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Do you know any strange facts?

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale

Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.

In ancient China and certain parts of India, mouse meat was considered a great delicacy.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the

Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side.

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Your eyes move about 80 times a second.

    All of the people on earth could crowd into the state of Connecticut.

    The average American eats 20 buckets of popcorn a year.

    Eels can swim backwards.

    The praying mantis is the only insect that can look over its shoulder.

    Blondes have more hairs on their heads than brunettes.

    A dairy cow produces about 100,000 glasses of milk in its lifetime.

    A newborn blue whale can be longer than an adult elephant.

    In the summer, the amount of water pouring over Niagara Falls each second could fill 13,000 bathtubs.

    Caterpillars have mouths, but butterflies don't.

    Your tongue grows new taste buds about every two weeks.

    The world's biggest frog is the size of a house cat.

    Bees visit about 5 million flowers to make one average-size jar of honey.

    The average person walks about 80,000 miles in a lifetime. That's more than three times around the world.

  • 1 decade ago

    . If you smell something, there's a particle of that thing in your nose, so if you smell poop, there's poop in your nose.

    . Leeches will suck up five times it's own weight in BLOOD before falling off a victim.

    . An Ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

    . Cows produce 100 million tons of gas worldwide from their burps and farts every year.

    . Ancient Romans put pigeon poop in their hair to get a bleached blond look.

    . An ingredient from fish scales is often put in lipstick to make it shiny.

    . Scientists in England have discovered fossilized vomit of a prehistoric marine lizard called an Ichthyosaur.

    . Pufferfish will eat until they are almost unconcious.

    . North American Right Whales produce bright orange poop that float briefly before sinking.

  • 1 decade ago

    When u sleep very small bugs that live in ur matress(no not bed bugs)crawl all over u in ur mouth nose ears etc; by the way i have a website for u and everyone 2 try go to:www,eyetricks.com and tell how u like it my email is talia2468@sbcglobal.net

  • 1 decade ago

    During times of food scarcity, a pregnant rabbit will resorb the fetuses in her body, thereby maximizing her own survival and avoiding having a litter that has been too poorly nourished to survive themselves.

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  • 1 decade ago

    80% of Canada's exports go to the USA and 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.

  • 1 decade ago

    I heard this recently and thought it very interesting .

    When you are talking to a person, and when that person stops to think and looks up to the left, it means that he/she is remembering something from the past. If he/she looks up and to the right, it means he is "creating" or making something up. That's how you tell when a person is lying.

    Have a good day!

  • 1 decade ago

    The yen is the hardest coin to counterfeit.

  • 1 decade ago

    dang thats gansgta i never knew that

  • 1 decade ago

    If you stay on the computer too long it kills your memory.

    What was the question again?

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow.....

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