Did You Know

• Did you know11% of people are left handed
• Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
• Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
• Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
• Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
• Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain
• Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales
• Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
• Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
• Did you know8% of people have an extra rib
• Did you know85% of plant life is found in the ocean
• Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
• Did you know rabbits like lico rice
• Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
• Did you know' Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
• Did you know a lobsters blood is color less but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
• Did you know a rmadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
• Did you know reindeer like bananas
• Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
• Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q
Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same
Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city
Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron
Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about
Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
Did you knowTennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
Did you knowstewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
Did you knowthere is no such thing as a naturally blue food
Did you knowhoney is the only natural food which never goes off
Did you knowM&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
Did you knowthat you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
Did you knowthe only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
Did you knowthe longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
Did you knowabout 90% of the worlds population kisses
Did you knowCoca-Cola originally contained cocaine
Did you knowin every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman
Did you knowthe Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
Did you knowsound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air
Did you knowtoilets use 35% of indoor water use
Did you knowthe fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
Did you knowKoalas sleep around 18 hours a day
Did you knowthe average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)
Did you knowthe first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
Did you knowall insects have 6 legs
Did you knowthat 90% of an iceberg sits under water
Did you knowthe croissant was invented in Austria
Did you knowIn eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
Did you knowAfrican Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
Did you knowa giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
Did you knowAustralia was originally called New Holland
Did you know'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
Did you knowthe sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet
Did you knowthe Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs
Did you knowall the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
Did you knowyour foot has 26 bones in it
Did you knowthe average human brain contains around 78% water
Did you knowyour brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe
Did you know1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
Did you knowif you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
Did you knowsponges hold more cold water than hot
Did you knowlightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle
Did you know elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
Did you knowit's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
Did you knowfrogs can't swallow with their eyes open
Did you knowelephants are the only mammal that can't jump
Did you knowa 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
Did you knowyour tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
Did you knowa 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second
Did you knowon your birthday you share it with 9 million others
Did you know1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
Did you knowa 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
Did you knowyou burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
Did you knowfrogs don�t drink (they absorb water through their skin)
Did you knowat birth dalmations are always white
Did you knowhummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
Did you knowa duck can't walk without bobbing its head
Did you knowa hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
Did you knowdragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
Did you knowa crocodile can't move its tongue
Did you knowa strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside
Did you knowthat the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
Did you knowin 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
• Did you knowpop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
• Did you knowan average person will spend 25 years asleep
• Did you knowhippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
• Did you knowan elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
• Did you knowthe Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
• Did you knowbats always turn left when exiting a cave
• Did you knowthe most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
• Did you knowthe word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
• Did you knowcrocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
• Did you knowreindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
• Did you knowyour skin is the largest organ making up the human body
• Did you knowcows don't have upper front teeth
• Did you knoweveryday is a holiday somewhere in the world
• Did you knowthe coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
• Did you knowfrench fries are originally from Belgium
• Did you knowenamel is the hardest substance in your body
• Did you knowthere are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
• Did you knowthere are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
• Did you knowin a deck of cards the king of harts is the only king without a moustache
• Did you knowblack on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact
• Did you knowthe safest car color is white
• Did you knowthe most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
• Did you knowCoca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
• Did you knowapples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
• Did you knowroom temperature is defined as between 20 to 25�C (68 to 77�F)
• Did you knowan octopus pupil is rectangular
• Did you knowthe hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
• Did you knowthe Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
• Did you knowthe movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries
• Did you knowthere are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
• Did you knowthe oldest word in the English language is 'town'
• Did you knowcats can't move their jaw sideways
• Did you knowgrapes explode when you put them in the microwave
• Did you knowits physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
• Did you knowyour most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
• Did you know'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
• Did you knowVenetian blinds were invented in Japan
• Did you knowthe average golf ball has 336 dimples
• Did you knowthe word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
• Did you knowthe movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks