Did You Know ? ~ GNIITHELP

Did You Know?

• Did you know 11% of people are left handed

• Did you know August has the highest percentage of births

• Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it

• Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

• Did you know a bear has 42 teeth

• Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

• Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

• Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib

• Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean

• Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

• Did you know rabbits like licorice

• Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters

• Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy

• Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

• Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex

• Did you know reindeer like bananas

• Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

• Did you know birds need gravity to swallow

• Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

• Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

• Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON

• Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

• Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city

• Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron

• Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light

• Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

• Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep

• Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

• Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about

• Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs

• Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)

• Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects

• Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

• Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

• Did you know honey is the only natural food which never spoils

• Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

• Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

• Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

• Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

• Did you know about 90% of the worlds population kisses

• Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

• Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense

• Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use

• Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco

• Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

• Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954

• Did you know all insects have 6 legs

• Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria

• Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas

• Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words

• Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue

• Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland

• Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia

• Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet

• Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

• Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

• Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it

• Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water

• Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)

• Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
• Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
• Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
• Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
• Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
• Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle
• Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
• Did you know it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
• Did you know frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
• Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump
• Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
• Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
• Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others
• Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
• Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
• Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
• Did you know frogs don't usually swallow water (they absorb most of the moisture they need through their skin)
• Did you know at birth dalmations are always white
• Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
• Did you know a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
• Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
• Did you know a crocodile can't move its tongue
• Did you know that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
• Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
• Did you know pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
• Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep
• Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
• Did you know an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
• Did you know the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
• Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
• Did you know the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
• Did you know crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
• Did you know reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
• Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body
• Did you know cows don't have upper front teeth
• Did you know everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world
• Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
• Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
• Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
• Did you know in a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
• Did you know black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact
• Did you know the safest car color is white
• Did you know the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
• Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
• Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
• Did you know room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25C (68 to 77F)
• Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular
• Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
• Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
• Did you know the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries
• Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
• Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'
• Did you know cats can't move their jaw sideways
• Did you know grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
• Did you know the average golf ball has 336 dimples
• Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
• Did you know the movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks
• Did you know the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply
• Did you know a group of frogs is called an army
• Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash
• Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob
• Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
• Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle
• Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament
• Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
• Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
• Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
• Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
• Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain
• Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland