7 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 66 (07/11/2013)






651.  Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time, as they sleep with one eye open.

652.  
Each nostril of a human being registers smell in a different way. Those by the right nostril
         are more pleasant than the left.

653.  
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

654.  
Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the
         glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state.

655.  
Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other
         country in the world.

656.  
In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water.

657.  
The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left.
         Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink.

658.  
Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978.

659.  
A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have
         been clocked at 68 mph.

660.  
Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in
         Syria in 1930.



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