"STRANGE BUT TRUE" facts & "DID YOU KNOW?" facts.


Strange but true: Cuba's humming bird is 5.7 cm long, weighs 14,2 grams, lays eggs which are 0.6 cm long and will fight birds 4 to 5 times bigger than itself.

Strange but true: The initials M.G. on the famous British made automobile stand for 'Morries Garage.'

Did you know?: The sky isn't blue at all, its black, light reflecting off dust particles give the sky its blue colour.

Strange but true: Approximately 30 billion cakes of Ivory soap had been manufactured by 1990.

Strange but true: The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

Did you know?: An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Strange but true: There is a difference between the weight of a person when alive and when dead.

Strange but true: The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at a time.

Did you know?: The Mona Lisa can be found in the famous Louvre mesium in Paris.

Strange but true: If it was possible to sneeze with you eyes open, they would pop out of their sockets.

Strange but true: Ball lightening had been discovered since 1557 but got most attention in 1984 when a fireball was reported to fly into the side of a jet plane.

Did you know?: All the swans in England are the property of the Queen.

Strange but true: It is estimated that a plastic container can resist decomposition for as long as 50 000 years.

Strange but true: Spiders have transparent blood.

Did you know?: The sentence 'THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG' uses every letter in the english language.

Strange but true: 66 percent of Japan is covered in forest.

Strange but true: A female donkey's milk is closest to human milk.

Did you know?: In 2006 there were 62 shark attacks reported worldwide, 4 of them fatal.

Strange but true: Hot water weighs more than cold water.

Strange but true: Butterflies taste with their feet.

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