It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. (try it!)
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A shrimp's heart is in its head.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.
Some lipsticks contain fish scales.
Cat urine glows under a black-light.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard; Hunting and pecking doesn't count!).
A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.
The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "scraunched" and "strengthed." Some suggest that "squirreled" could be included, but squirrel is intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries. "Screeched" and "strengths" are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In many advertisem*nts, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
If that wasn't interesting enough, due to the nature of their open circulatory system, shrimp have no arteries so their organs just float around in blood!
If that wasn't interesting enough, due to the nature of their open circulatory system, shrimp have no arteries so their organs just float around in blood!
There are seven colors of the rainbow, seven chakras, seven days of the week, seven continents, and seven wonders of the world. The number seven is featured extensively in Christianity and other religions, along with the number seven forms the basis of Western musical scales.
The deepest place on Earth is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It's 36,201 feet (11,034m) deep. That's almost seven miles! The longest river in the world is the River Nile, clocking 6,853km in length.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
AB negative is the rarest blood type. On average, the human heart beats 100,000 times a day. The strongest muscle in the body is the jaw. Fingernails grow faster than toenails. The average tongue is about three inches long.
• 10s facts – derived from base ten knowledge (e.g. 6 x 10 = 60) • 5s facts – Think 'times 10 and halve' (e.g. 8 x 5 as 8 x 10 is 80, half of 80 is 40) • 9s facts – Think 'times 10 and take away one factor' (e.g. 8 x 9 as 8 x10 – 8)
Introduction: My name is Merrill Bechtelar CPA, I am a clean, agreeable, glorious, magnificent, witty, enchanting, comfortable person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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