25 October 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 53 (25/10/2013)





521.  In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

522.  
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

523.  
Alfred Nobel, in whose name the Nobel prizes are instituted, was the inventor of dynamite.

524.  
The planet Venus does not tilt, so consequently, it has no seasons. It is the only planet that
         rotates clock-wise.

525.  
Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil.

526.  
The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

527.  
Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.

528.  
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for
         the first 30 minutes after they’ve been removed.

529.  
US President John F. Kennedy was an accomplished ventriloquist.

530.  
Coca-Cola was originally green.


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