Sep 30

A list of random fun facts that you guys should feel free to add to.

  1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
  2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
  3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
  5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
  6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
  7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
  8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
  9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
  10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
  11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
  12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
  13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
  14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
  15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
  16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
  17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
  18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
  19. The kilt originated in France.
  20. El Paso, Texas is the largest city without a major sports team.
  21. In a 1936 ping pong tournament, the players volleyed for more than two hours on the opening serve.
  22. Alaska by itself has as much coastline as the rest of the U.S.
  23. If you work nights, you are almost twice as likely to have an accident than if you work days.
  24. A cubic foot of gold weighs more than half a ton.
  25. Monaco and Vatican City are both smaller than New York’s Central Park.
  26. The geodesic dome is the only structure that becomes stronger as it increases in size.
  27. A plane uses less fuel the higher it flies.
  28. It was noted in King George III of England’s diary on July 4, 1776 that “Nothing of importance happened today.”
  29. Disney world is twice the size of Manhattan.
  30. A typical supermarket displays more than 25,000 items.
  31. A third of the Earth’s land surface can be classified as desert.
  32. The seed cones of the cycad tree can weigh up to 90 pounds.
  33. Deion Sanders is the only man to play in the World Series and the Super Bowl.
  34. Floods cause more death and destruction in the U.S. than any other natural disaster.
  35. Las Vegas, Nevada is the brightest city when seen from space.Lightning bolts are only about two inches wide.
  36. The most popular reason for not voting in elections, according to the U.S. Census, was “Too busy.”( This is one fact that i hope doesn’t apply to this year’s election)
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