Monday, December 15, 2008

Amazing Facts

Amazing Facts
* The vocabulary of an average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words.
* No word in the English language rhymes with 'month'.
* An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
* An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
* An average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
* All polar bears are left handed.
* Ants don't sleep.
* The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals.People walked it along.
* The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson.It was called the Rocket.
* The Industrial Revolution in Europe first saw the beginning of air pollution,which gradually became a major global problem.
* Every year more than 50 million cars are added to the world's roads. car making is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.
* Fish cannot live in the dead sea because the water has too much salt in it.
* The blue whale is the largest animal on earth.The heart of a blue whale is as big as car, and it's tongue is as long as an elephant.
* Pearls are found in oysters.The largest pearl ever found was 620 carats.
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