- 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.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Remarkable Facts
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