D!d u KnOw?

It is impossible to out-swim a shark – sharks reach speeds of 44 mph (70 km/h). Humans can run about 21 mph (35 km/h).

If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you’ll feel thirsty.

The giant squid has the biggest eyes of any animal: its eyes measure 16 inches (40 cm) in diameter.

It is impossible to sneeze and keep one’s eyes open at the same time.

Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day.

Dinosaurs did not eat grass: there weren’t any at that time.

There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

Americans eat twice as much meat as Europeans, gobbling up some 50kg (110 lb) per capita.

Wine is sold in tinted bottles because wine spoils when exposed to light.


China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make ‘em sticks.


Vitamin A is known to prevent “night blindness,” and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.

There are more than 10,000 distinct religious groups in the world.

A US ton is equivalent to 900 kg (2000 pounds). A British ton is 1008 kg (2240 pounds), called a gross ton.

To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.

Carrots have zero fat content.

Water expands by about 9% as it freezes.

Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 degrees Celsius

Chocolate is the number one foodstuff flavor in the world, beating vanilla and banana by 3-to-1

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