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| Hey everyone. This is Nicki the Silver Snow Angel and here are a buch of cool facts that I found out from Math class. So here goes: 1.) The eyes of some birds weigh more that their brains. 2.) If all the ice in Antartica melted it would raise the water level of the worlds oceans over two hundred feet. 3.) Some species of bambo can grow up to 3 feet in a single day. 4.) Disney World is twice the size of Manhattan. 5.) A dog's nose print is as individual as a person's fingerprint. 6.) 88 out of 100 people (88%) put on their right shoe first. 7.) Instead of letters, the Chinese have a different character for every single word. 8.) The oldest tree ever was a bristlecone pine found in Eastern Nevada. When it was cut down, it was estimated to be 5,100 years old. 9.) In 1915, the average annual AMerican family income was $687. 10.) There is a separate with strand for each kernel on an ear of corn. 11.) During a single storm the Empire State Building may be struck by lightning twenty times. 12.) The average person spends five years of his/her precious time on Earth waiting on lines. 13.) A 41-year-old German, Heinz Schmitzer, fell into an outhouse cesspit in 1994 and drowned in raw sewage while attempting to retrieve his wallet. 14.) Masai tribesmen leave their deceased relatives out in the open for the hyenas to eat. 15.) For every one person there are 200 million insects. 16.) How much is one billion dollars? If you spent $1,000 a day, every day, it would take you 3,00 years. 17.) An istrich can cover 25 feet in a single stride. 18.) Tombstones were orginally placed on plots over the dead so that the deceased could not come out and harm the living. 19.) Reindeer are superb swimmers. 20.) A jogger's heel strikes the ground 1500 times a mile. 21.) In the U.S. a car is stolen every 30 seconds. 22.) A rat can go longer without water than a camel. 23.) Bulls don't neccessarily attack when they see a red cape: they are colour blind. 24.) Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world put together. 25.) The average person's bones weigh forty pounds. 26.) In the Philippines jungles the yo-yo was first used as a weapon. 27.) A snake can hear with its tongue. 28.) The longest street in the U.S. is Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. It runs for 30 miles throughout the city. 29.) The only dog that sweats is the Mexican Hairless. 30.) The twin Popsicle was created during the Depression so that two children could share a single treat. 31.) Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain. 32.) Each of your toes has three bones except for your big toe which has only two. 33.) Your nose and ears never stop growing. 34.) Here are the top three cities in the world wih the most population per square feet, a.)Hong Kong b.) New York City c.) Los Angeles 35.) The best selling book in China is "250 Ways to Wok your Eat". 36.) The most popular hobby in the world is stamp collecting. 37.) The average American laughs 15 times a day. 38.) Every single hamster in the U.S. today comes from a single little captured in Syria in 1830. That was a bunch of facts that most of you didn't know. Pretty cool, huh? Come back each week for more facts. |
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