Did You Know Facts

Did You Know Facts

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    • Did you know 11% of people are left handed?
    • Did you know August has the highest percentage of births?
    • Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it?
    • Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes?
    • Did you know a bear has 42 teeth?
    • Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain?
    • Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries?
    • Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib?
    • Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean?
    • Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz?
    • Did you know rabbits like licorice?
    • Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters?
    • Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy?
    • Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue?
    • Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex?
    • Did you know reindeer like bananas?
    • Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds?
    • Did you know birds need gravity to swallow?
    • Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E?
    • Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English?
    • Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt?
    • Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON?
    • Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear?
    • Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city?
    • Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron?
    • Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light?
    • Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear?
    • Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep?
    • Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year?
    • Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about?
    • Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs?
    • Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)?
    • Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects?
    • Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side?
    • Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand?
    • Did you know honey is the only natural food which never spoils?
    • Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie?
    • Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)?
    • Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia?
    • Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)?
    • Did you know about 90% of the world's population kisses?
    • Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine?
    • Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense?
    • Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use?
    • Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco?
    • Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day?
    • Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954?
    • Did you know all insects have 6 legs?
    • Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria?
    • Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas?
    • Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words?
    • Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue?
    • Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland?
    • Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia?
    • Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet?
    • Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs?
    • Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes?
    • Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it?
    • Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water?
    • Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)?
    • Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050?
    • Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot?
    • Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute?
    • Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill?
    • Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords?
    • Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle?
    • Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period?
    • Did you know it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down?
    • Did you know frogs can't swallow with their eyes open?
    • Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump?
    • Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet?
    • Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body?
    • Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others?
    • Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros?
    • Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories?
    • Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV?
    • Did you know frogs don't usually swallow water (they absorb most of the moisture they need through their skin)?
    • Did you know at birth dalmations are always white?
    • Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards?
    • Did you know a duck can't walk without bobbing its head?
    • Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute?
    • Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk?
    • Did you know a crocodile can't move its tongue?
    • Did you know that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles?
    • Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names?
    • Did you know pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians?
    • Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep?
    • Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal?
    • Did you know an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature?
    • Did you know the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world?
    • Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression?
    • Did you know the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'?
    • Did you know crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure?
    • Did you know reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube?
    • Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body?
    • Did you know cows don't have upper front teeth?
    • Did you know everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world?
    • Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity?
    • Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium?
    • Did you know there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year?
    • Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo?
    • Did you know in a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache?
    • Did you know black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact?
    • Did you know the safest car color is white?
    • Did you know the most commonly forgotten item for travellers is their toothbrush?
    • Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961?
    • Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee?
    • Did you know room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25C (68 to 77F)?
    • Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular?
    • Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other?
    • Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service?
    • Did you know the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries?
    • Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)?
    • Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'?
    • Did you know cats can't move their jaw sideways?
    • Did you know grapes explode when you put them in the microwave?
    • Did you know its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky?
    • Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)?
    • Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters?
    • Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan?
    • Did you know the average golf ball has 336 dimples?
    • Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel?
    • Did you know the movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks?
    • Did you know the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply?
    • Did you know a group of frogs is called an army?
    • Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash?
    • Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob?
    • Did you know a group of whales is called a pod?
    • Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle?
    • Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament?
    • Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt?
    • Did you know Brazil is named after a tree?
    • Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent?
    • Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador?
    • Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain?
    • Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland?
    • Did you know Monopoly is the most played board game in the world?
    • Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by women?
    • Did you know 42% of men and women 25% don't wash their hands after using a public toilet?
    • Did you know if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court?
    • Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers?
    • Did you know a cats urine glows under a blacklight?
    • Did you know white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf?
    • Did you know cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees?
    • Did you know small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds?
    • Did you know domestic cats dislike citrus scents?
    • Did you know cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length?
    • Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys?
    • Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)?
    • Did you know paper originated from China?
    • Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China?
    • Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china?
    • Did you know the film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors?
    • Did you know all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20?
    • Did you know instant coffee was invented in 1901?
    • Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold?
    • Did you know rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population?
    • Did you know Pearls melt in vinegar?
    • Did you know a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don't)?
    • Did you know there is no butter in buttermilk?
    • Did you know giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels?
    • Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle?
    • Did you know the electric chair was invented by a dentist?
    • Did you know you're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
    • Did you know a crocodile can't stick out its tongue?
    • Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated?
    • Did you know women blink twice as much as men?
    • Did you know ostriches don't bury their heads in sand?
    • Did you know only female mosquitoes bite?
    • Did you know Scotland has the most redheads?
    • Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells?
    • Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'?
    • Did you know hummingbirds can't walk?
    • Did you know wind doesn't make a sound until it blows against an object?
    • Did you know the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953?
    • Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)?
    • Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows?
    • Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble?
    • Did you know Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora?
    • Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13?
    • Did you know every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered?
    • Did you know the word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter?
    • Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles?
    • Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard?
    • Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards?
    • Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958?
    • Did you know almonds are members of the peach family?
    • Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C?
    • Did you know owls can't move their eyes from side to side?
    • Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday?
    • Did you know gold never erodes?
    • Did you know scorpions glow under ultraviolet light?
    • Did you know when water freezes it expands by 9%?
    • Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning?
    • Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length?
    • Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance?
    • Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321?
    • Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes?
    • Did you know Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)?
    • Did you know there is no sound in space?
    • Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands?
    • Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913?
    • Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees?
    • Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year?
    • Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times?
    • Did you know the opposite sides of a die always adds up to 7?
    • Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System?
    • Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer?
    • Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939?
    • Did you know Porsche also builds tractors?
    • Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps?
    • Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door?
    • Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast?
    • Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms?
    • Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands?
    • Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year?
    • Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?
    • Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day?
    • Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night?
    • Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries?
    • Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt?
    • Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany?
    • Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks?
    • Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular?
    • Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second?
    • Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products?
    • Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day?
    • Did you know the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years?
    • Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair?
    • Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards?
    • Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel?
    • Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television?
    • Did you know the word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'?
    • Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand?
    • Did you know there are more chickens than people?
    • Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects?
    • Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites?
    • Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes?
    • Did you know emus can't walk backwards?
    • Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla?
    • Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831?
    • Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown?
    • Did you know the oldest known vegetable is the pea?
    • Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays?
    • Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year?
    • Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps?
    • Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country?
    • Did you know Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old?
    • Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically?
    • Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete?
    • Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god?
    • Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th?
    • Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food?
    • Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes?
    • Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day?
    • Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific?
    • Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day?
    • Did you know your head contains 22 bones?
    • Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris?
    • Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets?
    • Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times?
    • Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print?
    • Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water?
    • Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes?
    • Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)?
    • Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days?
    • Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)?
    • Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua?
    • Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)?
    • Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)?
    • Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba?
    • Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth?
    • Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755?
    • Did you know the rarest type of diamond is green?
    • Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge?
    • Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)?
    • Did you know men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women?
    • Did you know Tokyo was once known as Edo?
    • Did you know women make up 49% of the worlds population?
    • Did you know wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light?
    • Did you know the tea bag was invented in 1908?
    • Did you know carrots contain 0% fat?
    • Did you know 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year?
    • Did you know plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970?
    • Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788?
    • Did you know the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value?
    • Did you know DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data?
    • Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937?
    • Did you know sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air?
    • Did you know the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches?
    • Did you know soccer is the most followed sport?
    • Did you know volleyball was invented in 1895?
    • Did you know that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away?
    • Did you know the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1?
    • Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)?
    • Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second?
    • Did you know it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots?
    • Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye?
    • Did you know a banana contains 75% water?
    • Did you know 13 people die every year from vending machines?
    • Did you know rain contains vitamin B12?
