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Have you ever wondered what the number 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle means? Or how many kilograms of rubbish a person produces per day? You can find these and other facts here. <\/p>\n
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1 Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born and died on days when Halley's Comet was visible. During his lifetime, he predicted that he would die on a day when Halley's Comet was visible.<\/p>\n
2 American dollar notes are made of cotton and linen.<\/p>\n
3. the number \"57\u2033 on the Heinz ketchup bottle stands for the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.<\/p>\n
4 Americans generate around one fifth of the world's annual waste. On average, that's about one and a half kilos of waste per person per day.<\/p>\n
5 Giraffes and rats can survive longer without water than camels.<\/p>\n
6 Our stomach produces a new layer of mucus every fortnight to prevent it from digesting itself.<\/p>\n
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are committed by a close family member or friend of the victim.<\/p>\n
8 A B-25 bomber flew into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on 28 July 1945.<\/p>\n
9 The Declaration of Independence of the United States was written on hemp paper.<\/p>\n
10 The I-dot is called a \"tittle\" in English.<\/p>\n
11 If you throw a sultana into a fresh glass of sparkling wine, it will float up and down the glass incessantly. <\/p>\n
12 Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a line of the youngest son of the youngest son. <\/p>\n
13. triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year. In Italy, the number 17 is an unlucky number, while in Japan it is 4. In Spain, people are afraid of Tuesday the 13th. <\/p>\n
14 A female ferret dies if she is in heat and cannot find a mate.<\/p>\n
15 The chemicals in the human body would be worth \u20ac6.25 if they were sold separately. <\/p>\n
16 In ancient Rome, a man swore on his testicles in court. <\/p>\n
17. the abbreviation ZIP in \"ZIP code\" stands for \"Zoning Improvement Plan\" (postcode).<\/p>\n
18 Coca-Cola contained coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.<\/p>\n
19 It is estimated that at any given time, about 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.<\/p>\n
20 Each king in a pack of playing cards represents a famous king from history: spades = David, clubs = Alexander the Great, hearts: Charlemagne, diamonds: Caesar. <\/p>\n
21. 40% of McDonald's profit comes from the sale of Happy Meals.<\/p>\n
22 Each person, including identical twins, not only has a specific fingerprint, but also a unique eye and tongue print.<\/p>\n
23 The red circle on the 7-up logo comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.<\/p>\n
24. 315 entries in Webster's dictionary from 1996 were misspelled. <\/p>\n
25 The icon for \"Save\" in the Microsoft Office programs shows a disc with the shutter the wrong way round. <\/p>\n
26 Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their cousins (Elsa L\u00f6wenthal and Emma Wedgewood).<\/p>\n
27 Camels have three eyelids. <\/p>\n
28 John Wilkes Booth's brother saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.<\/p>\n
29 Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are siblings. <\/p>\n
30 Chocolate can be fatal for dogs; it attacks the heart and nervous system of dogs. <\/p>\n
31 British pilots in the Second World War carried playing cards in their pockets, which could be soaked in water when captured to reveal an escape plan. <\/p>\n
32. 55.1% of all prisoners in the USA are behind bars for drug offences. <\/p>\n
33 Lipsticks often contain fish scales. <\/p>\n
34. killer whales kill sharks by thrusting torpedo-like into the stomach from below and literally exploding the shark.<\/p>\n
35 Snails have four noses. <\/p>\n
36 Ketchup was sold as a medicine in the 1830s. <\/p>\n
37 The famous three monkeys are called Mizaru (see nothing), Mikazaru (hear nothing), and Mazaru (say nothing).<\/p>\n
38 In India there is a certificate of freedom for cows. <\/p>\n
39 If you sneeze too hard, you can break a rib. If you suppress a sneeze, a blood vessel in your head may burst. If you force your eyes open, they can fall out. (DON'T TRY IT< YOU FOOL)<\/p>\n
40th American Airlines saved 40,000 $ in 1987 by removing the olive from the salad in first class.<\/p>\n
41 In the USA, around 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold every day. <\/p>\n
42 During the Second World War, the Oscars were made of wood, as metal was difficult to obtain.<\/p>\n
43 In chess there are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations for the first move.<\/p>\n
44 There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.<\/p>\n
45 Around 150 people are injured by coconuts every year. That's more than shark accidents.<\/p>\n
46. 50% of all bank robberies take place on Fridays.<\/p>\n
47 The name Wendy has only existed since the book Peter Pan. <\/p>\n
48 The first bomb dropped by the Allies in the Second World War killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo.<\/p>\n
49. a raindrop falls on average at a speed of 11 km\/h.<\/p>\n
50 It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to create the Mona Lisa.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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