FACTS

General Facts

In 1972, X-rays were used to help people find a fitting shoe. It was known as the shoe-fitting fluoroscope but was later destroyed due to health hazards.
Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.
The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St Paul, Alberta, Canada.
Ice cream was invented in china around 2000 BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk-and-rice mixture in snow.
In the Arctic, the sun never sets in the summer and its daylight is all time. In winter; the sun never rises and the days are cold and dark.
Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went.
The word MAP comes from the Latin word, ‘mappa’, which means napkin, cloth or sheet.
An interesting fact about august 2009. This August has 5 Saturday, 5 Sunday, 5 Monday- all in one month. It happens once in 823 years.
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time and is equal to 1/100th of a second.
9th of September 2009 exactly at 9’o clock 9 minutes 9 seconds the date and time would be 09:09:09:09:09:09. This happens only after 1000 years once.
Of all the ore dug in diamond mines, only one carat in every 23 tons proves to be a diamond.
Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal-sized children, even if both the parents are midgets or dwarfs.
It can take a deep-sea clam up to 100 years to reach 0.3 inches (8 millimeters) in length. The clam is among the slowest, yet longest living spices on planet.
The word samba means to ‘rub navels together’.
Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
Venus spins once every 243 earth days, since it takes 224 earth days to complete one orbit of the sun; its days are longer than its years.
To divide something into squares is to “graticulate”.
One billion seconds is about 32 years.
The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
In the marriage ceremony of ancient Inca Indians if Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
A galactic year is 250 million earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
There are over 1800 known species of fleas.
The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
Cupid is associated with Valentine’s day because he was the son of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
January is names for the roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time.
The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds (1.36 kilograms) only.
During the era, of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips.
‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends with the letters ‘mt’.
There is no word in English that rhymes with the word month.
Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, had musophobia, the fear of mice.
Glass never wears out, it can be recycled forever.
A single coffee yields only one pound of roasted, ground coffee annually.
A twillionaire is a twitterrer with a million or more followers.
‘Rhythm’ is the longest English word without a vowel.
Climophobia is the fear of beds.
Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours.
The words ‘silent’ and ‘listen’ are made up of same letters.
The weighing scale that represents the sun sign, Libra is the inanimate symbol in the zodiac.
Electricity doesn’t move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
The winning term ‘checkmate’ comes from the Arabic phrase Shahmat, meaning the king is dead.
Scatologists are experts who study feces (Crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, encrement etc.)
FDA did a study that found most drugs are still safe and effective decades past the expiration date stamped on the package.
An estimated 10% of Europeans are immune to HIV infection as their ancestors have survived bubonic plague also calles as "Black Death".
Chocolate, sex and laughter are all keys to a healthy brain.
The Netherlands sends Canada 20,000 tulip bulbs every year to thank them for their help during World War II.
Women wear bangles to activate the center on the wrist portion which increases the blood flow which refreshes the body and mind.