Strange and Funny facts

i got bored this, this is so pointless but,
some are rather funny to read =/

1. Butterflies taste with
with their feet

2. A duck's quack does not
echo, and no one knows why

3. On aveage, 100 people
choke to death on ballpoint
pens

4.elephants are the only
animal that cannot jump

5.only one in two million
people will live to be 116 +

6. There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

7. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

8. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

9. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

10. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

11. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off

12. Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

13. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

14. Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!

15. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

16. One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year

17. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!

18. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!

19. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!

20. A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!

21. A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

22. The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day!


23. A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

24. A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!