2012年8月7日星期二
World is a huge place filled with people from different religions and cultures
World is a huge place filled with people from different religions and cultures, water bodies, mountains, animals, and the entire ecosystem. Around the world many things are prevailing out of which we know few of them and others we are unaware of. There are many truths and beliefs that rule the world around us but sadly, not all can be a part of our wisdom.
Yet, as human beings we should know certain facts and truths of the world. This not increases our knowledge but also help us cope up with different situations in a better way. Furthermore, it also helps us be better and smart people.
Here is a huge collection of interesting and amazing facts that will help you gain wisdom and also help you know the world and things around in a better way.
?If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
?If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
?A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
?Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
?The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
?Chewing gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears.
?If you are right handed, you will tend to chew food on your right side. If you are left handed, you are likely to chew food on your left side.
?Everyday, 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide.
?A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of raw potatoes.
?Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living
?A snail can sleep for three years.
?February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
?In Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from conception and not physical birth.
?Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100.
?The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
?The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
?A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
?Butterflies taste with their feet.
?An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
?Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
?The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
?No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
?You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
?A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
?American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
?Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
?Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
?The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
?Pearls melt in vinegar.
?It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
?In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
?Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
?Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
?Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
?An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
?TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
?'Go' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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