VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE THINGS

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VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE THINGS

 

1

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side

2

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4

Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5

The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'..

6

The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8

The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11

Dalmatians are born without spots.

12

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13

The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)

14

Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left

15

The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids

16

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee

17

Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks

18

The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones

19

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die

20

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart

21

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate

22

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red

23

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red

24

The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor

25

The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney

26

Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros

27

Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan

28

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it

29

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples

30

There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower

31

The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting

32

Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death

33

It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body

34

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

35

Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game

36

The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air

37

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die

38

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling).

39

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

40

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot

41

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

42

The average person laughs 13 times a day

43

Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

45

German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog

46

Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump

47

Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

48

Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death

49

If a statue in the park of a person 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 all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50

The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

 

 

 

Geetu

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Certainly Interesting... n really informative !!

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Hmm indeed interesting & informative. Do share some more facts & amazing information if possible.

nice info.......thanx

I am reposting an intresting table, I think it is in continuation of the above : -

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1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
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2.  The most common name in the world is  Mohammed.
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3.  The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that  they start  with.

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4.  The strongest muscle in the body is the  tongue.
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5.  There are two credit cards for every person in the
United  States .
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6.  TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the  letters
    only on one row of the  keyboard.
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7.  Women blink nearly twice as much as  men!
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8.  You can't kill yourself by holding your  breath..
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9.  It is impossible to lick your  elbow.
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10.  People say 'Bless you' when you sneeze because when you
Sneeze, your  heart stops for a  millisecond.
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11.  It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the  sky.
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12.  The 'sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest  tongue twister in the English  language.
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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.
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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.
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15.  111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =  12,345,678,987, 654,321
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16.  If a statue of a warrior 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.
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17  What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in  common? Ans. - All invented by  women.
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18.  Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
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19.  A crocodile cannot stick its tongue  out.
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20.  A snail can sleep for three  years.
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21.  All polar bears are left  handed.
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22.  American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from  each salad served in  first-class.
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23.  Butterflies taste with their  feet.
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24.  Elephants are the only animals that can't  jump.
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25.  In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been  domesticated.
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26.  On average, people fear spiders more than they do  death.
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27.  Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and  'bump'.
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28.  Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left  hand.
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29.  The ant always falls over on its right side when  intoxicated.
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30.  The electric chair was invented by a  dentist.
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31.  The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to  the  body to squirt blood 30  feet.

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32.  Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have  over million  descendants.
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33.  Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear  by 700  times.
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34.  The cigarette lighter was invented before the  match.
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35.  Most lipstick contains fish  scales.
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36.  Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is  different
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37.  
And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their  elbow. 

Thanx rajesh 4 more interesting facts

 amazing.......


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