Monday, August 12, 2013

INTERESTING THINGS-6


One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.

Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!

No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.

New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.

Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!

Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.

Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).

Lima beans contain cyanide!


Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!

John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!

It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.

It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.


It is possible for a scorpion to sting itself to death as they are not immune to their own poison!

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.