Random Facts by Abby Martin
1. The Almonds are a member of the peach family
2. The dot over the "i" is called the tittle.
3. A pregnant Goldfish is called a "twit".
4.Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
5. It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War and Peace".
6. Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.
7.Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
8.The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
9.You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
10. A lions roar can be hear from 5 miles away.
11.The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
12.The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
13.Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
14.The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.
15.The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
16. It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reached the Earth
17.Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
18. Venezuela has a gas price of $0.05 per Liter.
19. In Korea when you are born you are 1 year old.
20. A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
21.The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
22.Cats can hear ultrasound.
23.Turtles can breath through their bums.
24.Girls have more taste buds than boys.
25.Beaver's teeth never stop growing.
26. In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00am, and must be done before 4:00pm
27. "60 Minutes" on CBS is the only TV show to not have a theme song or music.
28. Cats can hear ultrasound.
29. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
30. The word 'bed' looks like a bed.
31. Its impossible to lick your elbow.
32. Rats and horses can't vomit.
33. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
34. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
35. On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
36. Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
37. On average, 12 newborns will be given the wrong parents daily.
2. The dot over the "i" is called the tittle.
3. A pregnant Goldfish is called a "twit".
4.Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
5. It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War and Peace".
6. Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.
7.Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
8.The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
9.You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
10. A lions roar can be hear from 5 miles away.
11.The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
12.The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
13.Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
14.The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.
15.The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
16. It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reached the Earth
17.Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
18. Venezuela has a gas price of $0.05 per Liter.
19. In Korea when you are born you are 1 year old.
20. A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
21.The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
22.Cats can hear ultrasound.
23.Turtles can breath through their bums.
24.Girls have more taste buds than boys.
25.Beaver's teeth never stop growing.
26. In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00am, and must be done before 4:00pm
27. "60 Minutes" on CBS is the only TV show to not have a theme song or music.
28. Cats can hear ultrasound.
29. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
30. The word 'bed' looks like a bed.
31. Its impossible to lick your elbow.
32. Rats and horses can't vomit.
33. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
34. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
35. On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
36. Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
37. On average, 12 newborns will be given the wrong parents daily.