol
created the Rolling Stone's emblem depicting the big tongue. It first appeared
on the cover of the 'Sticky Fingers' album. Animal
gestation periods: the shortest is the American opossum, which bears its young
12 to 13 days after conception; the longest is the Asiatic elephant, taking 608
days, or just over 20 months. Animals that
lay eggs don't have belly buttons. Anne Boleyn
had three breasts. Anne Boleyn,
Queen Elizabeth I's mother, had six fingers on one hand. Anne Boleyn,
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, had an extra
finger on her left hand. Annually,
approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of French fries, and seven
million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort. Another law
in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or
bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing. Another name
for your pinky finger is Wanus Antarctica
has only one ATM machine. Antarctica
is the only continent without any reptiles or snakes. Antarctica
is visited by over 10,000 tourists a year. Anteaters
prefer termites to ants. Anthropologists
use a standard height of 4 feet 11 inches to determine if a group of people are
pygmies. The average adult male must be less than 59 inches in height. Ants are
social insects and live in colonies which may have as many as 500,000
individuals. Ants can
live completely submerged underwater for up to 2 days. Ants make up
1/10 of the total world animal tissue Any
free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of
it's surface tension. Any month
that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it. Anyone could
come to Andrew Jackson's public parties at the White House. At his last one, a
wheel of cheese weighing 1,400 lbs. was eaten in two hours. The White House
smelled of cheese for weeks. Aphids are
born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after
being born themselves. Apparently
1/3 of people with alarm clocks hit the 'snooze' button every morning, and from
25-34 age group, it is over 1/2. (r u 1 of them?) Apparently
there's a law stating that if a Kurtatchi woman of the Soloman Islands unintentionally
reveals her genitals, it can be expected and will be understood if any nearby
man sexually assaults her. Apparently,
according to Playtex, the best selling bra sizes these days are 34B and 36B. Apparently,
I misspelled it...it's "Sinterklaas." Thanks to the unnamed person
from Holland who corrected me. Apple pie
was brought to England from France sometime around 1066 by William the
Conqueror. It made it to America when the Pilgrims arrived. Apple pits
contain cyanide. Apples are
more effecient than caffeine for waking you up in the morning. Approximate
number of facial expressions dogs can make: 100. Approximately
125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year. Approximately
20% of Americans have a passport. Approximately
200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die
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