Did you know that in just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male?
Did you know that the average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one?
Did you know that on some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees?
Did you know that it is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily?
Did you know that no one knows where Mozart is buried?
Did you know that termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music?(what the heck?! >XD)
Did you know the liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma?
Did you know that one quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes?
Did you know that during his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair?
It is said that the Jack-o-lantern was an Irish tradition. The story tells of Jack who tricked Satan into climbing a tree. He carved a cross into the tree and the Devil begged Jack to let him down because he could not take the sight of the cross anymore. After Jacks death, he refused Heaven because of his evil ways, yet was denied Hell by the devil for tricking him as well. Instead, the devil gave Jack a single ember to find his way through the darkness with. The ember was inserted into a turnip to keep it glowing longer. After the Irish came to America, they opted using pumpkins instead of turnips because the pumpkins were more efficient in keeping the ember lit.
Did you know that you can't create a folder called 'con' in Microsoft Windows!? It's really true! Try it! (I tried it; it didn't work. xD WOW.)
Did you know that most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!?
Did you know that mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color?
Did you know that one out of 20 people have an extra rib?
Did you know the fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene?
Did you know that it is now possible to print human skin with an inkjet printer!?
Did you know that Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them?
Did you know vaccines contain formaldehyde, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), phenol (disinfectant / pesticide), and aluminum?
Did you know that of all things, Andrew Jackson’s tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States?!
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe! (AWESOME. I COULD TOTALLY READ THAT >:D)
Did you know that lima beans contain cyanide!?
Did you know that by feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks?
Did you know that you inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day?(EWWW.)
Did you know that if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, and fail to receive medical attention, you still have a 50% chance of survival?
Did you know that the average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail?
Did you know that vultures fly without flapping their wings!? (probably glide some birds do that when they get tired of flapping)
Did you know that months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'? (HOLY CR@P.)
You know where the term "Running like a chicken with it's head cut off" came from right? The Chicken meets its fate when the owner of the farm decides to have chicken for dinner and then after the axe comes down on the feathered meal's neck it runs around for a few minutes until it eventualy bleeds to death. Yes I believe we all know this. BUT. Did you know that the longest recorded chicken to live without it's head was named Miracle Mike? He lived for around ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER his head was removed! ( WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS?! WAIIIIIIIII.)
So how was Mike able to survive? Scientists examined him and determined that the hungry owners had not done a very good job at chopping Mike's head off. Most of the head was actually removed, but one ear remained intact. The slice actually missed the jugular vein and a clot prevented him from bleeding to death. Apparently, most of a chicken's reflex actions are located in the brain stem, which was also largely untouched. (WAT. WAT. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-)
True Story: Debby Mills-Newbroughton, 99 years old, was killed as she crossed the road. She was to turn 100 the next day, but crossing the road with her daughter to go to her own birthday party her wheel chair was hit by the truck delivering her birthday cake. (...GETTING RUN OVER TRYING TO STEAL SOMEONES TIRES BY THE GUY STEALING THE CAR lol)
Did you know that the murder capital of the world is Colombia where the murder rate is ten times higher than that in the united states? Less than 2% of the murders there are ever investigated and less than 2% of those that are investigated are ever solved. (Funny, I was just watching comedy tv and one of the comedians were from colombia and she talked about how you can murder people there and get away with it xD)
Did you know that men successfully commit suicide three times more frequently than women do? Women, however, attempt suicide two to three times more often than men. ( I guess us females are ST00P1D 8D)
Did you know that the average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night?
Did you know that there are more people alive today than have ever died?!(SRSLY. WE ARE OVERPOPULATING THE EARTH. USING UP ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ALL THAT SHIZZ.)
Did you know that until the 1950s, Tibetans disposed of their dead by taking the body up a hill, hacking it into little pieces, and feeding the remains to the birds?(One word. CUH-REEPY lol creepy)
Did you know that if you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die?(why did you have to tell me that? ;w; then again just to sneeze you have one whole station in your brain)
Did you know that the infamous Black Plague in Europe was due in part to the fact that people believed those with cats were witches. So all the cats were rounded up, caged and burned, leaving the rats (with their disease causing parasites) to run free and multiply. Those harboring cats were many who survived?
