Interesting facts 2

Part 1 When a male penguin falls in love with female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her. New Zealand will deny people residency visa’s if they are too high of a BMI and there are cases where people have been rejected because of their weight. Whenever a pregnant women suffers from organ damage like heart attack, the fetus sends stem cells to the organ helping it to repair. It is illegal to climb trees in Oshawa, a town in Ontario, Canada. Brown eyes are blue underneath, and you can actually get a surgery to turn brown eyes blue. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red. A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the sun. When a person cries and the first drop of tears come from the right eye, its happiness. If it from left eye, it’s pain. Only 2% of Earth population naturally has green eyes. Having bridesmaids in a wedding wasn’t originally for moral support. They were intended to confuse evil spirits or those who wished to harm the bride.

By Husanboy Bayern

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When a male penguin falls in love with female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her

New Zealand will deny people residency visa’s if they are too high of

a BMI and there are cases where people have been rejected because of their weight

Whenever a pregnant women suffers from organ damage like heart attack, the fetus sends stem cells to the organ helping it to repair

It is illegal to climb trees in Oshawa, a town in Ontario, Canada

Brown eyes are blue underneath, and you can actually get a surgery to turn brown eyes blue

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red

A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the sun

When a person cries and the first drop of tears come from the right eye, its happiness If it from left eye, it’s pain

Only 2% of Earth population naturally has green eyes

Having bridesmaids in a wedding wasn’t originally for moral support They were intended to confuse evil spirits or those who wished to harm the bride

Crying makes you feel better, reduces stress, and may help to keep the body healthy

Mount Everest is pronounced as Eve-rest, not Everest, as it is named after George Everest

All pandas in the world are on loan from China

When howling together, no two wolves will howl on the same note,

instead, they harmonize to create the illusion that there are more of them than there actually are

Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents

India’s “Go Air” airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel

At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of

Dolphins recognize and admire themselves in mirrors

After working out, it takes 5 hours for your body temperature to

return to normal

Children have more taste buds than adults

The eye makes movements 50 times every second

An ant’s sense of smell is stronger than a dog’s

A day on Venus lasts longer than a year, it is 243 Earth days

A snail breathes through its foot

Polar bear fur is transparent, not white

Cat kidneys are so efficient they can rehydrate by drinking seawater

During a car crash, 40 % of drivers never even hit the brakes

When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less

Sitting straight up is bad for your back You should slough at an angle of 135 degrees

Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass

Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges

Banana milkshake is the perfect cure for hangover

90% of U.S media (TV, news, radio) is owned by 6 companies

Goldfish don’t have stomachs

Melting ice and icebergs make frizzing noise called “bergy selter”

Some tumors can grow hair, bones and teeth

Taking a quick nap after learning can help strengthen your memory

Having friends from other cultures makes you more creative, studies have found

Cherries can cause cancer cells to kill themselves

Cracking knuckles does not hurt your bones or cause arthritis, the sound you hear is gas bubbles bursting

Shark pregnancies last up to 4 years

A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon

Smiling actually boosts your immune system

Dogs and elephants are the only animals that understand pointing

The main exporter of Brazil nuts is not Brazil It’s Bolivia

A single tree can absorb more than 10 pounds of CO2 each year

Amazon River once flowed in the opposite direction, from east to west

Bald eagles are so named because balde is an old English word meaning white

The Amazon River discharges 5 times as much water as any other river

on the planet

Mount Everest shrank one inch or 2.5 cm due to the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

Lemons are more acidic than vinegar

A koi fish named Hanoko lived for 225 years

Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles

Almost a third of the world’s languages are spoken only in Africa

The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet, more than half the length of a football field

Giraffe are already extinct in at least seven countries in Africa

In the U.S., if you find a bald eagle feather on the ground, you need

a permit to pick it up

The Mona Lisa had no eyebrows

The birthrate for twins has increased 76% since 1980

The word Anaconda originated from Tamil, ani-kondra meaning elephant killer

Air pollution in China increases snowfall in California

63 earths can fit inside Uranus

Tomatoes came from America and weren’t introduced in Italy until the 1540s

You can start a fire with ice

The first color photograph was taken in 1861

Coffee beans aren’t beans they are seed of coffee berries

New Zealand is part of Zelandie continent, of which, 93% is submerged

The oil in cashews helps prevent tooth decay

Newborn babies cannot cry tears for at least three weeks

The name for the space between eyebrows is “nasion”

The first president of Zimbabwe was president Banana

A pineapple is neither an apple nor a pine It is, in fact, a large berry

The sun evaporates about a trillion tons of water a day

Shrimp can only swim backwards

Mangoes are the most-consumed fruit in the world

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world

Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball

Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko

Antarctica is the only continent with no owls

In Germany, the shhh sound literally means hurry up

Dogs can make about 10 sounds, while cats make about 100

75% of people wash from top to bottom in the shower

Kangaroos can’t walk backwards

Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.

There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue

Grapes are the most popular fruit in the world

The original recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar

Africa is divided into more countries than any other continent

A cat’s lower jaw cannot move sideways

Holland is the only country with a national dog

On average, a laptop uses half as much energy as a desktop computer

Fish can drown

Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order

Jupiter spins so fast that there is a new sunrise nearly every 10 hours

Squirrels lose more than half of the nuts they hide

The human brain is about 80% water

There are about 1 million ants for every person in the world

Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp

Wrapping rubber bands around the ends of hangers can prevent clothes from slipping off

Your skull is made up of 29 different bones

An octopus has three hearts

Fish have eyelids

Gold has been discovered on every continent on earth

Gelatin is derived from collagen, a protein collected from animal skin

The giant panda is actually a bear

A jellyfish is approximately 95% water

Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when storing

Paper currency isn’t made of paper; it’s actually a blend of cotton and linen

A tiger’s night vision is six times better than a human’s

Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3

The word “crisp” starts at the back your mouth and ends at the front.

