1. There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script
2. Vision requires more brain power than the other four senses
3. On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and 25% fat
4. There are no public toilets in Peru
5. Urine and tears have the same basic ingredients
6. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.
7. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
8. Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize
9. The motto of M-G-M movie studios is Art for Art's Sake
10. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named "Volney"
11. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it
12. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
13. The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
14. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
15. There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world
16. X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one
17. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
18. It takes only about 8 minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to a speed of more than 27,359 km/hour
19. Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil
20. Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982
21. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears
22. Your left lung is smaller in size than your right lung, it is like that in order to make room for your heart.
23. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time
24. Male human brains are about 10 percent heavier than female brains
25. Before 1800 there were no separately designed shoes for right and left feet
26. The glossy look to lipstick comes from fish scales, which are iridescent
27. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe
28. Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures
29. Your body weight is lower at 9 A.M. than at any other time of the day
30. The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night
31. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals
32. Without any greenhouse effect, Earth would be cold and lifeless with an average temp of 0.4ºF
33. The primary purpose of growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings. Rice can, in fact, be grown in drained areas
34. Not a single new livestock animal has been domesticated in the last 4,000 years
35. Bone China is so called because powdered animal bone is mixed with the clay to give it translucency and whiteness
36. The original reason for tablecloths was as a towel to wipe one's fingers and hands on after eating
37. Mount Everest moves approximately 2.4 inches (10 cm) in a Northeasterly direction every year
38. Mickey Mouse has four fingers on each hand
39. The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees
40. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'
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