20th june 2008#10 Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
#16 The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
#18 A jellyfish is 95% water.
#19 Children grow faster in the spring.
#27 A ball of glass will bounce higher then a ball of rubber.
#29 On average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.
#31 The average human will eat an average of eight spiders while sleeping.
#32 There are one million ants to every human in the world.
#34 If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.
#46 Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.
#56 A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
#58 A sneeze travels out of your nose at 100 mph.
#59 Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.
#60 The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.
#61 Pigs get sunburned.
#62 The lifespan of a taste bud is 10 days.
#64 Strawberries contain more vitamin C then oranges.
#68 The longest one syllable word is "screeched."
#69 No word in the English language rhymes with month.
#70 A "jiffy" is actually 1/100 of a second.
#73 The average person spends two weeks of its life waiting for a traffic light to change.
#75 The average person makes 1,140 phone calls per year.
#76 The average person spends two years on the phone in his/her lifetime.
#80 About 18 percent of animal owners share their bed with their pet.
#83 Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros).
#84 Oysters can change genders back and forth.
#85 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
#91 There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
#99 You burn 20 calories an hour chewing gum.
#102 A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.
#103 Frowning burns more calories then smiling.
#107 You burn more calories sleeping then watching TV.
#108 Licking a stamp burns 10 calories.
#109 Smelling apples and/or bananas can help you lose weight.
#126 A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.
#131 Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.
#132 A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
#137 The city of Los Angeles has three times more automobiles than people.
#153 The speed limit in NYC was eight mph in 1895.
#166 Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.
#167 You have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound.
#171 The most sensitive parts of the body are the mouth and the fingertips.
#175 In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.
#214 Giraffes can lick their own eyes.
#251 There are more French restaurants in New York City than in Paris.
#270 Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry.
#302 Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
#315 No two lip impressions are the same.
#326 On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.
#336 The last letter to be added to our alphabet was J.
#358 Butterflies were formerly known by the name Flutterby.
#366 The center of some golf balls contain honey.
#419 A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.
#422 Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
#423 U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper - it's actually a blend of cotton and linen.
#429 There are 336 dimples on a regulation American golf ball.
#444 The Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 sandal.
#449 Sound travels quicker in water than in air.
#452 There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue.
#454 Polar bear fur is transparent, not white.
#458 Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
#463 The dot over the letter "I" is called a tittle.
#469 454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound.
#487 Place an apple in the bag with your potatoes to keep them from budding.
#488 Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when storing.
#660 The strike note of The Liberty Bell is E flat.
#664 It is against the law to put pretzels in bags in Philadelphia.
#673 The first Ferris wheel was built in Atlantic City in 1869.
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