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- American
car horns beep in the tone of F.
- Playing
cards in India are round.
- The
shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England
in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
- Each of
us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day. Most of
it is paper.
- The
condensed water vapour in the sky left behind by jets is
called a contrail.
- Children
grow faster in the springtime.
- The
most collect calls are made on father's day.
- No
piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
- Due to
precipitation, for a few weeks K2 is bigger than Mt
Everest
- The U.S
standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is 4
feet, 8.5 inches.
- The Russian National Railway's Std Gauge is 5 feet, 8-1/2 inches! Initial rolling stock from the US.
- For the Transcontinental railroad, the gauge was carried to the West Coast via a stick!
Thanks to jpmarlin@mediaone.net for
these two facts
- Most
gemstones contain several elements. Except the diamond
it's all carbon.
- The
smoke detector was invented in 1969
- The
average flea can jump up to 150 times its own length. To
match that a human would have to jump 1,00 feet.
- Barbie's
measurements if she were life-size; 39-29-33.
- More
people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in
plane crashes.
- 1 in
every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
- You
were born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult
you only have 206.
- You
burn more calories sleeping than you do watching T.V.
- The
Pacific Ocean fills nearly a complete hemisphere of the
earth's surface.
- There
are ten human body parts that are only three letters long
(eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
- If you
go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your
vision but all your sense of depth
- German chemists have made a replica of the football World Cup trophy that is the size of one molecule. That is less than 100-millionth the size of the original.
- The Catholic Herald, published in Great Britain, warms about the dangers of drinking holy water from religious shrines. While it may have curative powers in a religious sense, it seems that it also is a breeding ground for germs.
- The first recording of the human voice was be Thomas Edison in 1877. It was 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.'
- More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby
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