Thursday, October 8, 2009

Various Interesting Facts-1

The Statue of Liberty’s index finger is eight feet long.


Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.


A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.


A Boeing 747’s wing span is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.(the Wright brother’s invented the airplane).


There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.


One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny.


The word “set ” has the most number of definitions in the English language;192.


Slugs have four noses.


Sharks can live up to 100 years.


Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.


Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.


About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday.


The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in
Montana in 1887.


The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is
actually a tiny sonic boom.


Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year
presidency.


Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints.

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