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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Remarkable Facts

Remarkable Facts



•Living US presidents cannot be featured on US currency.


•The only mammals that cannot jump are elephants.


•Symbolics.com is the first ever internet domain registered in 1985.


•A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of raw potatoes.


•Cats have over 100 vocal sounds whereas dogs have about 10.


•Lima beans contain cyanide.


•The people in Bali only have one of four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut


•Frogs use their eyes to help them eat their food.


•Some in Japan bath in coffee grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp to improve their skin and reduce wrinkles.


•Human eye can detect 10 million colors.


•A snail can sleep for three years


•Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.


•February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.


•Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states.


•There are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt.


•The length of your thumb and nose is same.


•The state official motto of Alaska is " North to the Future".


•The most popular pets in the United States are cats.


•Twitchers are the [eople who chase after rare birds.


•The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."


•Butterflies smell with their feet.


•Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.


•Pigs can't look up in the sky and Horses can't vomit.


•In Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.





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