If the earth was shrunk down to the size of a
bowling ball, it would appear just as smooth. Raised contour globes are
amplified to show relief areas.
Fortune cookies are not foreign to the United States.
Charles Jung came up with them in 1918.
A drop of liquior spilled on a scorpion will send it
into a frenzy
of trying to sting itself. Gasoline on a snake will produce the same
result, making it squiggle uncontrollably, even after death.
When it rains, an inch covering a square mile is
equivalent to 17,378,700 gallons.
Of all diamonds mined from the earth every year,
eighty percent are
not suitable for use in jewelry and are instead used for industry
purposes.
"Bambi", the story of the deer, was first printed in
German in 1929. It had a sequel named "Bambi's Children".
The biggest iceberg on record was bigger than the
country of
Belgium at two hundred miles in length and sixty wide. It was in 1956.
There is a ski-through McDonalds restaurant in Sälen,
Sweden--the world's first.
Those who wish to wake up fast in the morning should
eat apples instead of drinking coffee--apples work better than caffeine.
Whales must emerge from the water to breathe. The
spout of humid,
warm air from their blow holes is their exhalation. The different
species of whale can be identified by this spout.
Whereas hydrogen gas is the least dense of all
substances, hydrogen solid is the most dense.
Writing is not as map making.
Due to the rate of reproduction in China, if all the
people were to
line up and walk past a given point, the line would never end.
Four
out of ten people at a party will spy into the
medicine cabinet when going to the bathroom.
Bulls and cows are not just names for cattle, but
dolphins too.
The top two standardized IQ test scores on record
belong to women.
Nearly all of Superman's friends and enemies had the
initials "L.L."
The character of Winnie the Pooh is based on the life
of the real
Canadian bear that resides outside of Winnipeg. The name "Winnie" comes
from the town name.
China is as far away as a person can get from any
ocean.
The typical person will consume approximately 30 tons
of food in their lifetime. That's equivalent to about six
elephants.
At one time, turquoise went by the name of "turkey
stone".
According to the bible, the egg came after the
chicken. (Genesis 1:20-22).
Duiring the Spanish Inquisition, the entirety of the
Netherlands was sentenced to death for heresy.
There are enough blood vessels in a person's body to
wrap around the world almost three times (70,000 miles).
Bruce Springstein's Born in the USA album
was the first compact disc to be pressed in the United States.
