Saturday, November 24, 2007

Some amazing facts

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting facts :) This was fun to read... will try out the first one.. last night while cooking dinner, i cried buckets... Lets hope chewing gum thing works :)

VISHAL said...

@ Nova
I shall pray for u :)