Every second, lightning strikes the ground 100 times

Every second, the sun is shooting one million tons of matter into space

Every second, 16 million tons of water evaporates from the Earth’s surface

Every second, a bee can flap its wings 11,000 times

Your age is the number of times you’ve orbited around the sun

It takes 53 gallons of water to produce a single egg

Sharks return to their own birthplace to give birth

Male and female brains are wired differently

Mushrooms create their own breeze

The largest living organism is a giant honey mushroom

Truffles are the most expensive food in the world

The brain treats rejection like physical pain

Another word for growling tummy sounds in “borborygmi”

Cows have distinct accents in their mooing, depending on where they are from

Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to explain why the sky is blue

The world consumes close to 2.25 billion cups of coffee every day

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels

France once controlled more than 8% of the world’s land

Some snakes survive for two years without a meal

A strawberry isn’t an actual berry, but a banana is

Some fish, like triggerfish, can swim backwards

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world

The Earth’s core is about as hot as the sun

A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry

Beavers have orange teeth

A newborn baby has one cup of blood in his body

The tongue is the only muscle in the body only connected at one end

People are more likely to make good decisions when they need to urinate

Someone needs blood every 2 seconds

Tree can die from old age

Turritopsis dohrnii, a jellyfish that reverts to an earlier stage in its development cycle in order to cheat death

Samsung means “three stars” in Korean

Outer space is only an hour drive away – if your car could drive straight up

88% of New Year’s resolutions fail

Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles

Lemons ripen after you pick them, but oranges do not

Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area

The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue

Of all the trees in Australia, 75% are eucalyptus

Bamboo, the world’s tallest grass, can grow up to 90 cm in a day

The domain GoogleSucks.com is owned by Google

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts

Male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress females

There is no substitute for human blood

Your heart rate slows when your face touches water; it’s called the mammalian dive reflex

There’s actually a blind spot in your vision, but your brain fills it

in

You have never seen your face, only pictures and reflections

Coffee is most effective if consumed between 9:30 am and 11:30 am

Not bigger, but heavier lemons produce more juice

Sound waves can make objects levitate

Watermelons may improve athletic performance and curb the effects of muscle soreness

Human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors

Bananas are one of the few fruit that keep ripening after they’re picked, which is why they’re harvested green

Ear wax from whales keep record of ocean contaminants

You recall memories better with your eyes closed

People with blue eyes have a higher alcohol tolerance

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth

Humans can outrun nearly every other animal on planet over long

distances

The human brain takes in 11 million individuals pieces of information per second but is only cognizant of roughly 40

A handshake transfers more germs than a kiss

Seahorses don’t have stomachs Their intestines, which break down and absorb the nutrients from their food, serve its functions for them

Besides humans, elephants are the only animals that can be taught to stand on their head

Lifejackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for flotation

Unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it

A female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin

Human saliva contains a painkiller called “opiorphin” that is six times more powerful than morphine

If you Google ‘Zerg Rush’ Google will eat up the search results

During pregnancy woman’s brain shrinks and it takes up to six months

to regain its original size

Putting sugar on a cut or wound reduces pain and speed up the healing process

Loneliness weakens immunity, having family and friend’s increases immunity by 60%

Temperature can affect appetite A cold person is more likely to eat more food

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart

The smell of freshly cut grass is actually the scent that plants release when in distress

A lobster’s blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand

All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

Human brain is more active during sleep than during the day

85% of plant life is found in the ocean

Sponges hold more cold water than hot

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill

Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

A duck can’t walk without bobbing its head

A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon

A strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

An elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature

Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube

Your skin is the largest organ making up the human body

Cows don’t have upper front teeth

Black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact

Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee

Brazil is named after a tree

A hard boiled eggs spin

There is no butter in buttermilk

Flamingos can bend their knees backwards

Gold never erodes

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning

Mars appears red because it’s covered in rust

Diary cows give more milk when they listen to calming music It also relaxes the cows and decreases stress levels

The stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair

Oak trees don’t produce acorns until they are 50 years old

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific

Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)

Sharks are immune to all known diseases

Carrots contain 0% fat

Hot water freezes quicker than cold water

Your most active muscles are in your eye

Rain contains vitamin B12

Horses sleep standing up

Dogs sweat through the pads on their feet

Bananas grow pointing upwards

Crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper

Bulls can run faster uphill than down

A shark’s teeth are literally as hard as steel

Grasshoppers have white blood

Dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow

The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that it’s easier to float than sink

The most sung song is happy birthday

Crocodiles are color blind

When recognizing a person’s face you use the right side of your brain

Men have 10% more red blood cells than women

Kiwi birds are blind

The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers

The most common disease is tooth decay

Giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal

Your right lung takes in more air than your left

Sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest

Giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal

Shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females

Dim lights reduce your appetite

Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes

90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean

The first place in the world to allow women to vote is New Zealand

72% of people eavesdrop

The most popular toothbrush color is blue

53% of women don’t leave home without makeup on

‘Fan’ is short for ‘fanatic’

Jellyfish don’t have a brain

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man

Camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand

Sheep won’t drink from running water

A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm

There are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold