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The Weirdest Facts

While I was looking for a post for our blog,I came across with one article about the weirdest facts in the world.I always share with you stories,but this time I decided to share some facts.Maybe you have already heard or read some of them,but I hope you will like them.

~Butterflies taste with their feet.
~A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
~In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
~On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
~On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
~Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
~Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
~It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
~Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
~The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the  books that would occupy the building.
~A snail can sleep for three years.
~No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

~Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
~The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
~All polar bears are left handed.
~An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
~TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
~A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

~"Go."   is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
~If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
~The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
~Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

The fact about hurricane surprised me most of all.It proves that Mother Earth is much stronger than mankind:)

So,which one did YOU like most?:)

 



Category: Writer's BLOG III | Added by: LG (20-Nov-2011)
Views: 714 | Comments: 12 | Rating: 5.0/6
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12 Vladimiroglu  
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"A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why" even ducks lol

11 Ebulfez  
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weird unusual ))thank you for sharing biggrin

10 IBRACADABRA  
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some of them are weird ))

9 OrXaN  
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'Butterflies taste with their feet' biggrin biggrin biggrin How interesting and strange facts they are :)))) Thanks for sharing smile

8 Toghrul  
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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why-It drew my attention more.Really what is the reason for that?I think thst certainly ,scholars have examined that.I am interested in results

7 OS  
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"An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain."

Again animals keep amaze us

6 OS  
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Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. I am very sorry for them sad

5 fkhanlarzade  
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Thank you for sharing these interesting facts with us.
Nearly most of them sounded new to me and I was somehow surprised at some points. happy good job! hands

4 Iskandar  
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"On average, people fear spiders more than they do death". They are really stupid not because they fear spiders, because they fear death less. facepalm

3 Rugiya  
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Interesting)) Unusual))

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