Friday, September 11, 2009



The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.
The only word in the English language to contain three back to back double letter combinations is Bookkeeper
Every year, the moon moves 1/2 an inch further from the earth.
Ants don't sleep.
Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
Snakes are immune to their own poison.
Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
The Blue Whale's whistle is the loudest noise made by an animal.
The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weigs 1oz
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting