INTERESTING FACTS

ashay (CA Final Student) (782 Points)

24 March 2011  

 

  1. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
  2. Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.
  3. Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.
  4. Every person has a unique tongue print.
  5. Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.
  6. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
  7. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
  8. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
  9. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
  10. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.
  11. Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.
  12. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
  13. Goethe couldn't stand the sound of barking dogs and could only write if he had an apple rotting in the drawer of his desk.
  14. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
  15. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
  16. Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
  17. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
  18. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
  19. Hydroxydesoxycorticosterone and hydroxydeoxycorticosterones are the largest anagrams.
  20. Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.