some useless facts.
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Taft was the first president to throw out a ball at a World Series game.
The typewriter was invented before the fountain pen.
The first color movie came before the first sound movie.
The elephant is the only animal that has 4 knees.
Coca Cola invented the current likeness of Santa Claus (White beard, red coat, etc).
During the last ice age, New York and London were buried below an ice layer 1 mile thick.
Robert Fulton invented the steamship and the first submarine. It sank.
Winston Churchill only slept 5 hours per night.
If you pinch your lower lip and say, "I was born on a pirate ship", it will sound like, "I was born on a pile of ****".
The typewriter was invented before the fountain pen.
The first color movie came before the first sound movie.
The elephant is the only animal that has 4 knees.
Coca Cola invented the current likeness of Santa Claus (White beard, red coat, etc).
During the last ice age, New York and London were buried below an ice layer 1 mile thick.
Robert Fulton invented the steamship and the first submarine. It sank.
Winston Churchill only slept 5 hours per night.
If you pinch your lower lip and say, "I was born on a pirate ship", it will sound like, "I was born on a pile of ****".
There are only three animals with blue tongues: the black bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.
Camels have three eye lids.
Flying squirrels don’t really fly, they glide from branch to branch. A blanket-like furry skin stretches their front and hind legs, and acts as a parachute, enabling the squirrel to soar like a kite.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
No two zebras have the same striped pattern.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
A beaver can hold it's breath for 45 minutes.
Toucans are found only in tropical areas of Central and South America. Some Toucan species have bills more than half as long as their bodies.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
The longest recorded life span of a tapeworm was 35 years!
Roadrunners are large (about two feet long) crested birds that prefer to run rather than fly. They eat rattlesnakes whole, and they can sprint 15 miles per hour.
A purple finch is really crimson in color.
You're 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bit by a rattlesnake.
A male Angler fish attaches itself to a female and never lets go. Their vascular systems unite and the male becomes entirely dependent on the female's blood for nutrition.
Bengal tigers are the most water loving of the big cats. They will even chase prey into the water.
Camels have three eye lids.
Flying squirrels don’t really fly, they glide from branch to branch. A blanket-like furry skin stretches their front and hind legs, and acts as a parachute, enabling the squirrel to soar like a kite.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
No two zebras have the same striped pattern.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
A beaver can hold it's breath for 45 minutes.
Toucans are found only in tropical areas of Central and South America. Some Toucan species have bills more than half as long as their bodies.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
The longest recorded life span of a tapeworm was 35 years!
Roadrunners are large (about two feet long) crested birds that prefer to run rather than fly. They eat rattlesnakes whole, and they can sprint 15 miles per hour.
A purple finch is really crimson in color.
You're 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bit by a rattlesnake.
A male Angler fish attaches itself to a female and never lets go. Their vascular systems unite and the male becomes entirely dependent on the female's blood for nutrition.
Bengal tigers are the most water loving of the big cats. They will even chase prey into the water.
In a theoritical battle between a Lion and a Tiger, Who would win?
Chuck Norris.
I keed.
The Tiger would win. Why? Tigers fight with both front paws, Lions swipe with only one front paw.
H2O (Water) is the only compound that's atomic mass is less as a solid than as a liquid. In other words, every other compound is heavier as a solid, water is lighter as a solid.
This is critical because if water were heavier as a solid, there would be no polar ice caps, ice cubes would sink and humans would not exist on this planet!
The first person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel was a Woman. She survived.
Chuck Norris.
I keed.
The Tiger would win. Why? Tigers fight with both front paws, Lions swipe with only one front paw.
H2O (Water) is the only compound that's atomic mass is less as a solid than as a liquid. In other words, every other compound is heavier as a solid, water is lighter as a solid.
This is critical because if water were heavier as a solid, there would be no polar ice caps, ice cubes would sink and humans would not exist on this planet!
The first person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel was a Woman. She survived.
The largest fish is the whale shark, which grows to more than 50 feet in length.
There are more than 20,000 identified species of fish.
You can tell how old a fish is by counting the growth rings on its scales just like you count the rings on a tree.
Sturgeons live to be 50 or more years old.
The average discharge from an electric eel is 350 volts of electricity, but as much as 650 volts have been measured.
The most poisonous fish is the stonefish. It's poison is powerful enough to kill a human.
The slowest fish is the seahorse which travels at 0.01 mph
The male seahorse carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch.
Fish are the largest group of vertebrates.
The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world reaching a length of 50 feet.
The bluefin tuna is among the fastest marine fish to live in the oceans. An adult can swim up to 55 miles per hour..
A group of herring is called a seige. A group of jelly fish is called a smack
There are more than 20,000 identified species of fish.
You can tell how old a fish is by counting the growth rings on its scales just like you count the rings on a tree.
Sturgeons live to be 50 or more years old.
The average discharge from an electric eel is 350 volts of electricity, but as much as 650 volts have been measured.
The most poisonous fish is the stonefish. It's poison is powerful enough to kill a human.
The slowest fish is the seahorse which travels at 0.01 mph
The male seahorse carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch.
Fish are the largest group of vertebrates.
The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world reaching a length of 50 feet.
The bluefin tuna is among the fastest marine fish to live in the oceans. An adult can swim up to 55 miles per hour..
A group of herring is called a seige. A group of jelly fish is called a smack
