Did You Know
#1
Posted 19 July 2010 - 10:49 AM
Well the idea is, I start of with what I have found and you add.
Did you know:
..........Swimming a quarter of a kilometer is almost equal to running one kilometer.
...........Most newborns cry without tears until they are three to six weeks old.
...........The scales on the underside of a snake are called scutes.
...........The bull frog is the only animal that never sleeps
...........to survive birds must eat at least half their weight in food each day
...........When glass breaks the cracks move faster than 5000km an hour.
..........A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm.
.........Facial hair is the fastest growing hair in the body.
..........Galieo died in 1642 - the year of Issac Newtons birth
.........The bra was invented and patented by Mary Phelps Jacob.
..........Nevada and Canberra are varieties of cauliflower.
So what do you know
#2
Posted 19 July 2010 - 08:59 PM
A helpfully handy number to memorise for science tests and pub quizzes
And I'm going to guess didyouknow.org as your source. (Hiding the website title in plain sight...
#3
Posted 19 July 2010 - 11:26 PM
I'll update as more spring to mind - bet you can't wait!!!
#4
Posted 20 July 2010 - 09:47 AM
Can't wait for your pearls of random knowledge Martin !!
Di you know It takes a week to make jelly beans.
#5
Posted 20 July 2010 - 12:23 PM
emmaree, on 20 July 2010 - 09:47 AM, said:
More guesses:
Was it 'Are you smarter then a 5th grader' or from food/ drink packaging?
#6
Posted 21 July 2010 - 08:28 PM
Kik, on 20 July 2010 - 12:23 PM, said:
Was it 'Are you smarter then a 5th grader' or from food/ drink packaging?
-Jonah (Michael Rady) / Melrose Place (2009)
-story written by Caprice Crane
#8
Posted 26 July 2010 - 09:31 PM
emmaree, on 23 July 2010 - 08:38 AM, said:
Did you know there are more people in the world who eat alligators than there are alligators that eat people...
#9
Posted 26 July 2010 - 10:36 PM
More amazing facts to come...
#10
Posted 27 July 2010 - 11:14 AM
The working title for The Beatles song Yesterday was Scrambled Eggs
Wes Craven based Freddy Krugar on a guy who scared him as a child
Potato chips were invented after a person in a restaurant asked for really thin slices of potato that would be crunchy to eat
The band Motorhead was originally named Bastard (sorry for language!!)
Nintendo used to run hotels in Japan
The brain has a high content of fat
You can create carbon dioxide foam by mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar
Ever time you kiss someone/something you lose a fraction of skin from your lips
The PlayStation console came about after a collaboration between Sony and Nintendo went sour
In the Terminator, when you "see" through his eyes, the characters scrolling down the side are 6052 machine code.
No source in particular for any of these facts, just things I have gleaned here and there...and prolly have some more for you soon.
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." -Steven Wright
#11
Posted 27 July 2010 - 08:31 PM
#12
Posted 27 July 2010 - 08:47 PM
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." -Steven Wright
#13
Posted 28 July 2010 - 07:27 AM
#14
Posted 01 August 2010 - 04:57 PM
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." -Steven Wright
#15
Posted 02 August 2010 - 04:53 AM
did you know
The cashew nut belongs to the poison Ivy family!!!
If the stomach did not store food people would have to eat every 20 minutes.
#16
Posted 03 August 2010 - 10:23 PM
Did you know that:
A peanut isn't actually a nut?
A tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable?
#17
Posted 04 August 2010 - 05:37 AM
the cheetah is the only animal that can't retract its paws.
In ancient times Rome,oysters were so highly priced that they were worth their weight in gold
#18
Posted 09 August 2010 - 10:43 PM
#19
Posted 12 August 2010 - 06:01 AM
yeah oysters are fairly common here in Sydney.. I wouldn't eat anything that came out of the N,York harbor now,, lol No matter how prized.
#20
Posted 30 August 2010 - 08:13 AM
source. www.bbc.co.uk/bodies
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