Funny Facts - Other II

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Funny Facts - Other II

In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone.

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof'. I wonder why ;-).

Long ago, clans would burn down your house to get rid of you without killin you. The phrase "your fired!" came from this.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

28% of Africa is wilderness.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

The most popular requested boat name is "Obsession".

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

More people are killed by donkeys than in plane crashes annually.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

If the population of China walked past you in a single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

People share their birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump".

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

The average person spends 2 weeks of it's life waiting for a traffic light to change.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!

In Chinese the words for crisis and opportunity are the same.

All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.

The top 8 most developed countries all speak Germanic languages. Every such country is in the top 20.

The ten most generous countries are all in Europe.

American adults have been educated for the longest time.

The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.

The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people.

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts.


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