Did You know? - Episode 7

Did you know that;

1. the first city to reach 1 million was London
2. dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
3. a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
4. a snail can sleep for 3 years
5. tigers have striped skin as well as fur
6. every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
7. crocodiles are colour blind
8. a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
9. a jellyfish is 95% water
10. bats are the only mammals that fly
11. horses sleep standing up
12. a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
13. horses have 18 more bones than humans
14. flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
15. a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
16. a honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
17. cucumbers are 96% water.
18. a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
19. a flea can jump 350 times its body length
20. sponges hold more cold water than hot
21. ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
22. after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
23. your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
24. your liver has over 500 functions
25. rain contains vitamin B12
26. 13 people die every year from vending machines
27. a banana contains 75% water
28. your most active muscles are in your eye
29. it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
30. Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
31. the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
32. the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
33. that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
34. volleyball was invented in 1895
35. the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches
36. soccer is the most followed sport
37. sound travels 3 times faster through water than in air
38. hot water freezes quicker than cold water
39. the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
40. DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data
41. the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
42. plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
43. the $ sign was introduced in 1788
44. 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year
45. the tea bag was invented in 1908
46. carrots contain 0% fat
47. wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
48. women make up 49% of the worlds population
49. Tokyo was once known as Edo
50. men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women

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