Facts You May Not Know

FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW....................

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It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears
out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
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Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years .
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Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one
end .
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If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human
body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
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Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of
tobacco-relateddiseases.
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Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
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Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
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The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost
every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
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Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
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Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450F
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the
ear.
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Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
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The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the
hand of man
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Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air
density
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The University of Alaska spans four time zones
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The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
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In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal
of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
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Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun
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The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent
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Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that
is why it is found in some medicines.
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The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when
knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
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If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you
can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
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When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost
is Sight .
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In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed ..
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Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside ..
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Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams .
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The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
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Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than
15,000 meters
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Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
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Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down
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Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
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For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel
are needed at lift-off
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The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
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And last but not least:
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This is called 'money bags'. So send this on to 5 and money will arrive
in 5 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui, the one who does not pass this on
will have money troubles for the rest of the year
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Superstitious or not, I passed this along because it is interesting
information.