Some interesting facts !!

October 13th, 2007

Hey Friends, it’s a weekend!!

It’s time for some interesting facts!!!

20 Most interesting facts from the net.
Let me know whether you knew it??

1. The Statue of Liberty’s index finger is eight feet long

2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile

3. A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.

4. A boeing 747’s wing span is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.(the Wright brother’s invented the airplane)

5. The word “set” has the most number of definitions in the English
language;192

6. Sharks can live up to 100 years

7. Mosquitos are more attracted to the colour blue than any other colour.

8. Kangaroos can’t walk backwards

9. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. everyday.

10. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.

11. Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency

12. There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human

13. Octopus have three hearts

14. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands

15. Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is
born.

16. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa

17. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!

18. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours

19. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce

20. Bone is five times stronger than steel.

Regards
Tushar

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