You know the saying called the last laugh? A bullet shot through a victim's heart sometimes precipitates a final laugh before death.
Did you know that Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die?
Did you know that Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is Hebrew for Lord of the Flies, and this is where the book's title comes from?
Did you know that Apart from its vulnerability to fire, human hair is almost impossible to destroy. It decays at a very slow rate, so slow that is almost non-disintegrative. It can't be destroyed by cold, change of climate, water, etc., and it is resistant to many kinds of acids and corrosive materials?
Did you know that Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously?
Did you know that foods increase in nutritional value as they decompose?(Yes, it's also why I try to chew my food more.)
Did you know that a scorpion could survive for three weeks if it was embedded in a block of ice?
Did you know that Albert Einstein's last words will never be known? He spoke them in German, and the attending nurse did not speak German.
Did you know that on average people fear spiders more than they do death. (THAT'S ME, BRO.)
Did you know that in the 1800's photographs of dead children were often published in collections and called "Sleeping Beauties"?(Creepy, but interesting.)
Did you know that the Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects?(I don't even know what that is. 8D)
Did you know that 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment?
Did you know that men have more blood than women? Men have 1.5 gallons versus .875 gallons for women.(THAT'S NOT RIGHT. >:U)
Did you know that a rat can go without water longer than a camel can?
Did you know that Alfred Hitchcock used chocolate syrup to simulate blood going down the drain in the famous shower scene in "Psycho"?
Did you know that Al Capone's business card said that he was a used furniture dealer?
Did you know that by some unknown means, an iguana possesses the ability to end its own life?(... ಠ___ಠ )
Did you know that Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living?
Did you know that If you take one pound of cobwebs and spread them out in one straight line, it will go around the earth 2 times?
Did you know that when opossums are playing 'possum, they are not playing? They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Did you know that the reason for male shirts having the buttons are on the right side, and female shirts the left side is because in Victorian times, the men were right handed and buttoned their own shirts, but women had a maid to dress them and the buttons were on the correct side for the maids to do up?
Did you know that you can have a permanent record of snowflakes if you freeze a piece of glass and some hairspray before the next snowfall? (Both may be stored in the freezer until you need them.) When you're ready to collect some snowflakes, spray your chilled glass with the chilled hairspray and go outside and let some snowflakes settle on the glass. When you have enough flakes bring the glass indoors and allow it to thaw at room temperature for about 15 min. Now you have a permanent record of your snowflakes!
Did you know that the electric chair was invented by a dentist?
Did you know that bats always turn left when exiting a cave?
Did you know that a group of crows is called a murder?
Did you know that 2,500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties?
Did you know that being left handed is a brain defect? (I added this one in, the others aren't mine.)
Did you know that lefties are twins who consumed their twin before birth? (I also added this one in. )
Black metal band Mayhem was forever committed to infamy when lead singer, “Death” committed suicide in 1991. Immediately upon discovering the body of their comrade, the band's initial conclusion was to snap a photo of the body for later use as cover art to one of their later releases, the Dawn of the Black Hearts LP. Hellhammer (another Mayhem bandmate) reputedly gathered Death's skull fragments, and fashioned a necklace from them, while Euronymous (also of the band Mayhem) cooked a stew of the remaining brain matter. (THAT'S MESSED UP.)
Did you know that if you have your head chopped off (all the rage this season) you can expect seven seconds of consciousness before all the blood drains from your brain. You would have time to view the world from a bodiless perspective. (HOLY CR@P! Wait... I just said that earlier.)
Regarding the case of Jack The Ripper: Did you know that in this notorious case of serial murder, there were only 5 confirmed victims? The suspects in this case far out-numbered the victims at 19 (including Prince Albert Victor and Lewis Carroll )!
Did you know that a person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation? Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
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