Monday, September 19, 2011

Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know


A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.


Bone is five times stronger than steel.


Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.


Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.


Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.


It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.


Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, has 85 letters. It's the name for a hill, 305 meters (1,000 ft) high, close to Porangahau, New Zealand.


"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.


A normal person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.


Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.


When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour


According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.


POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.


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


If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange.


Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.


Bananas grow pointing upwards.


Source: http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/

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