Monday, July 27, 2009

intersting facts

  • LONGEST BRIDGE:
Donghai Bridge, China 32.5 Kilometers
  • BIGGEST PASSENGER-SHIP

MS Freedom of the Seas:4300 Pessengers

  • BIGGEST BUS
Neoplan Jumbo cruiser double deck bus 170 Passengers
  • WORLD'S BIGGEST PLANE
Airbus A380 555 Passengers
  • 3 MOST VALUABLE BRAND NAMES ON EARTH:
  1. Marlboro
  2. Coca-Cola
  3. Budweiser

  • Male sea lion may have more than 100 wives and sometimes go three months without eating.
  • Acupuncture was first used as a medical treatment in 2700 BC by Chinese emperor Shen-Nung.
  • Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.
  • About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.
  • Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
  • A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
  • A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
  • A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
  • A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
  • The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.
  • The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
  • Disneyland opened in 1955.
  • Donald Duck lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota.
  • Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
  • Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
  • Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
  • Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
  • Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of women’s feet.
  • Evard Ericksen sculpted “The Little Mermaid” statue which is located in Copenhagen harbor.
  • The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2’6” by 1’9”.
  • A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
  • The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
  • The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
  • Baseball's home plate is 17 inches wide.
  • Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
  • Colgate claims "Tooth Fairy" as a registered trademark.
  • 84% of a raw apple is water.
  • A pineapple is a berry.
  • An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
  • Bananas are America's #1 fruit.
  • A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
  • Ants don't sleep.
  • Only full-grown male crickets can chirp.
  • No two spider webs are the same.
  • Bats are the only mammal that can fly.
  • Bats have only one baby a year.
  • The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.
  • Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
  • Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.
  • A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
  • Approximate number of facial expressions dogs can make: 100.
  • Our galaxy has approximately 250 billion stars.
  • The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
  • There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.
  • There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.
  • You need approximately 2,000 berries to make one pound of coffee.
  • There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.
  • Average length of a coat hanger when straightened: 44 inches.
  • Average number of hummingbirds required to create the weight of 1 ounce: 18.
  • Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day, more than any other mammal.
  • Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.
  • On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
  • The ashes of the average cremated person weigh 9 pounds.
  • The average chicken lays about 260 eggs a year.
  • The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

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