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?:)
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