    • Did you know your liver has over 500 functions?
    • Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe?
    • Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water?
    • Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)?
    • Did you know a flea can jump 350 times its body length?
    • Did you know cucumbers are 96% water?
    • Did you know a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon?
    • Did you know a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)?
    • Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)?
    • Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway?
    • Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans?
    • Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)?
    • Did you know horses sleep standing up?
    • Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water?
    • Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly?
    • Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through?
    • Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds?
    • Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years?
    • Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur?
    • Did you know crocodiles are colour blind?
    • Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body?
    • Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet?
    • Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water?
    • Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards?
    • Did you know whales can't swim backwards?
    • Did you know camels are born without humps?
    • Did you know only female mosquitoes bite?
    • Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes?
    • Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food?
    • Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river?
    • Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined?
    • Did you know giraffes can't swim?
    • Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper?
    • Did you know an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water?
    • Did you know bull's can run faster uphill than down?
    • Did you know a shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel?
    • Did you know a moth has no stomach?
    • Did you know grasshoppers have white blood?
    • Did you know it takes 50 minutes to soft boil and two hours to hard boil an ostrich egg?
    • Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam?
    • Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined?
    • Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)?
    • Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days?
    • Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator?
    • Did you know 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop?
    • Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900?
    • Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia?
    • Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline?
    • Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake?
    • Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia?
    • Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba?
    • Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow?
    • Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)?
    • Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years?
    • Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink?
    • Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January?
    • Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km?
    • Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876?
    • Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess?
    • Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box?
    • Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'?
    • Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday?
    • Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843?
    • Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb?
    • Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines?
    • Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess?
    • Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden?
    • Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards?
    • Did you know when recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain?
    • Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels?
    • Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail?
    • Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day?
    • Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women?
    • Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar?
    • Did you know New Zealand's first hospital was opened in 1843?
    • Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining?
    • Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands?
    • Did you know your normal body temperature is 37C (99F)?
    • Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow?
    • Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks?
    • Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold?
    • Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907?
    • Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700?
    • Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure?
    • Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888?
    • Did you know minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F?
    • Did you know cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949?
    • Did you know to crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound?
    • Did you know there is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world?
    • Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity?
    • Did you know the lie detector was invented in 1921?
    • Did you know the world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years?
    • Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886?
    • Did you know red light has the highest wavelength?
    • Did you know paper money was first used in China?
    • Did you know according to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes?
    • Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body?
    • Did you know light is electro magnetic radiation?
    • Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance?
    • Did you know gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur?
    • Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords?
    • Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day?
    • Did you know a group of whales is called a pod?
    • Did you know armadillos can walk underwater?
    • Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers?
    • Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws?
    • Did you know roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks?
    • Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away?
    • Did you know flamingos can only eat when their heads are upside down?
    • Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human?
    • Did you know a female ferret is called a jill?
    • Did you know porcupines float in water?
    • Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985?
    • Did you know Scissors were most likely invented ancient Egypt?
    • Did you know each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child?
    • Did you know turnips turn green when sunburnt?
    • Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year?
    • Did you know moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry?
    • Did you know Americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips?
    • Did you know artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991?
    • Did you know 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer?
    • Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast?
    • Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes?
    • Did you know Britain was the first country to use postage stamps?
    • Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime?
    • Did you know a deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing?
    • Did you know the side of a hammer is called a cheek?
    • Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government?
    • Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'?
    • Did you know the letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1)?
    • Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'?
    • Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e?
    • Did you know people who work at night tend to weigh more?
    • Did you know you can only see a rainbow if you have your back to the sun?
    • Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island?
    • Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day?
    • Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin?
    • Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial?
    • Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)?
    • Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres?
    • Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982?
    • Did you know the word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want?
    • Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury?
    • Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times?
    • Did you know 55% of all movies are rated R?
    • Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person?
    • Did you know 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21?
    • Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18?

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