August 28, 2010
Have you been in a party or gathering where there was absolutely nothing interesting you can contribute to a conversation? Don’t be a boring guest or participant, file up on interesting facts that anyone and everyone can relate to. I hope this compilation of interesting nice to know facts may be useful now or sometime. Who knows, this might even be your ticket to being cool!
· Every two thousand frowns create one wrinkle.
· Leonardo De Vinci invented scissors.
· The past tense for the English word “dare” is “durst” and not dared.
· Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
· Honey is the only natural food which never goes off/stale.
· The top layer of a wedding cake, known as the groom's cake, traditionally is a fruit cake. That way, it will save until the first Anniversary.
· Household dust is made of dead skin cells
· The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
· French fries are originally from Belgium
· Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator.
· White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf.
· Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
· Pearls melt in vinegar.
· Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.
· Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
· Only female mosquito bites.
· Cats sleep 70% of their lives.
· A group of frogs is called an army
A group of rhinos is called a crash
A group of kangaroos is called a mob
A group of whales is called a pod
A group of geese is called a gaggle
A group of owls is called a parliament
· Pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
· About the Dead Sea
Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea because the water has too much salt in it?
It is not a sea but an inland lake.
The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
· Rabbits and parrots can see behind itself without turning its head.
· Chess was invented in India.
· The rarest type of diamond is green
· A banana is 75% water.
· Christmas trees originated from Germany.
· Butterflies taste with their feet.
· Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking
· The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
· The chocolate M&M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars, Sr., candymaker, and his associate Bruce Murrie.
· M & M's were developed so that soldiers could eat candy without getting their fingers sticky
· New Zealand is the only country that has every type of climate in the world.
· Cockroaches' favorite food is the glue on envelopes and on the back of postage stamps
· Men can read smaller print than women while women can hear better than men.
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