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.