Did You Know…

• One of the most accidental discoveries was the one of microwave. This discovery happened after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

• One of the most accidental discoveries was the one of microwave. This discovery happened after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

• In case you want to be taller than the perfect, profession for you is astronaut since astronauts can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. This happens because the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.

• The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every Letter in the English language

• Smelly feet are likely to get you in more trouble with mosquitoes since they prefer people with smelly feet.

• Turtles can live for more than 100 years. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes” in Sri Lanka.

• It is easier to swim in a sea rather than in a river because the density of sea water is more compared to that of a river due to dissolved salts.

• Solid carbon dioxide is called dry ice, because when it melts it does not change into liquid but vaporizes directly.

• The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.

• The small intestine is 7-8 meters long, making it the largest organ inside the human body. The large intestine is only 1-1.5 meters long!

• Crocodile only animal & reptile that sheds tear while eating.

• Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.

• The world’s first youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

• The sunrays reach the earth in 8 minutes and 3 seconds.
                                                                                      

   Complied By Friday James