10.54.15 AM Amazing fact 8 |
A pineapple
is a berry. A poem
written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium. A polar
bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white. A pole
vaulter, when he lands, may absorb up to 20,000 pounds of pressure per square
inch on the joints of his tubular thigh bones. A polecat is
not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel. A poll of
3,000 Americans found that for 41 percent, the thing they're most afraid of is
speaking before a group of people. 32 percent stated they were afraid of
heights. A porpoise
swims slowly in a circle as it sleeps. A
Portsmouth, Ohio law ranks baseball players with "vagrants, thieves and
other suspicious characters." A pound of
grasshoppers is three times as nutritious as a pound of beef. A pregnant
goldfish is called a twit A quarter of
raw potato placed in each shoe at night will keep the leather soft and the
shoes smelling fresh and clean. A quarter of
the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872. A queen bee
lays about 1,500 eggs on an average day. A raisin
dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from
the bottom of the glass to the top. A rat can go
without water longer than a camel can. A
rattlesnake's fangs fold inward when its mouth is closed so it doesn't bite
itself. A recent
study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When
women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate. A Red
Giant(a kind of exploded star) has a lower density than any vacuum here on
earth A rhinoceros
horn is made of compacted hair. A Saudi
Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee. A scientific
report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup
of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The
antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease.
It's good for you! A scientist
who weighed people immediately before and after death concluded that the human
soul weighs 21 gms. A scrum in
rugby is equivalent of a hockey face-off, except that it involves all playing
the forward position on both teams. A SEAL's
weapon of choice is the Heckler and Koch MP-5 submachine gun. A shark can
detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water. A shark can
grow a new set of teeth in a week. A shark is
the only fish that can blink with both eyes. A shrimp's heart
is in its head. A single
drop of water contains one hundred billion billion atoms. A single
share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public,
would have been worth $92,500 in 1997. A snail can
actually glide over the sharp edge of a knife or razor without harming itself.
This has something to do with the mucus it produces. A snail can
have about 25,000 teeth. A snail can
sleep for 3 years. A snail can
travel over a razor blade without cutting itself. A sneeze can
exceed the speed of 100 mph. A soccer
ball has 32 panels. A
speleologist studies caves. A
Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure. A
spremologer collects trivia. A starfish
can turn its stomach inside out. A state law
in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister,
when addressed by their female counterparts. A strand of
spider web may be stronger than an equal diameter of steel. A study of
pet owners found that 66% claimed they allowed their pets to remain in the
bedroom during intercourse. A teaspoon
of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons. A ton of
potatoes will yield 28.6 gallons of absolute alcohol. Potatoes are an important
source for commercial alcohol. A total of
63 errors were made in the 1886 World Series. A traditional
dish from Savolax, called "kalakukko" (fishcock in engl.) is made of
white fish and porkfat encased in a baked crust of rye. A two-inch
garden hose will carry four times as much water as a one-inch hose. A type of
rabbit can mate 12 hours after giving birth A typical
American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime. A typical
bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites. A typical
lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long. A
vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags A volcano
can shoot its debris as high as 50km into the sky. A vulture
will never attack a human or animal that is moving. A whale's
penis is called a dork. A whip makes
a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound. A whole
library floor of books can be stored on 50 Gigabytes. A wind with
a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a hurricane. A women's
heart beats faster than men. A woodchuck
only breathes 10 times during hibernation. A woodpecker
can peck twenty times a second. A word or sentence
that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a
"palindrome". A young lady
named Ellen Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that her nursing skills and
love of flying would qualify her to assist with the passengers and emergencies.
She became the first known stewardess. A zebra is
white with black stripes. ABBA GOLD
has been in the UK charts for over 280 weeks, thats over 5 years Abdul Kassam
Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with
him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes. |
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