Did You Know? - Season 1 Episode 16

Did you know that;

1. an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
2. all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
3. there are over 80,000 different species of ants
4. there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
5. honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
6. the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
7. caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
8. most spiders have transparent blood
9. queen termites can live up to 50 years
10. it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
11. 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects
12. 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
13. bees can see ultraviolet light
14. a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
15. ants can lift 50 times their own weight
16. flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
17. a dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
18. a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
19. women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
20. there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p)
21. the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
22. the first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900
23. the first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964
24. the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
25. the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
26. some playing cards in India are round
27. Japanese people don't have middle names
28. sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
29. petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115°C (-180 and -240°F)
30. the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
31. employees of the Vatican pay no income tax
32. dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
33. diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
34. brontology is the study of thunder
35. all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
36. men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
37. a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
38. a nanosecond is one billionth of a second
39. a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
40. the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
41. Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius
42. before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
43. 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
44. Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
45. the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
46. Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
47. Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
48. there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
49. more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
50. lettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable

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