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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
England's Stonehenge is 1500 years older than Rome's Colosseum.
Forty-six percent of the world's water is in the Pacific Ocean; that's around 6 sextillion gallons of water. The Atlantic has 23.9 percent; the Indian, 20.3; the Arctic, 3.7 percent.
The highest scoring word in the English language game of Scrabble is 'Quartzy'
A fully loaded supertanker travelling at normal speed takes a least 20 minutes to stop
The first brand of Wrigley's chewing gum was called 'Vassar', after the New England woman's college. Next were 'Lotta' and 'Sweet Sixteen Orange.'
Napoleon Bonaparte is the historical figure most often portrayed in movies. He has been featured in 194 movies, Jesus Christ in 152, and Abraham Lincoln in 137.
How about the highest point in Pennsylvania is lower then the lowest point of Colorado.
The EDSAC had a 2 ton mercury delay memory line that stored less than a floppy disk
More money is printed off for the game "Monopoly" than in the US treasury each day
Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died.
Bananas do not grow on trees, but on rhizomes.
Astronauts in the Space Shuttle are weightless not because there is no gravity in space, but because they are in free fall around the Earth.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan"
If you cut an onion in half, rub it on the sole of your foot and an hour later you'll taste the onion in your mouth.
On average, a drop of heinz tomato ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 25 miles per year.
Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called scuds.
Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.
The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
A sneeze travels at 100mph
Men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women
Women blink twice as much as men
The plastic bits on the end of shoelaces are called 'aglets'
A 'Jiffy' is literally a unit of time- 1/100th of a second
The first ever product with a bar code was a pack of wrigleys gum
Like finger prints, everyone has a unique tongue print
1 billion seconds equal to 32 years!
Di Vinci invented the parachute before people could fly
No Piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times!
*Bonus Fact: 'Genii Dan' folded one 8 times.
The Longgest place name is Taumatawhakaatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikm-aungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu - ahillin NZ
There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day
One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
About 50% of Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. This is called propinquity.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing
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