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Articles: Time Pass | 50 facts
- Prof. 00782 Maverick
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[26] Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
[27] Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
[28] It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it
[29] The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
[30] There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower
[31] The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
[32] Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
[33] It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body
[34] The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
[35] Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game
[36] The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air
[37] Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die
[38] In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling.)
[39] Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command 'go hang yourself.'
[40] The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its
head are the rabbit and the parrot
[41] Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
[42] The average person laughs 13 times a day
[43] Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
[44] Women blink nearly twice as much as men
[45] German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog
[46] Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump
[47] Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
[48] Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death
[49] 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 cause.
[50] The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
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