Amusing and fun facts for sunday - Daily facts
September 23, 2007 on 12:40 pm | In Daily fun and amusing facts |I will add more facts to this post since you all know i am going away for a week and i don’t know for sure will i have internet access daily or not. There’s still a possibility that i won’t have it at all, have fun reading!
- The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.
- The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.
- The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe.
- The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
- The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb.
- The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number on at-home party event of the year.
- The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world.
- The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
- The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.
- The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.
- The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure.
- The study of twins is known as gemellology.
- The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.
- The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
- The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called “chalazae.”
- The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
- The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie.
- The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.
- The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”
- The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin.
- The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.
- The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.
- The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
- The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
- The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
- The stage were the television sitcom “Friends” is shot on is said to be haunted.
- The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.
- The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the “water displacing” substance.
- The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.
- The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war.
- The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.
- The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.
- The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
- The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour.
- The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella.
- The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
- The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.
- The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.
- The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee.
- The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose.
- The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases.
- The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles.
- The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses.
- The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm.
- The smallest frog is the “Brazilian baby frog”, which is smaller than a dime.
- The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear.
- The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear.
- The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long.
- The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long.
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