The deepest, oldest and biggest lake by
volume in the world is Lake Bakail in southern
Siberia
Frozen milk on a stick
is popular in Siberia
The standard porcupine has 30,000 quills
When light leaves the sun, 8.5 minutes pass
before it reaches Earth
Six hundred soda drinks are consumed by the normal
American/Canadian
"Admiral" means "lord of the sea" in Arabic. It comes
from the phrase" amir al bahr".
The tiger's fur is striped, and so is its
skin
The
sport that uses the largest field is
polo
A standard deck of cards contains 87
diamonds and 42
eyes
The most popular flavor of ice cream in
North America
is vanilla
Fewer people have died at the age of 10
than at any
other age
Adolf Hitler was Time's
man of the year in 1938
A roman numeral's value is increased a thousand times
by placing a line above it
If a person is afraid of the number thirteen, they
suffer from triskaidekaphobia
The Vatican is the biggest one-person home
in the world
The only mammal with four knees is the elephant.
It is also the only mammal that cannot jump.
Toilet paper was first marketed as "Gayetty's
Medicated Paper"
Tooth enamel is almost as hard as
rock. It is the
hardest thing in the human
body.
"Nice
guys finish last" was coined by Dodger's legendary coach Leo Durocher,
though
historians believe he never actually put those four words together in
that exact order.
The short-lived dragonfly's favorite snack is the
mosquito
Blonde facial hair grows faster than darker hair
The average sleeper swallows eight spiders
in a lifetime at
night. The average person also consumes about a pound of insects
in a lifetime.
The
"S" in Harry S. Truman was conjured out of thin air. He never
had a middle name, instead used the initial, as was common in southern
states.
The rule of thumb orginates with the fact that the
middle joint on a man's thumb is about an inch wide.
Carpenters us
it as a cursory guide. Many also believe the rule comes from an old
Irish law that a man couldn't beat his wife with
a branch thicker than his thumb. The debate continues.
Of all the English words, "set" has the most
definitions
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