RANDOM Did You Know FACTS
1. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 2. A person's nose and ears continue to grow throughout his or her life. 3. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 4. All mammals have tongues. 5. Ants don't sleep. 6. Austria was the first country to use postcards. 7. Blue and white are the most common school colors. 8. Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. 9. Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts. 10. Coffee beans aren't beans - they're fruit pits. 11. Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute. 12. Did you know the opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. 13. Did you know the word ''set'' has more definitions than any other word in the English language. 14. Did you know there are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world. 15. Did you know there are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge. 16. Did you know there are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland. 17. Did you know There wasn''t a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses. 18. Did you know U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline. 19. Did you know Until the 1960''s men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland. 20. Did you know Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice. 21. Did you know When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. 22. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. 23. Did you know your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day. 24. Hummingbirds can't walk. 25. Identify a fake: The second hand on an authentic Rolex watch doesn't tick, it moves smoothly. 26. If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one. 27. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 28. It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth! 29. It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota. 30. It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota. 31. Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France. 32. London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807! 33. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left. 34. More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day. 35. One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye. 36. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. 37. The average human eye can distinguish about 500 different shades of gray. 38. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 39. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. 40. The first four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil. 41. The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year. 42. The life span of a taste bud is 10 days. 43. The longest alphabet is Cambodian. It has 74 letters. 44. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." 45. The moon is 27% the size of the Earth. 46. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. 47. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. 48. The oldest inhabited city is Damascus, Syria. 49. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." 50. The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. 51. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. 52. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. 53. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." 54. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. 55. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower. 56. Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. 57. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 58. Women's hearts beat faster than men's.