Monday, November 15, 2010

Interesting and Must know Facts...

  • Kangaroos cannot walk backwards. 
  • 'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia. 
  •  According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place! 
  •  Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life. 
  •  Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes. 
  •  The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking. 
  •  When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt. 
  •  Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 
  •  Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water. 
  •  In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined! 
  •  There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world. 
  •  Avocados have more protein than any other fruit. 
  •  The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts. 
  •  Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. 
  •  A single cocoon can produce 1,000 ft silk and to make a silk-made tie 100 cocoons are used.
  •  A commercial plane can fly at the altitude of maximum 35,000ft and a bird can fly at the altitude of 37,000ft.
  •  Lightning is a very powerful source of energy and a single lightning can light up the bulb for 3 months.
  •  An eye blinking is a complicated process and a human eye blinks 4.2 million times in a year.
  •  Around 90% of people will be able to see International Space Station from earth with their naked eye when it will be completed.
  • Is kissing good for your health? Apparently so, the extra saliva that is exchanged reduces decay of teeth by keeping your mouths clean.
  • Do you know of any other uses of condom? They were used by soldiers in World War II to cover the rifle barrels to prevent its damage when they swam to shore. Today they are used to protect Ultrasound probes to image the prostate of men through the rectum.
  •  The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world.
  •  The world has approximately one billion cattle, of which about 200 million belong to India. 
  •  The life of a housefly is only 14 days. 
  •  A dog was the first animal to up in space. 
  • Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people. 
  • The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h. 
  •  There are presently over a million animal species upon planet earth. 
  •  You Can Survive Without Food But Not Without Sleep
  • Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram, is the largest complex of prisons in South Asia.

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