Most Interesting Facts In The World
- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
- China has more English speakers than the United States.
- The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
- A polar bear’s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
- Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is
why Elvis’ middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world?
- When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had
segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and
whites.
- The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
- On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
- The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
- “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
- You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.
- Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
- Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
- You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
- There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
- Cat’s urine glows under a black light.
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