Interesting Facts 2

Just continuing the fun facts...

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it 
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

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Interesting Facts

It was my birthday today - so something a little fun:

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots. 

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die. 

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

Interesting Facts About The Bible

Here are a few interesting facts about the Bible: 

• The Bible was written by approximately 50 men, only one of whom (Luke) was a Gentile. They came from three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe.

• These authors came from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings.

• The Bible was written in many different places: wilderness, dungeon, palaces,  from war zones, etc. There are 1,551 geographical sites mentioned as scenes of the action.

• The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

• Despite these differences in occupation, language and the span of years it took to write it, the Bible is an extremely cohesive and unified book.

• The Bible has been recorded with at least 10 different media from papyrus, rocks, pen to chisel, leather to clay.

• There is a cast of 2,930 different characters.

• The Bible has every conceivable subject included in every literary form (poetry, prose, romance, mystery, biography, science, history, etc).

• There is about 1500 years between the first author, Moses, to the last author John

• The Bible includes hundreds of controversial topics, which would create opposing viewpoints when mentioned or discussed, and yet it has perfect continuity.

Unusual Facts

In the Bible, there are 1260 promises; 6468 commands; over 8000 predictions; 3294 questions

Two Bible chapters are identical -- 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37

The Thumb Bible, 1670, was one-inch square and half an inch thick.  It could be read only with a magnifying glass. 

The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

Ezra 7:21 uses every letter of the alphabet except one (j):

 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently.

Originally, “i” and “j” were treated as the same letter in the English language, so in early editions of the King James Bible this verse did contain every letter of the English alphabet.

Ezra the scribe was the first to preach from a pulpit.

The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.

Longest name in the Bible: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.

There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000 today. One shekel was 4 days wages.

The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.

The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).

The last word in the Bible is AMEN.

The finest piece of reading is said to be Acts 26.

The name of God is not once mentioned in Esther, although it contains much holiness, knowledge, love, and wisdom.