UNKNOWN FACTS

THE FEBRUARY OF 1865 IS THE ONLY MONTH IN RECORDED HISTORY NOT TO HAVE A FULL MOON.

 TERMITES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO EAT FOOD TWICE AS FAST WHEN HEAVY METAL MUSIC IS PLAYING.

 

THE RHINOCEROS BEETLE IS THE STRONGEST ANIMAL AND IS CAPABLE OF LIFTING 850 TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT.

 

 NO WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RHYMES WITH MONTH, ORANGE, SILVER, OR PURPLE.

 

DREAMT IS THE ONLY ENGLISH WORD THAT ENDS IN THE LETTERS “MT”.

                                                         RATS AND HORSES CAN’T VOMIT.

 

VENUS IS THE ONLY PLANET THAT ROTATES CLOCKWISE.

 

 A CROCODILE CANNOT STICK ITS TONGUE OUT.

 

AN ANT ALWAYS FALLS OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE WHEN INTOXICATED.

 

ALL POLAR BEARS ARE LEFT-HANDED.

 

THE CATFISH HAS OVER 27000 TASTE BUDS (MORE THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL).

 

 A COCKROACH WILL LIVE NINE DAYS WITHOUT ITS HEAD BEFORE IT STARVES TO DEATH.

 STARFISH HAVE NO BRAINS.

 11% OF THE WORLD IS LEFT-HANDED.

 RUBBER BANDS LAST LONGER WHEN REFRIGERATED.

 

TIGERS HAVE STRIPED SKIN, NOT JUST STRIPED FUR.

 

 A “JIFFY” IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR 1/100TH OF A SECOND.

 THE YOUNGEST POPE EVER WAS 11 YEARS OLD.

 THE FIRST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN ON A TYPEWRITER IS TOM SAWYER.

 

STRANGE FACTS

IN ANCIENT ROME, WHEN A MAN TESTIFIED IN COURT HE WOULD SWEAR ON HIS TESTICLES.

 BECAUSE METAL WAS SCARCE, THE OSCARS GIVEN OUT DURING WORLD WAR II WERE MADE OF WOOD.

 THERE ARE 318,979,564,000 POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF THE FIRST FOUR MOVES IN CHESS.

 THERE ARE NO CLOCKS IN LAS VEGAS GAMBLING CASINOS.

 COCONUTS KILL ABOUT 150 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. THAT’S MORE THAN SHARKS.

 HALF OF ALL BANK ROBBERIES TAKE PLACE ON A FRIDAY.

 IF YOU PUT A DROP OF LIQUOR ON A SCORPION, IT WILL INSTANTLY GO MAD AND STING ITSELF
 TO DEAT




THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR BUTTERFLY WAS   FLUTTERBY.

CHEWING GUM WHILE PEELING ONIONS WILL KEEP YOU FROM CRYING.

 MORE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF OPEN SPACES (KENOPHOBIA) THAN OF TIGHT SPACES (CLAUSTROPHOBIA).

 YOU SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH AT LEAST 9 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

 OUR EYES ARE ALWAYS THE SAME SIZE FROM BIRTH BUT OUR NOSE AND EARS NEVER STOP GROWING.

AMAZING FACTS

THE STARFISH IS ONE OF THE ONLY ANIMALS WHO CAN TURN IT’S STOMACH INSIDE-OUT.

 
THE GIANT SQUID HAS THE LARGEST EYES IN THE WORLD.

 

THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE DIALING CODE FOR ANTARCTICA IS 672.

 

THE KATYDID BUG HEARS THROUGH HOLES IN ITS HIND LEGS.

 

THE LONGEST RECORDED FLIGHT OF A CHICKEN IS THIRTEEN SECONDS.

 THE ELEPHANT IS THE ONLY MAMMAL THAT CAN’T JUMP.

BUTTERFLIES CANNOT FLY IF THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE IS LESS THAN 86 DEGREES.
 

DRAGONFLIES ARE CAPABLE OF FLYING SIXTY MILES PER HOUR, MAKING THEM ONE OF THE FASTEST INSECTS. THIS IS GOOD SINCE THEY ARE IN A BIG HURRY, AS THEY ONLY LIVE ABOUT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LICK YOUR ELBOW.

 INTELLIGENT PEOPLE HAVE MORE ZINC AND COPPER IN THEIR HAIR.

 

THE MOST POISONOUS SPIDER IS THE BLACK WIDOW. ITS VENOM IS MORE POTENT THAN A RATTLESNAKE'S.

 

THE MALE SEAHORSE CARRIES THE EGGS UNTIL THEY HATCH INSTEAD OF THE FEMALE.

 

NEGATIVE EMOTIONS SUCH AS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION CAN WEAKEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.

 

MERCURY IS THE ONLY PLANET WHOSE ORBIT IS COPLANAR WITH ITS EQUATOR.

 PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF DYNAMITE.

 NO PIECE OF SQUARE DRY PAPER CAN BE FOLDED IN HALF MORE THAN 7 TIMES.

 AN AVERAGE HUMAN LOSES ABOUT 200 HEAD HAIRS PER DAY.

 IN 10 MINUTES, A HURRICANE RELEASES MORE ENERGY THAN ALL OF THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMBINED.

 ON AVERAGE, 100 PEOPLE CHOKE TO DEATH ON BALL-POINT PENS EVERY YEAR.

 THE PLASTIC THINGS ON THE END OF
SHOELACES ARE CALLED AGLETS.


“ITHYPHALLOPHOBIA" IS A MORBID FEAR OF SEEING, THINKING ABOUT OR HAVING AN ERECT PENIS.

 HUMANS AND DOLPHINS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES THAT HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE.

 YOUR STOMACH PRODUCES A NEW LAYER OF MUCUS EVERY TWO WEEKS SO THAT IT DOESN’T DIGEST ITSELF.

 A FEMALE FERRET WILL DIE IF IT GOES INTO HEAT AND CANNOT FIND A MATE.

THE CRUISE LINER, QUEEN ELIZABETH II, MOVES ONLY SIX INCHES FOR EACH GALLON OF DIESEL THAT IT BURNS.

 

MIND BLOWING FACTS

IT WOULD TAKE OVER AN HOUR FOR A HEAVY OBJECT TO SINK 6.7 MILES DOWN TO THE DEEPEST PART OF THE OCEAN.

 EVERY HOUR THE UNIVERSE EXPANDS BY A BILLION MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

 EVEN TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT IT WOULD TAKE 2 MILLION YEARS TO REACH THE NEAREST LARGE GALAXY, ANDROMEDA.

 A THIMBLEFUL OF A NEUTRON STAR WOULD WEIGH OVER 100 MILLION TONS.

 A DRAGONFLY HAS A LIFESPAN OF 24 HOURS.

 A SHARK IS THE ONLY FISH THAT CAN BLINK WITH BOTH EYES.

 AN OSTRICH’S EYE IS BIGGER THAN ITS BRAIN.

 DOLPHINS SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN.

 THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS OVER 1,460 DREAMS A YEAR.

 BATS ALWAYS TURN LEFT WHEN EXITING A CAVE.

 A COMPANY IN TAIWAN MAKES DINNERWARE OUT OF WHEAT, SO YOU CAN EAT YOUR PLATE.

 IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO SNEEZE WITH YOUR EYES OPEN. (DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!)

 MOST COWS GIVE MORE MILK WHEN THEY LISTEN TO MUSIC.

 THERE ARE 336 DIMPLES ON A REGULATION GOLF BALL.

THE ONLY NATION WHOSE NAME BEGINS WITH AN “A” BUT DOESN’T END IN AN “A” IS AFGHANISTAN.

 THERE ARE MORE PLASTIC FLAMINGOS IN AMERICA THAN REAL ONES.

 THERE ARE ONLY FOUR WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH END IN “-DOUS”: TREMENDOUS, HORRENDOUS, STUPENDOUS, AND HAZARDOUS.

 WINDMILLS ALWAYS TURN COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. EXCEPT FOR THE WINDMILLS IN IRELAND.

 

INTERESTING FACTS

HORSESHOE CRABS HAVE BLUE BLOOD.

THE MAIN LIBRARY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY SINKS A INCH EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF WEIGHT OF ALL THE BOOKS IT CAN ACCOMODATE.

STARFISH IS NOT ACTUALLY A FISH.

GRAPES EXPLODE WHEN KEPT IN A MICROWAVE.

FISHES THAT LIVES IN OCEANS BELOW 800 METERS FROM OCEN SURFACE DON;T HAVE EYES.

OCTOPUS HAVE 3 HEARTS.

FLIES JUMP BACKWARD DURING TAKEOFFS.

75% OF OUR BRAIN IS WATER.

CAMEL'S HAVE THREE EYELIDS.

CHOCOLATES CAN KILL DOGS ,IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEIR HEART AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS.



FEMALE BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS EAT THEIR MALES AFTER MATING.

WHEN A FLEA JUMPS, THE RATE OF ACCELERATION IS 20 TIMES THAT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DURING LAUNCH.

AN INDIVIDUAL BLOOD CELL TAKES ABOUT 60 SECONDS TO MAKE A COMPLETE CIRCUIT OF THE BODY.

THERE ARE 60,000 MILES OF BLOOD VESSELS IN THE HUMAN BODY.

MORE GERMS ARE TRANSFERRED SHAKING HANDS THAN KISSING.

THE FASTEST SPEED A FALLING RAINDROP CAN HIT YOU IS 18MPH.