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More Interesting Facts

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:21:07 GMT

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Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Slugs have 4 noses.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

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Amazing but true Facts

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:57:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.topfive.com

In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.

The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.

Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.

Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.

Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.

The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.

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Whatever happened to? Part 2

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:25:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.amusingfacts.com

Larry Hagman (Dallas)
Lee Majors (The Fall Guy)
Linda Hamilton (Terminator)
Lisa Whelchel (The Facts of Life)
Lou Ferrigno (Incredible Hulk)
Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)

M.C. Hammer (Can't Touch This)
Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone)
Malcolm Jamal Warner (Cosby Show)
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker)
Mayim Bialik (Blossom)
Melanie Griffith
Men At Work
Molly Ringwald (Breakfast Club)
Mr. T (A-Team)

Nancy Mckeon (The Facts of Life)

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Pam Dawber (Mork and Mindy)
Patrick Swayze
Paula Abdul (Rush Rush)
Pauly Shore (Encino Man)

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Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid)
Richard Marx
Richard Moll (Bull on Night Court)
Rick Astley (Together Forever)
Rick Moranis? (Honey I Shrunk The Kids)

Sheena Easton
Sinead O'Conner
Steven Seagal

Tina Yothers (Family Ties)
Tom Wopat (Luke Duke)
Tony Danza

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Vanilla Ice

Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: TNG)
Woody Harrelson (Cheers)

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Facts about sleep you probably didn't know...

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:36:57 GMT

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Clip Source: abc.net.au

Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you're sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you're still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.

- It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.

The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.

A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year

One of the best predictors of insomnia later in life is the development of bad habits from having sleep disturbed by young children.

REM sleep occurs in bursts totalling about 2 hours a night, usually beginning about 90 minutes after falling asleep.

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Did you know: Penguins cannot convert salt water into fresh water? And other interesting facts...

Tue, 29 May 2007 23:06:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.davesdaily.com

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.

The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.

Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

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Interesting Agriculture Facts

Tue, 29 May 2007 18:48:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nationmaster.com

Agriculture

People might eat oats when they're hungry, but people from Hungary don't eat oats.

What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.

Iceland has far more tractors per 1000 hectares of cropland than any other nation - more than twice that of the next highest country, Slovenia.

Costa Rica leads the world in per capita banana, melon and pineapple exports to the USA. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in pesticide use.

The United States, India and China account for a third of all arable and permanent cropland in the world.

China is the textile mill of the world: it leads in cotton production, but also in cotton imports.

Australia accounts for more organic cropland than the next 36 countries combined.

Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe, and the world's largest producer of barley and total coarse grain per gdp.

Tags: agriculture, oats, apples, bananas, melons, cotton, tractors

14 Interesting facts...

Tue, 29 May 2007 01:02:32 GMT

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Clip Source: www.davesdaily.com

1. California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.

2. Kangaroos can not walk backwards.

3. 'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

4. According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place!

5. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.

6. Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

7. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!

8. Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.

9. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

10. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.

11. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

12. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

13. Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

14. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with Vaseline.

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Facts about Google and Yahoo

Mon, 28 May 2007 19:01:25 GMT

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What Is Google?

Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it's name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.

What Is Yahoo!?

Yahoo the complex internet organism has complicated name. Word "Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.

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Myspace Facts

Mon, 28 May 2007 18:33:40 GMT

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Myspace Facts

MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson in 2003. They saw opportunity to beat Friendster with more options and less restrictions for social network users. MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations. MySpace has more than 40 billion page views a month. Google paid $900 million to be MySpace's search provider. MySpace runs on Microsoft .NET Framework, operating under Windows 2003 server and applications written in C# for ASP.NET.

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Antarctica is a Cool Place

Mon, 14 May 2007 14:31:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.coolantarctica.com

Composite image of Antarctica and southern hemisphere at night showing lights from major cities on South America (top left), Africa (top right) and Australia / New Zealand (bottom right). The earth could never be viewed in this way as in reality one half of this view would be in daylight and the other in darkness.

Maybe you've been to Antarctica on a cruise or to work and want to reminisce

Perhaps you haven't been but would love to travel to the Antarctic

Possibly you have no intention of going, but just think Antarctica is a cool place

If you like pictures - we've got stacks of pictures of Antarctica and photographic advice

You may have homework to do so you need facts about Antarctica or its animals

Maybe you're planning an Antarctic cruise or vacation. Find out what you will see, where you'll go and what you need to take in the Antarctica travel guide

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