Amazing Facts 06

Amazing Facts 06

 In Greece, the climate is so warm that many of the cinemas do not even have roofs

The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater."

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill

An armadillo can walk under water

There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars

The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all 

members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased

The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word "adamas," which means "unconquerable."

On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day

For the movie "Tootsie" actor Dustin Hoffman thought of the title. His mother used to call him that as a child

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia

The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building

The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897

There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult

To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed

The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second

In the summer of 1858, the smell of the sewage in the Thames River in London was so bad that the Members of Parliament had to leave from the chamber of the House of Commons. This was a result of two million people dumping all their sewage into the river

One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old

The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark

There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas

An average person laughs about 15 times a day

The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors

The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk or cafe au lait on cereal for breakfast

Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon

Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers

Eating dandelions can make you urinate more

Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.

The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair

At the White House, president John Adams was said to be the first to display fireworks there

About 10% of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur in the USA every year are classified as severe.

Sylvia Plath was a famous poet who killed herself at age thirty-one by sticking her head into a gas oven

A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature

A rabbit is not able to vomit

The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose

Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the Niagara River

The world's first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.