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25 Interesting Facts by lordtim001(m): 9:10pm On Oct 05, 2015
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I came across this today...
25 Interesting,Fun Facts

1. You breathe on average about 5 million times a year.

2. Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th in them.

3. You are born with 300 bones, by the time you are an adult you will have 206.

4. The average lead pencil will write a line about 35 miles long or write approximatel y 50,000 English words.

5. One fourth of the bones in your body are in your feet.

6. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.

7. The present population is expected to rise to 15 Billion by the year 2080.

8. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.

9. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.

10. The Matami Tribe of West Africa play their own version of football, instead of a normal football they use a human skull.

11. Coca-Cola would be green if the food colorant wasn't added.

12. During the 17th Century, the Sultan of Turkey ordered his whole harem of women to be drowned and replaced with a new one.

13. Coffins used for cremation are usually made with plastic handles.

14. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

15. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

16. Cockroaches can live several weeks with their heads cut off.

17. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. We dare you, give it a try!

18. Of all the words in the English language, the word "SET" has the most definitions.

19. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

20. The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!

21. Scientists have tracked butterflies travelling over 3,000 miles.

22. The silkworm consumes 86,000 times its own weight in 56 days.

23. If removed from the stress of the modern world, the average human would sleep about 10 hours a day.

24.An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

25.Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur

Hope you enjoyed it all?Share your fun facts too.....

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Re: 25 Interesting Facts by galadima77(m): 9:31pm On Oct 05, 2015
OP! Your topic says 50 while you listed 25. This is how to be a terrible politician, by saying one thing and doing another.

Where the eff is the other 25?

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