Sunday, February 26, 2012


   DID YOU KNOW ??(PART 2)
  • The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
  • Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
  • Time magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1938 was Adolph Hitler.
  • The Main Library at Indiana University, USA, sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
  • It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic, and 200 million to make a film about it.
  • A woman's arthritic pains will almost always disappear as soon as she becomes pregnant.  No one knows why.
  • Your body contains 60,000 miles of blood vessels.
  • Nebraska has more miles of river than any other US state.
  • Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
  • An ostrich egg needs to be boiled for 2 hours to get a hard-boiled egg.
  • Ninety percent of all teenagers suffer from some form of acne.
  • Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.
  • Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.
  • Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a lavatory to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
  • Argan Oil You may be surprised to find that goats are able to climb trees. In Morocco goats climb Argan trees to consume delicious berries which are similar to olives. Local farmers follow these goats because fruit of the Argan tree has the nut inside which is used to make delicious cooking oil. Another interesting fact is that Morocco goats spit or excrete these nuts, which then farmers use to make the Argan oil. However, Argan trees are very close to extinction because of the tree wood harvesting.
  • Olimpic Flag The Official Olympic Flag Created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914, the Olympic flag contains five interconnected rings on a white background. The five rings symbolize the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. These colours were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.
  • Statue Horses If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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