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1. Ripe canberries will bounce

2. An average ear of corn has an even number of rows, normally 16

3. Having dairy may cause acne

4. Most wasabi is not real wasabi, but coloured horseradish

5. Apples belong to the rose family

6. One of the most popular food toppings in Brazil is green peas

7. About 70% of olive oil being sold is actuallly not pure olive oil

8. The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and takes 72 hours to make

9. Radishes are a member of the cabbage family

10. Mcdonalds sells 75 hamburgers every second every day

11.Peanuts aren’t nuts, they’re legumes

12. Ketchup was used as medicine in the 1800s 

13. Apples float in water, because 25% of their volume is made of air

14. The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old  in 1905

15. One of the most hydrating foods to eat is the cucumber, which is 96% water

 

 

 

Here are some more fun facts:

From the website: http://www.begent.org/funfact.htm

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
2. The strongest muscle in proportion to its size in the human body is the tongue.
3. A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!
4. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
5. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself
6. It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs.
7. Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their front feet
8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
9. Butterflies taste with their feet.
10. Starfish don’t have brains.
11. Polar bears are left handed.
12. An ostrich’s eye is bigger that it’s brain.
13. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
14. Porcupines float in water
15. Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
16. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
17. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
18. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
19. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
20. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
21. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better than men
22. Pearls melt in vinegar.
23. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
24. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building, it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
25. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
26. A rat can last longer without water than a camel
27. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs – it will let you go instantly
28. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
29. First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
30. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
31. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
32. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
33. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear trousers.
34. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

 

 

Here are some interesting facts:

1. You breathe on average about 5 million times a year.
2. Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th in them.
3. Coca-Cola would be green if the food colorant wasn’t added.
4. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
5. Cockroaches can live several weeks with their heads cut off.
6. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
7. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
8. The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!
9. It is against the law to burp, or sneeze inside a church in Nebraska.
10. One in Five adults believe that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
11. There are no naturally occurring blue foods, even blueberries are purple!
12. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
13. Just like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue is different.
14. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
15. Only 38% of Americans eat breakfast every day.
16. 11% of the World is left handed.
17. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo anywhere, no one knows why.
18. The average person spends 2 weeks of their lifetime waiting for the light to change from red to green.
19. Of all the words in the English language, the word “SET” has the most definitions.
20. A colony of 500 bats can eat approximately 250,000 insects in an hour

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