Australian termites have been known to build mounds
twenty feet high and at least 100 feet wide.
Ninety
eight per cent of the weight of water is made
up from oxygen.
Scientists have determined that Los
Angeles,
California is
moving east at about one-fifth of an inch per year, the city is moving
closer to the San Gabriel Mountains.
In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks
and spoons.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red
eyes. He was an albino.
The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of
"F."
Chocolate kills dogs! Chocolate affects a dog's heart
and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
Cats were a sacred animal in Ancient Egypt, and when
they died, people shaved off their eyebrows as a sign of respect.
Iron deficiency causes the most common form of
anaemia.
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real
money printed throughout the world.
The
oldest dog that has been reliably documented was an Australian cattle
dog named Bluey. He was put to sleep at the age of 29 years and 5
months.
A person suffering from polythelia has 3 nipples.
Bananas grow pointing upwards.
The
Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel,
who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of
violence - he invented dynamite.
C-4 is a very stable product,
well known for its durability and reliability. It will not explode even
if hit by a bullet, punched, cut, or thrown into a fire (in Vietnam,
soldiers actually burned C-4 as an improvised cooking fire). The only
reliable method for detonation is via a detonator or blasting cap.
In May 1948, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe, both in New
Zealand, erupted simultaneously.
In
Australia, a scientist put a Big Mac in a desk drawer and left it in
there for a year to test the preservatives. When he pulled it out a
year later, there was not a speck of mould on it. The only only thing
different was that the buns were hard. He then microwaved it with a cup
of water and ate it.
James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander
Montgomery Scott ( Scotty) on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle
finger on his right hand lost it on D-Day).
Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones
every year since 1991.
Over two hundred different languages are spoken
throughout the Soviet Union.
When food is short a ribbon worm can eat 95% of its
own body weight, and still survive.
The first television commercial ever shot featured
the Bulova watch company.
The most attended sport in the world is still horse
racing.
Mummies, are so called because of the wax (or 'mum' )
which is smeared on to the bandages for waterproofing.
