Did you know that??

1.           The second most used metal in the world is copper

2.           The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl

3.           The biggest exporter of frog’s legs in the world is Japan

4.           About 88% of milk is water

5.           An egg contain all vitamin except for the vitamin C

6.           Cigarette lighter was invented before the matches were invented

7.           India used sugar before any other country

8.           Almonds are a member of the peach family

9.           Green tea is the national drink of Japan

10.      TV antennas were invented in 1898 but TV’s were not invented until the year 1935

11.      There are 31,536,00 seconds in a year

12.      It takes about four and five pounds of grapes to make one pound of raisins

13.      Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

14.      Grapes explode when  you put them in the microwave

15.      Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor was afraid of the dark

16.      The stars you see when you rub your eyes are called PHOSPHENES

17.      Mexico city sinks about 10 inches a year

18.      Coca-Cola was originally contain cocaine

19.      Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don’t have eyes

20.      A gold fish kept in a dark room will eventually turn white

21.      Cats can’t taste sweet things

22.      An owl can’t move its eyes side to side

23.      There are no tigers in the world with the same stripes

24.      Tsunami waves can travel up to 400 miles per hour faster than a commercial jet

25.      “Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia” is the fear of long words

26.      It is impossible to lick your elbow

27.      The name of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start

28.      If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1% you’ll feel thirsty

29.      American Indians were the first to grow corn. They called it “Maize”

30.      Every person has a unique tongue print

31.      Twenty four karat gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with hands

32.      “Almost”  is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order

33.      The world’s largest Almond factory is in Sacramento, California.It processes 2 million pounds of almonds a day

34.      If you rearrange the words “Payment received” you can spell  “Every cent paid me”

35.      The temperature in a flame is lower close to the source and highest near the top

36.      The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot

37.      On average you breathe 23,000 times a day

38.      Our eyes are always the same size from birth