- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
- The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.
- Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
- The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds
- The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year.
- The kings in a deck of cards represent kings from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
- Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the color purple.
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac.
- Turtles can breathe through their butts.
- If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
- Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange.
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
- Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
15 INTERESTING FACTS
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