* 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 it's brain
* Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales
* Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
* 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 12 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 least used letter in the alphabet is Q
* Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
* Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
* Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
* Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
* Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same
* 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 the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
* 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 Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
* Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
* Did you know there is no such thing as a naturally blue food
* Did you know honey is the only natural food which never goes off
* 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 in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman
* Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
* Did you know sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air
* 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 average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)
* 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 that 90% of an iceberg sits under water
* 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 your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe
* 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 a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second
* 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 drink (they absorb water 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 duck can't walk without bobbing its head
* 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 a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside
* 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 bats always turn left when exiting a cave
* 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 enamel is the hardest substance in your body
* Did you know there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
* Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
* Did you know in a deck of cards the king of harts 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 25°C (68 to 77°F)
* 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 its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
* Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
* Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
* Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
* 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
* Did you know Monopoly is the most played board game in the world
* Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by women
* Did you know 42% of men and women 25% don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet
* Did you know if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
* Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
* Did you know the only animals that purr are cats
* Did you know a cats urine glows under a blacklight
* Did you know white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
* Did you know cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees
* Did you know small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds
* Did you know domestic cats dislike citrus scents
* Did you know cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
* Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
* Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
* Did you know paper originated from China
* Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
* Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
* Did you know the film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors
* Did you know all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20
* Did you know instant coffee was invented in 1901
* Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold
* Did you know rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population
* Did you know Pearls melt in vinegar
* Did you know a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don’t)
* Did you know there is no butter in buttermilk
* Did you know giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels
* Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
* Did you know the electric chair was invented by a dentist
* Did you know your more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
* Did you know a crocodile can't stick out its tongue
* Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated
* Did you know women blink twice as much as men
* Did you know ostriches don't bury their heads in sand
* Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
* Did you know Scotland has the most redheads
* Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells
* Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
* Did you know hummingbirds can't walk
* Did you know wind doesn’t make a sound until it blows against an object
* Did you know the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953
* Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
* Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
* Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
* Did you know Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora
* Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
* Did you know every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered
* Did you know the word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter
* Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
* Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard
* Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards
* Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
* Did you know almonds are members of the peach family
* Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
* Did you know duck eggs are the largest eggs in the world
* Did you know owls can't move their eyes from side to side
* Did you know flamingos can bend their knees backwards
* Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday
* Did you know gold never erodes
* Did you know scorpions glow under ultra violet light
* Did you know when water freezes it expans by 9%
* Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning
* Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length
* Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance
* Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
* Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
* Did you know Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
* Did you know there is no sound in space
* Did you know Mars appears red because it's covered in rust
* Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands
* Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913
* Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees
* Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year
* Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times
* Did you know the opposite sides of a dice always adds up to 7
* Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System
* Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
* Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939
* Did you know Porsche also builds tractors
* Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
* Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door
* Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast
* Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms
* Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands
* Did you know New York was the first capital of the United States
* Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
* Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee
* Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
* Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night
* Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
* Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
* Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
* Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks
* Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular
* Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second
* Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products
* Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day
* Did you know female lions complete 90% of the hunting in their herd
* Did you know the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
* Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair
* Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards
* Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
* Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television
* Did you know the word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
* Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand
* Did you know there are more chickens than people
* Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects
* Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites
* Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
* Did you know emus can't walk backwards
* Did you know the Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets
* Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
* Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831
* Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
* Did you know the oldest known vegetable is the pea
* Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays
* Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year
* Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
* Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
* Did you know Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old
* Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically
* Did you know the word 'rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel
* Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
* Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god
* Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th
* Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
* Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes
* Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day
* Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific
* Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day
* Did you know your head contains 22 bones
* Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
* Did you know you breathe 23,000 times a day
* Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
* Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print
* Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water
* Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes
* Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
* Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days
* Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)
* Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua
* Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)
* Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
* Did you know sharks are immune to all known diseases
* Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba
* Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth
* Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755
* Did you know during a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6°C (20°F)
* Did you know the rarest type of diamond is green
* Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
* Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
* Did you know the first city to reach 1 million was London
* Did you know men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women
* Did you know Tokyo was once known as Edo
* Did you know women make up 49% of the worlds population
* Did you know wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
* Did you know the tea bag was invented in 1908
* Did you know carrots contain 0% fat
* Did you know 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year
* Did you know plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
* Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788
* Did you know the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
* Did you know DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data
* Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
* Did you know hot water freezes quicker than cold water
* Did you know sound travels 3 times faster through water than in air
* Did you know the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches
* Did you know soccer is the most followed sport
* id you know volleyball was invented in 1895
* Did you know that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
* Did you know the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
* Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
* Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
* Did you know it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
* Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye
* Did you know a banana contains 75% water
* Did you know 13 people die every year from vending machines
* Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
* Did you know your liver has over 500 functions
* Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
* Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
* Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
* Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
* Did you know a flea can jump 350 times its body length
* Did you know cucumbers are 96% water.
* Did you know a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
* Did you know a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
* Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
* Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
* Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans
* Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
* Did you know horses sleep standing up
* Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water
* Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly
* Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
* Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
* Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years
* Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur
* Did you know crocodiles are colour blind
* Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
* Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
* Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water
* Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards.
* Did you know whales can't swim backwards
* Did you know camels are born without humps
* Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
* Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes
* Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food
* Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
* Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined
* Did you know giraffes can't swim
* Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
* Did you know an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
* Did you know bull's can run faster uphill than down
* Did you know a shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
* Did you know a moth has no stomach
* Did you know grasshoppers have white blood
* Did you know it takes 4 hours to hardboil an ostrich egg
* Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
* Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined
* Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
* Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
* Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
* Did you know Yugoslavia is bordered by 7 other countries
* Did you know 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.)
* Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
* Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
* Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
* Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
* Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
* Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
* Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
* Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
* Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
* Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
* Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
* Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
* Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
* Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
* Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
* Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'
* Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday
* Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
* Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb
* Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
* Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
* Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
* Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards
* Did you know when recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain
* Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
* Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
* Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day
* Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women
* Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
* Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
* Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining
* Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
* Did you know your normal body temperature is 37°C (99°F)
* Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
* Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
* Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
* Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
* Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
* Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
* Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888
* Did you know minus 40°C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40°F
* Did you know cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949
* Did you know to crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound
* Did you know there is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world
* Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
* Did you know the lie detector was invented in 1921
* Did you know the world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years
* Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886
* Did you know red light has the highest wavelength
* Did you know paper money was first used in China
* Did you know according to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes
* Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
* Did you know light is electro magnetic radiation
* Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
* Did you know gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur
* Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords
* Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day
* Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
* Did you know Kiwi birds are blind
* Did you know armadillos can walk underwater
* Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
* Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
* Did you know roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks
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