AMAZING FACTS

[Sai ka Tej]

JAI SAI RAM

                    AMAZING BUT TRUE!!!!!!
1) to make one spoonfull of honey, bees have to visit about 5000 flowers.
2) A mole can dig a tunnel two metres long in just 12 minutes.
3) Grasshoppers hear with their stomach. they do not have ears.
4) An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.
  sai ram..
         

[Sai ka Tej]

JAI SAI RAM

Interesting FACTS

Did you know........ . Some Interesting & Amazing facts


A zebra is white with black stripes.


All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.


Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.


Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.


The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs  covering a meter a second.


The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent".


The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.


A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.


The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.


A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.


India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.


'Hippopotomonstroses quippedaliophobi a' is the fear of long words.


Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.


Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!


It is impossible to lick your elbow.


A snail can sleep for 3 years.


The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start


In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.


"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.


Twenty-Four- Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.


Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.


Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say  no evil ).


55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn.

 

SAI RAM

[Sai ka Tej]

JAI SAI RAM

                                  ANIMAL KINGDOM



  THE SOUTH AMERICAN GIANT ANTEATER EATS MORE THAN 30,000 ANTS A DAY.

  THE WORLDS SMALLEST DOG IS CHIHUAHUA, WHICH MEANS TINY DOG IN THE SKY.

  IN DENMARK THERE ARE TWICE AS MANY PIGS AS PEOPLE.

  A CROCODILE'S TOUNGE IS ATTACHED TO THE ROOF OF IT'S MOUTH'S AND CANNOT MOVE IT.

  THE HEART OF A BLUE WHALE IS THE SIZE OF A SMALL CAR.

  SHARKS ARE IMMUNE TO ALL KNOWN DISEASES.


SAI RAM







 
 

[adwaita]

Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time.

There are 450 hairs in an average eyebrow.

There are almost 2 billion Christians in the world, about a billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus.

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

Other than humans, pigs are the only animals that can get sunburn.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.

Ants don't sleep.

om sai ram.

[adwaita]

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

A duck's quack never echoes and no one knows why.

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E' and 'Q' is the least used.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Canada imports approx. 822 Russian-made hockey sticks on an average day.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.


om sai ram

[adwaita]

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

If you unfolded your brain, it would cover an ironing board.

Fortune cookies were invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

Shakespeare spelled his own name several different ways.

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

Raindrops aren't actually tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom.

Ketchup is excellent for cleaning brass, especially tarnished and corroded brass.

In 1946, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato head.

Over 98 percent of Japanese are cremated after they die.

om sai ram

[adwaita]

Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.

The Venus flytrap takes less than half a second to slam shut on an insect.

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day-most are no bigger than a speck of dust.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

When Einstein was inducted as an American, he attended the ceremony without socks.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The fastest moving muscle in the human body is the one that opens and closes the eyelid.

On average, men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better than men.

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.

A jellyfish is 95% water.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

Astronaut Shannon Lucis spent 188 days in a row in space-that's the American record.

om sai ram

[adwaita]

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gatsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly.

Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.

A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

The actual playing time in a Major League Baseball game which lasts about two and a half hours has been clocked at 9 minutes and 55 seconds.

Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left.

It takes 548 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

The average American eats at McDonalds 1,811 times in their life.

Dirty snow melts faster than white snow because it's darker and absorbs more heat.

The two most commonly sold items in grocery stores are breakfast cereals and soda.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?

The only nation whose name begins with an 'A', but doesn't end in an 'A' is Afghanistan.

Cows can smell odors six miles away.

5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.

om sai ram.

[adwaita]

Your foot is the same length as the distance between your wrist and elbow.

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

The cigarette lighter was invented before matches.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

An average pair of feet will sweat a pint of perspiration a day.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, which is like human jumping the length of about 7 football fields.

You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

A U.S. backed government study found that pigs can become alcoholics.

There are 1,860 steps to the top of the Empire State Building.

During a University of Nebraska Cornhuskers home football game, the stadium becomes more populated than the state’s third largest city.

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though.

om sai ram

[adwaita]

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?

A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?

A. Father's Day
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.

When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

om sai ram

[adwaita]

The average number of people airborne over the U.S. In any given hour:

61,000

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

om sai ram

[adwaita]

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:

Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,40

[SS91]

DONNA GOEPPERT of P.A won 1m$ in scratch off lottery games two times in 5 months!


JEWISH FAMILIES used caves in western Ukraine to hide from German troops during world war 2nd as long as 144 days in a row!


JAMIE GATS is the only 2005 graduate from Montana's outlook high school, she was also her class valedictorian since she was the only senior!


SINGAPORE'S 'Live Turtle And Tortoise Museum has more then 1500 animals representing dozens of species including ‘Double happiness’ - a two headed, six legged turtle.


SHELLEY BREEDLOVE of Houston, Texas, gave birth to identical quadruplets on March 24th 2005!


AN abducted 12 year old Ethiopian girl was rescued by three lions I June 2005,they chased the kidnappers away and protected her until her family arrived.


ADVANTAGES enjoyed by taller people in China have prompted an industry of body stretching machines and limb surgeries designed to add height to a person!


THE original little dwarf bullfighters of Mexico, an all dwarf troupe, fight bulls by dodging them and bonking them with plastic mollets!


ASTRONAUTS in orbit age more slowly than people on earth!


MORE then two million gallons of water flow between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans through the Panama Canal on a busy day!

[SS91]

1. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. 

2. A Panda's diet is 99% bamboo. 

3. Cats spend 30% of their waking hours grooming themselves. 

4. Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils. 

5. Butterflies taste with their hind feet. 

6. A snail can sleep for three years. 

7. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. 

8. In 1939, a shower of tiny frogs fell on the English town of Trowbridge. 

9. The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.   

10. Dolphins sleep with one eye closed. 

11. A rhinoceros's horn is made of hair. 

12. Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. 

13. A bee must visit 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.   

14. Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.   

15. Yak milk is pink in color.   

16. Most lipstick contains fish scales.   

17. Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.   

18. If a shark doesn't continually swim, it will sink.   

19. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't. 

20. Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.   
 

[Anupam]

PHEW!!!! THANKS A LOT SUBHASRINIJI AND ADWAITAJI!! JUST AMAZING.

A few more

1. An earthworm has 6 hearts

2. The smallest monkey species is smaller than a squirrel.

3. A honeybee can see in Infrared range, and hence its view of world is entirely different.

4. Dogs can listen in infrasonic ranges,inaudible to human ears.

5. Bulls are colorblind, they see only in Black and White, and cannot see red.

6. If all the cells in a human body are lined side by side the line will run 40000 kms (2.5 times the earth diameter).

7. If earth moves even 100 m towards the SUN, human survival would be impossible.

8. The most poisonous snake, the Copperhead, existing only on some islands of Galapagos, is so poisonous, that even stepping on its shedded skin even with 6 inch thick boots is can kill in few seconds.

9. If all species of ants unite rather than different species fighting each other, they are capable of exterminating all species on land within a week