1. Coca-Cola was originally green. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 2 The most common name in the world is Mohammed. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 3 . The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 4 . The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 5 . There are two credit cards for every person in the United States . ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men! ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath .. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 9. It is impossible to lick your elbow. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 11 . It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 12 . The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 14 . Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar. ------------ --------- --------- ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 16. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 20. A snail can sleep for three years. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 21. All polar bears are left handed. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 23 . Butterflies taste with their feet. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 24 Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 25 . In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 26 . On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 27 . Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 31 . The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 32 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 34 . The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 36 . Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 37. Knowledge is to be shared & enjoyed Diana
Interesting facts, Diana. :2thumbsup: Elephants and jump ......... In India on an average everyone has more than 2 credit cards.