Weird Facts #5

Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913.

A scallop has 35 blue eyes.

The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.

The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.

Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.

The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.

Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.

An Oscar weighs seven pounds.

It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep.

Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer.

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.

The average person has over 1, 460 dreams a year.

Lightning strikes about 6, 000 times per minute on this planet.

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.

America once issued a 5-cent bill.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

You blink about 84, 000, 000 times a year.

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.

Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.

The sun is 330, 330 times larger than the earth.

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used.

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed?

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women.

Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.

Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow.

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight.

After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!

When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head.

Posted: 2:51 p.m. EST June 30, 2006 by me ts