30 Things You May Not Have Known?

1. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.









2. Wearing headphones for 1 hour will increase the bacteria in you ear by 700 times.









3. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end due to the rate of reproduction.









4. The average human body contains enough sulfur to kill all the fleas on an average dog.









5. You are more likely to be target for mosquitos if you eat bananas.









6. The average person's left hand does 56of the typing.









7. In medieval England, beer was often served with breakfast.









8. The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound was a leather whip.









9. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.









10. A cat's jaw can not move sideways.









11. The names of all the continents end with the same letter they started with.









12. If you stood at the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even during the daytime.









13. Grapes will explode if you put them in the microwave.









14. Starfish do not have brains.









15. Cats have better memories than dogs.









16. The largest number of children born to one woman is 69.









17. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.









18. Clouds fly higher during the day than at night.









19. One human brain generates more electrical impulses in one day than all the world's telephones put together.









20. The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissable in an American court.









21. On average 13 people die each year from vending machines falling on them.









22. An elephant can throw a baseball faster than a human.









23. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.









24. Mozart wrote "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" when he was 5 years old.









25. There are 3 golf balls sitting on the moon.









26. A zebra is white with black stripes, not black with white stripes.









27. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a spider.









28. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.









29. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.









30. The total length of eyelashes shed by a human in thier lifetime is over 30 metres.
30 Things You May Not Have Known?
lol. thanks for those facts- kinda interesting. espeically number 1 thatll come in handy :)
Reply:31. There are 31 words acceptable in Scrabble that don't have A,E,I,O,U or Y.



32. Peanuts are the main ingredient of dynamite.



33. Only 1 person in the history of cars has died in a Volvo.





The car had exploded.
Reply:OK,,,I knew a few but they were interesting. But what is your question....lol
Reply:I am sure this is what is called useless information
Reply:clever
Reply:wow i didn't know that. grapes don't explode when their in the microwave. all the juice go's out of them and they get hot. is it ok if i put that on my myspace page? email if you don't want me to.
Reply:Thanks! I knew a couple.... I feel smarter already!
Reply:this is what should be taught at school... :)
Reply:wow!!!

#11 all the continents do not end with the same letter they started with.

Asia- does

Africa- does

North America- does not

South America- does not

Antarctica- does

Europe- does

Australia- does
Reply:points for me baby yeah!!!!!!
Reply:This is really interesting. Mozart wrote that song when he was 5? I couldn't even write poems that well then. XD
Reply:to number 11... what about North America and South America
Reply:Wow that was...??? Interesting??
Reply:mmmm peanut butter
Reply:Where did you come up with this?! Whoa.
Reply:# 16 , the only way a women can have that meny children is by several sets of twins, triplets and so on.. the rest sounds good ..
Reply:31. Whomever wrote this is a moron.



32. Whomever believes this is a moron.
Reply:Interesting, headphone thing is kind of gross lol but thanks for that, what site did you get those from? Are there more interesting facts on it?
Reply:What happens if the Chinese jog?
Reply:Factoid #31: Paul McCartney's mother was a midwife.
Reply:Interesting.

I've filed these away for future reference.

Thanks
Reply:interesting, thanks
Reply:wow thats pretty crazy but one of them is wrong the contenent one north america starts with an N but ends with an A unless you mean just mean america.africa does australia does but yeah you get it =)
Reply:mine is longer
Reply:Wow that is so cool. Didnt know some of that stuff thanx for the info.
Reply:Yuk! Yuk! Thanks for the points!
Reply:this is random
Reply:I would just like to point out that not all countries in the world teach that there are 7 continents....some methods group the Americas together. Which is why there are 5 Olympic rings; each ring represents a continent. This was actually how I was first taught as a child and I'm only 28. See the links below for more information.
Reply:BRAVO!
Reply:cool..but yea,the continents are kinda wrong..dont u think?



and the headphone thing grossed me out since im wearing it right now..LOL?
Reply:Hummm... didn't know a lot of that.