Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails
The Nile catfish swim upside down.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons.
Neck ties were first worn in Croatia.
The entire worlds output of urine takes about 45 minutes to go over the Niagra falls. (unsure)
The bridge across the Niagra Falls began with a kite carrying a line across it.
It is impossible for anyone to verbally count up to the number 1 trillion (just try it..hehehe)
Nobel, actually invented dynamite, (Dynamite no.1 and Ballistite) but when he saw the destruction it caused, he decided to do something benevolent with all the money he made. Hence the Nobel Prize. Thanx 'a girl named Ryan'
Your nose smells best when you are about 10 years old.
Your nostrils take turns inhaling. You breathe through one for about 3-4 hours then switch to the other one. THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE sGROSSOLOGY EXHIBITION: THE SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN BODY(Sounds dodgy to me)
Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers (Unsure but grabbed this and a few more from humourplanet. Apparently true)
The numbers 111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 are all multiples of 37. Thanx liz chell
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Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years
The eggs from the ovaris of a pig, when shot into another animal, can sterelise it, making it impotent.
An oyster can change its sex once every seven days. (This may have some phychological implications)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Ok food fans! Whats in an oxtail soup? "Oxen tails!" i hear you say...well, wrong. Try beef cattle. (unsure)
Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground drinking water
An Octopus has 3 hearts!
The Ostrich people in Africa are a group of people who have only 2 toes due to inbreeding (From Ripley's believe it or not
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Pigeons can be killed by feeding them uncooked rice, either coz their stomach can't handle the carbohydrates or it swells in their throats and chokes them. No head popping. thanx 8=o and udamann)
Porcupines float in water. (Who would've thought.)
In the 1960's, the US spent millions developing a zero gravity pen for use in space, and the Russians...., they used pencils. :)
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
In the early stages of development, and pig's embroyo is similar to that of a human's.
Pears ripen from the inside out, and according to a survey on the lifestyle channel, men prefer hard pears while women prefer soft pears.
Penguins are not found in the North Pole
When potatoes were brought from South America over to Spain, it took about 200 years before it was recognized as a food. (Now they can't get their hands off it. Go figure.)
Prague consumes 3 times more beer than all the soft drinks combined
The Pacific Ocean was named by Magellen because it was calmer than the Atlantic
Polar bears are left handed.
The hair on a polar bearis not white, but clear. They reflect light, so they appear white.
Pregnant female polar bears will not eat for several months while resting in her den under the snow. Thanx Tony W.
POSSLQ in a census form means "Person of opposite sex sharing living Quarters" (this is totally random, even for this website)
Preys like buffalos react poorly to slow movements. That's why crocs can swim slowly over to them without them scuttering off.
Since the beginning of this fact, 3000 puppies were born in the U.S.A
The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, "Mary had a little lamb." Listen to it here(1/3 of page)
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
Pigs cannot sweat because they don't have sweat glands. Instead, they roll around in mud to keep cool.
In 1386, a pig was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
Would you believe that pigs are smarter than dogs? On the human intelligence scale, pigs are third removed from humans, while dogs are 13th removed, and only primates and dolphines are smarter than pigs. They are quick one time learners, and some learn by watching others. (I dont know how much of this is true, coming from a site called Pig's Peace Sanctuary
Most people know what pH means, but few people know that it stands for pondus hydrogenii which means potential hydrogen and that each unit is a phidron. Thanx Pramesh H
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Mary Queen of Scots was a skilful billiards player
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The gender of Reptiles are determined not by the sex genes, but by the temperature in which the egg is incubated. A certain temperature will produce a male and vice versa for a female.
A Red Giant(a kind of exploded star) has a lower density than any vacuum here on earth
Male feral rabbits urinate on the females to state their ownership
Female rabbits on the other hand, reabsorb their embryo for the proteins
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
Rubberbands last longer when refregerated
Rice and some other grains contain chemicals that can enhance brain functions.
The Ribbon worm will start eating itself to avoid starvation
Snakes have two sex organs... in case one drops off in their fervent attempt to trick females into mating..
Scorpions can be killed by pouring vinegar over them. They'll 'snap' and sting themself.
No piece of dry square paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on it's fur
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie
Slugs have 4 noses
The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out. They also dont have brains. (See the connection?)
1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day. In Discovery Channel, its a quart.
Dall's porpoise never sleeps, elephants sleep two hours a day, horses nap standing up, and Sitatunga antelopes can sleep submerged
In Britain, failed suicides were hanged in the 19th century. (I won't even comment on this one)
Sting was a high school teacher
Skin is thickest, 1/5 inch, on the upper back. It is thinnest on the eyelids, which are only 1/50th inch thick
A young lady named Ellen Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that her nursing skills and love of flying would qualify her to assist with the passengers and emergencies. She became the first known stewardess.
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
A strand of spider web may be stronger than an equal diameter of steel.
All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds.
When you put a seashell to your ear, the sound you hear is not the waves, but actually the echo of the blood pulsing in your own ear.
The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. First off would be your sight.
There is a member of the spider family called the demodex folliculorum that lives at the root of people's eye lashes. It's harmless and normal.(so they claim) To look for them, grab a handful of your eyelashes and dunk them in warm water. They'll start swimming out. It is prevalent in nearly 100% of old people in the U.S. click here Thanx Grant
Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.thanx kim (Now dont you feel more contented each night before you go to sleep ALONE)
Your body releases growth hormones when you sleep.
Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears. (tip for people who dont bathe often)
In the Simpsons series, Homer has said 3267 "Doh!"
An average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The sun's average period of rotation is 27 days. (as if you'd care)
The Sea of tranquility is found on the moon. (right out of blueskyfrog quizzes)
Soybean actually has Diadzein and genistein that act like weak estrogen.
The average person swallows one liter of snot every day. This is from the MN Science Museum. (and i bet you downed a few reading all this. hahaha) Thanx a girl named Ryan
Shirley Temple always has 56 curls in her hair. (talk about uptight). Thanx Gwynovere C.
Your skin weighs about 3.2kg
A giant squid has eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter. (Now think of how big your computer screen is..)Thanx Beth
In every episode of TV's Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere in at least one scene. (There's plastic figurine on the shelf in the dining area, and a magnetic Superman on the fridge!)
Sweden is the largest spender on ketchup. $4 per capita. Australia is second at $2.50
The sea contains about 1/2 of the world's known animal groups
Male seagulls have red legs. (From National Geographic)
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is 165 km per hour
You cannot sneeze with your eyes open.thanx CHs2592
A snail can sleep for three years.
A snail can actually glide over the sharp edge of a knife or razor without harming itself. This has something to do with the mucus it produces.
There is a flower called the Scarlet Pimpernel that can forecast the weather. If the flower is closed up, rain is coming and if it is opened up, the day will be sunny.It is a.k.a 'the poor man's weatherglass'
In Shakespeare, Rosalind, the heroine of "As You Like It", has more lines than any of Shakespeare's female characters. Cleopatra comes in second with 670 lines and third place belongs to Imogen ("Cymbeline"), with 591 lines.