Most interesting facts

Here is a collection of the most interesting facts.  Read and enjoy them..

• The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones.
• Tsunamis ( tidal waves) travel as fast as Jet planes.
• Rubber bands last longer if they are refrigerated.
• President Bush and Saddam Hussein both have their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker! 
• Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!  
• There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers. 
• The ice cream is a chinese food
• The Hippo milk is in pink color
• Alaska experiences more than 5,000 earth quakes per year!!
• You are about 1 centi meter taller in the morning than in the evening
• Do you know that Jupiter's magnetic field is so massive that it pours billions of watts into earth's magnetic field every day.
• Smelling bananas or green apples can help you to reduce your weight.  ( smelling only and not eating).

Most interesting facts

Here are some of the most interesting and unusual facts that every one should know.

• The only English word that ends with letters 'mt' is 'Dreamt'
• The only number that has its letters in alphabetical order is 'Forty'. The only number whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order is 'One'
• The first song which was performed in outer space is "Happy Birthday" which is sung by Apollo II astronauts on March,8 1969.
• The number "One Thousand" contains the letter A, and none of the words from one to nine hundreds ninety nine has A.
• The sugar contained in 1 Kg. of lemon is more than the sugar in 1 Kg. of Straw berries.
• The total length of telephone wire in USA is 1,525,000,000 miles.
• 98% of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.
• Do you know that the months that begin with sunday always have a "Friday the 13th."
• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
• The only planet that is not named after a god is "Earth"
• 25% of the bones in your body are in your feet.
• A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
• Most of the dust particles in your house are made from dead skin
• A cockroach can live for several weeks even its head is cut off
• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete