Interesting Facts!

• One out of 20 people have an extra rib
• In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money
• Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
• Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
• Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system
• Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
• The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
• A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
• There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
• The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
• Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels
• For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America
• Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else
• The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long
• Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone
• The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour
• Most lipstick contains fish scales
• The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
• More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
• Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen
• In 1810, Peter Durand invented the tin can for preserving food
• A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
• Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
• Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories
• In 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg. 
• A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people
• The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half