Random Facts

It is impossibnle for most people to lick their own elbows.

A crocodile cannot stick it's tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in it's head.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.

Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.

Some lipsticks contain fish scales.

Cat urine glows under a black-light.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing (when using proper position of the hands on the keyboard; hunting & pecking doesn't count).

A shark is the only kown fish that can blink with both eyes.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Most people fall asleep in 7 minutes.

"Stewardess" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The feathery flightless ostrich's muscular legs are powerful enough to kill man and lion alike.

Seahorses are monogamous and mate for life.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

All clownfish are born male, and will only change sex to become a dominant female.

Honeybees have tiny hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen.

A desert locust swarm can be 460 square miles in size and can consume 423 million pounds of plants in a single day.

An adult panda can spend up to 12 hours a day eating, and in order to fulfill their dietary needs, they need to eat at least 28 pounds of bamboo.

All polar bears are left-pawed.

Baby giraffes can stand within half an hour of birth.

Sea otters like to hold each other's paws when sleeping so they don’t drift apart.

Rats laugh when they are tickled and during playtime.

Just like zebras, no two tigers have the exact same stripes.

When anacondas mate, several competing males can form a ball around a female in a ritual that can last up to a month.

Dolphins sleep with one half of the brain at a time, and with one eye closed.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Alligators have been around for 150 million years.

Gentoo penguins use a pebble to propose to their girlfriends.

The name "jaguar" comes from a Native American word meaning "he who kills with one leap".

Named for its miraculous abilities, the Amazon's "Jesus Christ lizard" can run over water.

Cows have very complex friendships, and when they are isolated from their companions, they experience separation anxiety.

Galapagos tortoises sleep for 16 hours a day and can go a year without food or water.

Anteaters eat 35,000 ants a day.

A cat's nose pad is as unique as a human fingerprint, so no two feline noseprints are ever alike.

You can draw a line 35 miles long using one pencil.

It's impossible to hum while holding your nose.

Pandas can fake pregnancy.

Once a giant clam picks a spot to live on a reef, it does not move for the rest of its life.

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