A huge underground river runs
underneath the Nile, with six times
more water than the river above.
The USA uses 29% of the world's
petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.
Wearing headphones for just an
hour will increase the bacteria
in your ear By 700 times.
The animal responsible for the
most human deaths world-wide
is the mosquito.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
We exercise at least 30 muscles
when we smile.
Our nose is our personal air-conditioning
system: it warms cold air, cools
hot air and filters impurities.
People who ride on roller coasters
have a higher chance of having
a blood clot in the brain.
People with blue eyes see better in dark.
Money isn?t made out of paper;
it is made out of cotton.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion
will make it go mad instantly
and sting itself to death.
Chewing gum while peeling
onions will keep you from crying.
Our brain is more complex than
the most powerful computer and
has over 100 billion nerve cells.
When a person dies, hearing
is usually the first sense to go.
There is a great mushroom in
Oregon that is 2,400 years old.
It Covers 3.4 square miles of
land and is still growing.
German Shepherds bite humans
more than any other breed of dog.
The pupil of the eye expands as
much as 45 percent when a
person looks at something pleasing
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.
It cost 7 million dollars to build
the Titanic and 200 million to
make a film about it.
The sound you hear when you
crack your knuckles is actually
he sound of nitrogen gas bubbles
bursting.
The only part of the body that
has no blood supply is the
cornea in the eye. It takes in
oxygen directly from the air.
