Tuesday 11 March 2014

Amazing Facts





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

  Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada
       Post on February 1, 1969!

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 

      minutes!

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

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on 

      the same airplane as a precaution!



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

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard 

      playing card!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!  

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


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

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

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

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

One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!  

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and 
      Poopeye!

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

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

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!

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

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

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