Did You Know? - Episode 2

Did you know that;

1. the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
2. toilets use 35% of indoor water use
3. sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air
4. Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
5. the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
6. the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
7. the average speed of a skydiver is 200kph (124mph)
8. that 90% of an iceberg sits under water
9. all insects have 6 legs
10. the croissant was invented in Austria
11. a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
12. African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
13. In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
14. Australia was originally called New Holland
15. the average human brain contains around 78% water
16. 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
17. all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
18. your brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen your breathe
19. your foot has 26 bones in it
20. the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs
21. if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
22. the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet
23. lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
24. cats have over 100 vocal chords
25. fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
26. sponges hold more cold water than hot
27. it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
28. elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
29. frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
30. camel's milk doesn't curdle
31. a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
32. elephants are the only mammal that can't jump
33. a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second
34. your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
35. on your birthday you share it with 9 million others
36. you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
37. 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
38. a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
39. at birth dalmations are always white
40. Frogs don't drink (they absorb water through their skin)
41. hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
42. at birth dalmations are always white
43. a duck can't walk without bobbing its head
44. a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
45. a crocodile can't move its tongue
46. dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
47. that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles
48. a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside
49. in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
50. pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
51. an average person will spend 25 years asleep

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