1. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed
3. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
4. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear
5. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum)
6. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
7. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
8. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
9. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
10. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).
11. Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
12. There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
13. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
14. American car horns beep in the tone of F.
15. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards
16. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
17. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
18. The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
19. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets
20. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
21. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
22. Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Some scholars speculate this preference
starts in the womb.
23. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Today I'm mainly loving random facts.
1 comment:
haha funny, & the fact that i found your blog one year after you wrote this, it makes the situation more funny!
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