Did you know 11% of people are left handed…
Some Mixed Facts!
When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.
The maximum speed that raindrops can fall at is around 18mph, depending on their size.
If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.
12 Astronauts have walked on the moon, between them bringing back 382 kilograms of rocks, pebbles, sand and dust.
Whales talk to each other by making a loud clicking noise. The sound waves travel extremely well underwater and they can hear each other from 100 miles away.
A TV screen shows 24 pictures a second. Because a fly sees 200 images a second, it would see TV as still pictures with darkness in between.
Cats can see clearly in one-sixth the amount of light we humans would need.
In 1936 Professor Alfred Gaydon underwent surgery on his eyes after an accident. When his sight began to return he found that he could see ultra-violet light, which is normally beyond the visible spectrum of humans. This helped in his work as a physicist, but it did distort how he saw other colors!
Because of thermal expansion the Eiffel Tower is 15cm taller in summer.
Something You May Not Know!
11% of people are left handed.
August has the highest percentage of births.
Unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it.
The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
A bear has 42 teeth.Aan ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
No two corn flakes look the same.
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
8% of people have an extra rib.
85% of plant life is found in the ocean.
No words in the English language rhyme with the words angel, angst, breadth, bulb, depth, eighth, month, ninth, orange, purple, scalp or twelfth.
A Group of Animals Is?
# A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
# A group of frogs is called an army.
# A group of rhinos is called a crash.
# A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
# A group of whales is called a pod.
# A group of geese is called a gaggle.
# A group of ravens is called a murder.
# A group of officers is called a mess.
# A group of larks is called an exaltation.
# A group of owls is called a parliament.
Oil Came From What?
“It’s common knowledge that oil came from decomposing dead dinosaurs and plant matters (after all, it is called “fossil fuel,” right?) – but that’s actually wrong. Though most scientists believed that oil has a biological origin, they don’t believe that oil came from dinosaurs. They thought that oil was derived from single-celled plankton’s that flourished, died and then decomposed hundreds of millions of years ago.”
You Did Not Know This!
* Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays.
* Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called scuds.
* On a dewy morning, if you look at your shadow in the grass, the dew drops shine light back to your eye creating a halo called a heilgenschein
Water – Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop To Spare!
Some 70% of the world’s surface is covered by water but out of 1.4 billion square km of it – 97.5% is salt water and only 2.5% is fresh. If we could squeeze all the world’s water into a five-liter canister, fresh water would not fill in even a teaspoon.
Super Bowl Facts!
New Orleans and Miami have hosted the Super Bowl the most at 9 times.
Dallas, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh have won the most Super Bowls at 5 times.
The longest Super Bowl winning streak has only been two in a row.
Minnesota, Buffalo and Denver have lost the most Super Bowls at 4 times. Buffalo lost 4 times in a row.
The longest run in a Super Bowl was 75 yards by Willie Parker during Super Bowl XL.
Mike Ditka, Tom Flores, and Tony Dungy have all won a Super Bowl both as a player and a coach.
In 1981, Oakland linebacker Rod Martin set a record with three interceptions.
In 2000, St. Louis quarterback Kurt Warner set a record with 414 yards passing.
In 1989, San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice gained 215 yards on 11 catches.
Languages!
* There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
* The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France. It is not related to any other language in the world. It has an extremely complicated word structure and vocabulary.
* All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.
* Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.
* The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
* More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
* Many languages in Africa include a “click” sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.