Fun facts

Ganesh.S.Kumar (Consulting Executive) (852 Points)

03 February 2012  

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command-go hang yourself

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language 

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

The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle 

The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA 

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee 


Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits 

Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country 


One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop. 

There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same 

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country 


111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 

A group of crows is called a murder 


In the movie "The Matrix Reloaded" a 17 minute battle scene cost over $40 million to produce 


The human heart weighs less than a pound 

Even if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your stomach