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YasinDate: Friday, 2010-10-15, 3:32 AM | Message # 1
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Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders

Earth is traveling through space at 660,000 miles per hour

In 1643, the British Parliament officially abolished the celebration of Christmas

Santa's Reindeers are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen

In 1875 the director of the US patent office resigned. He said that there was nothing left to invent

The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters each year

The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle

Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name

On average, a person has two million sweat glands

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples

97% of the earth's water is undrinkable

The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it

All babies are color blind when they are born

Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old

14 million people were killed in World War I, 20 million died in flu epidemic in the years that followed

There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script

Vision requires more brain power than the other four senses

On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and 25% fat

There are no public toilets in Peru

Urine and tears have the same basic ingredients

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize

The motto of M-G-M movie studios is Art for Art's Sake

The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named "Volney"

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it

The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.

The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world

X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

It takes only about 8 minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to a speed of more than 27,359 km/hour

Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil

Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears

Your left lung is smaller in size than your right lung, it is like that in order to make room for your heart.

Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time

Male human brains are about 10 percent heavier than female brains

Before 1800 there were no separately designed shoes for right and left feet

The glossy look to lipstick comes from fish scales, which are iridescent

To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe

Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures

The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'

Your body weight is lower at 9 A.M. than at any other time of the day

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night

40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals

Without any greenhouse effect, Earth would be cold and lifeless with an average temp of 0.4ºF.

 
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