· The original reason for tablecloths was as a towel to wipe one's fingers and hands on after eating
· Mount Everest moves approximately 2.4 inches (10 cm) in a Northeasterly direction every year
· Mickey Mouse has four fingers on each hand
· The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees
· The storage capacity of human brain exceeds four Terra bytes
· There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun
· Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west
· In 2001, the five most valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia
· After the "Popeye" comic strip started in 1931, spinach consumption went up by 33 percent in the US
· A rainbow can only occur when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon
· At 40° Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing
· Most gemstones contain several elements. Except the diamond it's all carbon
· Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal
· It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world
· Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon
· The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles
· The "crack" from a whip is actually the tip of the whip traveling faster than the speed of sound, emitting a small sonic boom
· If the information contained in the DNA could be written down, it would fill a 1000 volume encyclopedia
· It would take 13 years and eight months to stay one night in every room at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
· Brain damage occurs at an internal temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit
· The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
· If you gave each human on earth an equal portion of dry land, (including the uninhabitable areas) everyone would get roughly 100sqft
· Just twenty seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon
· There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee
· Pearls melt in vinegar
· There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history
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