Did You Know

1 -> 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros

2 -> 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)

3 -> 11% of people are left handed

4 -> 42% of men and women 25% don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet

5 -> 8% of people have an extra rib

6 -> 85% of plant life is found in the ocean

7 -> 96% of candles sold are purchased by women

8 -> a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories

9 -> a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet

10 -> a bear has 42 teeth

11 -> a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

12 -> a cats urine glows under a blacklight

13 -> a crocodile can't move its tongue

14 -> a crocodile can't stick out its tongue

15 -> a duck can't walk without bobbing its head

16 -> a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue

17 -> a group of frogs is called an army

18 -> a group of geese is called a gaggle

19 -> a group of kangaroos is called a mob

20 -> a group of owls is called a parliament

21 -> a group of rhinos is called a crash

22 -> a group of whales is called a pod

23 -> a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don’t)

24 -> a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute

25 -> a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second

26 -> a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

27 -> a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

28 -> about 90% of the worlds population kisses

29 -> African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words

30 -> all insects have 6 legs

31 -> all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20

32 -> all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

33 -> an average person will spend 25 years asleep

34 -> an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature

35 -> an octopus pupil is rectangular

36 -> an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain

37 -> apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee

38 -> armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex

39 -> at birth dalmations are always white

40 -> August has the highest percentage of births

41 -> Australia was originally called New Holland

42 -> Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora

43 -> bats always turn left when exiting a cave

44 -> Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13

45 -> birds need gravity to swallow

46 -> black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact

47 -> Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters

48 -> Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador

49 -> Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent

50 -> Brazil is named after a tree

51 -> camel's milk doesn't curdle

52 -> cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length

53 -> cats can't move their jaw sideways

54 -> cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees

55 -> cats have over 100 vocal chords

56 -> cats spend 66% of their life asleep

57 -> China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys

58 -> Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961

59 -> Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

60 -> cows don't have upper front teeth

61 -> crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure

62 -> domestic cats dislike citrus scents

63 -> dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk

64 -> dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

65 -> each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

66 -> elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

67 -> elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period

68 -> Elvis's middle name was Aron

69 -> enamel is the hardest substance in your body

70 -> every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered

71 -> everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world

72 -> fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill

73 -> french fries are originally from Belgium

74 -> frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

75 -> frogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin)

76 -> giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels

77 -> goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light

78 -> grapes explode when you put them in the microwave

79 -> Hilton was the first international hotel chain

80 -> hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal

81 -> honey is the only natural food which never goes off

82 -> household dust is made of dead skin cells

83 -> hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

84 -> hummingbirds can't walk

85 -> if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050

86 -> if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court

87 -> if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same

88 -> in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names

89 -> in a deck of cards the king of harts is the only king without a moustache

90 -> In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas

91 -> in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman

92 -> India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)

93 -> India is home to over 200 million cows

94 -> instant coffee was invented in 1901

95 -> its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky

96 -> it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down

97 -> Jamaica has 120 rivers

98 -> Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

99 -> lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

100 -> lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute

101 -> Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia

102 -> M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

103 -> macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs

104 -> money is the number one thing that couples argue about

105 -> Monopoly is the most played board game in the world

106 -> most lipsticks contain fish scales

107 -> no two corn flakes look the same

108 -> on your birthday you share it with 9 million others

109 -> only female mosquitoes bite

110 -> ostriches don't bury their heads in sand

111 -> paper originated from China

112 -> Pearls melt in vinegar

113 -> Perth is Australia's windiest city

114 -> pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians

115 -> rabbits like licorice

116 -> Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

117 -> reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube

118 -> reindeer like bananas

119 -> rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population

120 -> room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25°C (68 to 77°F)

121 -> rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated

122 -> Scotland has the most redheads

123 -> skiing is the only word with double i

124 -> small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds

125 -> sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air

126 -> spiders are arachnids and not insects

127 -> sponges hold more cold water than hot

128 -> stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

129 -> Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

130 -> Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US

131 -> that 90% of an iceberg sits under water

132 -> that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles

133 -> that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

134 -> the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

135 -> the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply

136 -> the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world

137 -> the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service

138 -> the average golf ball has 336 dimples

139 -> the average human brain contains around 78% water

140 -> the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

141 -> the average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)

142 -> the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland

143 -> the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity

144 -> the croissant was invented in Austria

145 -> the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle

146 -> the electric chair was invented by a dentist

147 -> the film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors

148 -> the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954

149 -> the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON

150 -> the first sailing boats were built in Egypt

151 -> the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color

152 -> the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco

153 -> the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

154 -> The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)

155 -> the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

156 -> the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold

157 -> the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other

158 -> the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense

159 -> the least used letter in the alphabet is Q

160 -> the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

161 -> the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

162 -> the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression

163 -> the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush

164 -> the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

165 -> the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries

166 -> the movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks

167 -> the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter

168 -> the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953

169 -> the oldest word in the English language is 'town'

170 -> the only animals that purr are cats

171 -> the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

172 -> the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'

173 -> the safest car color is white

174 -> the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet

175 -> the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

176 -> the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble

177 -> the wheelbarrow is invented in China

178 -> the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'

179 -> the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel

180 -> there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo

181 -> there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year

182 -> there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)

183 -> there is no butter in buttermilk

184 -> there is no such thing as a naturally blue food

185 -> toilets use 35% of indoor water use

186 -> Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy

187 -> tree hugging is forbidden in china

188 -> unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it

189 -> Venetian blinds were invented in Japan

190 -> when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)

191 -> white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf

192 -> wind doesn’t make a sound until it blows against an object

193 -> women blink twice as much as men

194 -> you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

195 -> your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe

196 -> your foot has 26 bones in it

197 -> your more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider

198 -> your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)

199 -> your skin is the largest organ making up the human body

200 -> your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body