Urmisha Bhujel
Communication Officer
1. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
2. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
3. Most insects hatch from eggs.
4. Pigs can’t look up into the sky – it’s physically impossible.
5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its whole brain.
7. Kangaroos can’t walk backward.
8. Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. …
9. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer, due to thermal expansion meaning the iron heats up, the particles gain kinetic energy and take up more space.
10. Trypophobia is the fear of closely-packed holes. …
11. Australia is wider than the moon.
12. A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head.
13. It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. …
14. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
15. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
16. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
17. If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
18. Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
19. In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.
20. Some lipsticks contain fish scales.
21. Cat urine glows under a black-light.
22. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
23. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
24. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
25. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard; Hunting and pecking doesn’t count!).
26. A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.
27. The longest one-syllable words in the English language are “scraunched” and “strengthed.” Some suggest that “squirreled” could be included, but squirrel is 28. intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries. “Screeched” and “strengths” are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters.
29. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
30. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
31. There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
32. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”
33. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
34. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
35. In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
36. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
37. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
38. Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.
39. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
40. Camels have three eyelids.
41. Mosquitos are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
42. Cats have more than 100 vocal cords.
43. snail breathes through its foot.
44. Fish cough.
45. Elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump.
46. Oysters can change from one gender to another (and back again).
47. Dead people can get goosebumps.
48. The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is J.
49. The tallest man in recorded history was 8’11.
50. The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant oils, bacteria, and ozone.