Random Facts

• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
• Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.
• Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830’s
• The brain is 80% water.
• Blue birds can’t see the colour blue.
• Jellyfish are 95% water.
• Throughout its lifetime, an elephant goes through six sets of teeth. The elephant starves to death once the sixth set of teeth falls out.
• An elephant’s tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.
• In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
• A small airplane can fly backwards
• One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
• Urine was once used as a detergent for washing.
• Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.
• Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
• There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.