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Things To Know

  1. The only place in the universe where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, never flies half-mast and does not get saluted, is the moon.
  2. The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
  3. All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  4. If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty
  5. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
  6. Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day.
  7. On average a hiccup lasts 5 minutes
  8. Every person has a unique tongue print
  9. The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.
  10. TIP is the acronym for "To Insure Promptness."
  11. Carrots have zero fat content
  12. An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell.
  13. Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, and bread 30%
  14. A house fly lives only 14 days
  15. An annoyed camel will spit at a person
  16. The world's smallest dog is the Chihuahua, which means "tiny dog in the sky."
  17. 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).
  18. Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 metres
  19. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

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