6 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 64 (05/11/2013)







631.  There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit.

632.  
The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell.

633.  
Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring
         players.

634.  
Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient.

635.  
An Orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes.

636.  
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

637.  
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age.

638.  
It takes approximately 2 million flowers for a bee to make 1 pound of honey.

639.  
Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

640.  
It is physically impossible to urinate and give blood at the same time.


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