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Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing
tears.
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people. will write their
own name.
Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing
their own photos on each stamp.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your
ear by 700 times.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Those stars and colors you see when you rub your eyes are called
phosphenes.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.
Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the
gut. It will pass through the system and
be excreted.
At 40° Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by
breathing.
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt
every year.
The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of
nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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's smiling.
The color blue can have a calming affect on people. Depending upon the
shade, the brain may send up to 11
tranquilizing chemicals to
calm the body
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
is uncopyrightable.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of
reproduction.
The Pentagon is virtually a city in itself. Approximately 23,000
employees, both military and civilian; While in the
building, they tell time by 4,200 clocks, drink from 691 water
fountains, utilize 284 rest rooms, consume 4,500
cups of coffee, 1,700 pints of milk and 6,800 soft drinks prepared or served
by a restaurant staff of 230 persons
Over 200,000 telephone calls are made daily through phones connected by
100,000 miles of telephone
cable.
In India Railway is the biggest employer.
The
English - language alphabet originally had only 24 letters.One missing
letter was 'J' which was later added.
The other latercomer to the alphabets was 'U'.
Right - Handed people live, on average, nine years longer than Left -
Handed people .
Between
25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
Men
have more blood than women. Men have 1.5 gallons for men versus 0.875
gallons for women.
The
human brain stops growing at the age of 18.
It
takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.
During
his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
Your
thumb is the same length as your nose.
The
substance that human blood resembles most closely in terms of chemical
composition is sea water.
An
apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in
flavor are caused by their smell. To prove
this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste
sweet.
More
than 90% of shark attack victims survive .
A
cow gives more milk while listening to music.
U
cannot fold a paper more than 7 times into half.
Eyes
after about 30 min. in dark becomes approximate 10,000 times more
sensitive to light. |
