Friday, March 28, 2008

Strange But True

1. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
2. The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
3. A mosquito has 47 teeth.
4. There are more chickens than people in the world
5. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
6. Ants do not sleep.
7. Snails can sleep for 3 years.
8. Polar bears are left-handed.
9. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
10. All the planets in our solar system rotate anti clockwise except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise
11. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
12. The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
13. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other  people in the world.
14. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
15. A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head.
16. The human brain is 80% water.
17. Its impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

4 comments:

Intrepid Tiger said...

Here's another fact for you:
If you re-arrange the letters of A.Hitler (Starter of world war 2) you get "the liar". :D

Nei-Nei Neina-Marie said...

Haha. Boo to you A. Hitler. You SUCK!
It is possible to sneeze with your eyes open. I simply hold them open and sneeze!

I_luv_animals_AKA_ashymashy said...

you cant sneeze with your eyes open they would probably pop out from the force of the sneeze,thats so cool all the facts

mudpies02 said...

Yeah, there was a rumour going round my class last year that if you sneeze with your eyes open your eyes would pop out... I didn't believe it at the time but I do now :D
I don't like cockroaches.