RD Amazing Facts List 2007 [ Thousands of amazing new facts]

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Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
Major contributor to Delhi's air pollution are vehicles.
Major contributor to Delhi's air pollution are vehicles.
Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
Marc Andreessen founded Netscape. In 1993, he had already developed Mosaic, the first Web browser with a GUI.
Melanie Griffith’s mother is actress Tippi Hendren, best known for her lead role in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do.
Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink.
Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.
More American workers (18%) call sick on Friday than any other day of the week. Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism (11%).
More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
More money is printed daily for the Monopoly game than by the U.S. Treasury.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
More steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products
More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there
--Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.
--Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.
Most Americans’ car horns beep in the key of F.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
Most lipstick contains fish scales!
most often stolen from public libraries.
Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
Mozart was buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
Multiply 37,037 by any single number (1-9), then multiply that number by 3. Every digit in the answer will be the same as that first single number.  For example: 37,037*5=185,185.  185,185*3=555,555.
Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

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Naked means to be unprotected. "Nude" means unclothed
Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.
Napoleon was terrified of cats.
Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
Native Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook.
Naturalists use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps.
Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
Nearly three-fourths of India's population, which is rural, bears 84% of the burden of exposure to air pollution.
Nearly three-fourths of India's population, which is rural, bears 84% of the burden of exposure to air pollution.
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
Nine pennies weigh exactly one ounce.
Ninety eight per cent of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.
No animal, once frozen solid (i.e., water solidifies and turns to ice) survives when thawed, because the ice crystals formed inside cells would break open the cell membranes. However there are certain frogs that can survive the experience of being frozen. These frogs make special proteins, which prevent the formation of ice (or at least keep the crystals from becoming very large), so that they actually never freeze even though their body temperature is below zero Celsius. The water in them remains liquid: a phenomenon known as ’supercooling.’ If you disturb one of these frogs (just touching them even), the water in them quickly freezes solid and they die.
No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
No NCAA basketball team from a school located in its state's capital has ever won the national championship.
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
----No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
----No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
Nobody born in Kentucky has ever been elected to Congress.
Nondairy creamer is flammable.
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
Nova Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.'

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Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
Of the 35-40 million tonnes of flyash generated annually by thermal power plants in India, only 2-3 percent is productively utilized.
Of the 35-40 million tonnes of flyash generated annually by thermal power plants in India, only 2-3 percent is productively utilized.
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
often mistaken for hunger.
Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.
On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson’s fictional ship was the Titan.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1″ encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
On an average, each person receives 26.4 e-mails a day.
On average a hedgehog's  heart beats 300 times a minute.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
On occasions when the sun is shining brightly on falling snowflakes, they contain enough ionic charge to stun insects. Observation of this phenomenon inspired the invention of the bug zapper.
On the Internet, a 'bastion host' is the only host computer that a company allows to be addressed directly from the public network.
On the new one hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
One of the most important measure to counter pollution is planting trees. With neem and peepal being the largest emitters of oxygen, planting them in the gardens purifies the surrounding air and helps in maintaining hygienic conditions. While champa, mogra and chameli have better chances of surviving pollution in summer, bulbous varieties do better in winter. Courtesy You are not allowed to view links.
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One of the most important measure to counter pollution is planting trees. With neem and peepal being the largest emitters of oxygen, planting them in the gardens purifies the surrounding air and helps in maintaining hygienic conditions. While champa, mogra and chameli have better chances of surviving pollution in summer, bulbous varieties do better in winter. Courtesy You are not allowed to view links.
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One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers — they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.
One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.
Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
Only 2 blue moons (the saying 'only once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence of two full moons during one calendar month) are to occur between now and 2001. Those times are January 1999 and March 1999
Only a single dissenting vote prevented the death penalty in Texas from being carried out by immersing the convicted person in a nest of fire ants.
Only female mosquitoes bite.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
Ostriches Struthio camelus have the longest legs. Their legs can be up to 1.3 m long.
Ostriches Struthio camelus have the longest legs. Their legs can be up to 1.3 m long.
Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that have blue eyes.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
Over the last two decades, more Americans died of heart attacks while watching horror movies in movie theaters than died while sky-diving.
Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

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Pamela Lee-Anderson is Canada’s Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada’s independence.
Panama hats come from Ecuador not Panama.
Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese".
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness--28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness--38%.
Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%. 
Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.
Pet superstores now sell about 40 percent of all pet food
Peter Maas, creator of the character Serpico, got his character's name from an ultra-expensive, highly-prized Malaysian liqueur made from fermented viper venom.
Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias.
Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits.  The billionth digit in Pi is 9.
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
Pinocchio is Italian for “pine eyes.”
Pinocchio was made of pine.
Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.
Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
Polar bear fur is not white, it’s clear.
Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)
Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book "Historia de duobos amantibus" in 1444.
Porcupines float in water!
purple and silver.

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Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Queen Elizabeth of Britain and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands count under the 10 wealthiest women in the world.

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R.S.V.P. comes from the French phrase, 'répondez, s'il vous plaît,'  which means 'please reply.' According to western etiquette, you should reply promptly if you receive a formal invitation.
R.S.V.P. comes from the French phrase, 'répondez, s'il vous plaît,'  which means 'please reply.' According to western etiquette, you should reply promptly if you receive a formal invitation.
Race car is a palindrome.
Ralph Lauren’s original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
Rapid deforestation has decreased the friction of the surface of the Earth, causing it to spin infinitesimally faster and thereby cool the air, combating global warming.
Relative to body size the Long Rufous Humingbird Selasphorus rufus makes the longest migration. It measures 10 cm and flies from as far north as Alaska to Mexico and back again - 10 000 km.
Relative to body size the Long Rufous Humingbird Selasphorus rufus makes the longest migration. It measures 10 cm and flies from as far north as Alaska to Mexico and back again - 10 000 km.
Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
Researchers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Residents of the island of Lesbos are Lesbosians, rather than Lesbians. (Of course, lesbians are called lesbians because Sappho was from Lesbos.)
Revolvers cannot be silenced, due to all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
Rhythm and “syzygy” are the longest English words without vowels.
Rhythm is the longest English word without a vowel.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.  (Makes you think about ambidextrous people)  This fact is based on a study that had errors in it, thus it might not be a fact.
Rob Glasser's company, Progressive Networks, launched the RealAudio system on April 10, 1995.
Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit.
Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.
Roosters can’t crow if they can’t fully extend their necks.
Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
Rubbing Tabasco on one's upper lip before bedtime is an effective temporary cure for sleep apnea.
Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, ‘I’m listening.’

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S.O.S. doesn’t stand for “Save Our Ship” or “Save Our Souls” — It was chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash.
Samuel Clemens’s pseudonym “Mark Twain” was the nickname of a riverboat pilot about whom Clemens wrote a needless nasty satirical piece. Apparently, Clemens felt guilty later and adopted the nom de plume as some sort of expiation. The phrase “mark twain” from which the river pilot got his name does not mean two fathoms (twelve feet.)
Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.
Scandinavian berserkers used to cut out their eyes before battle to spare themselves the sight of the carnage they invariably wrought.
Scientists estimate that sleep lost due to daylight saving time reduces the average lifespan by nearly two full months.
Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten.
Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten.
Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
Sharon Stone was the first “Star Search” spokes model.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
Shokyu Ishiko, a doctorate in agriculture and chief priest of Daioh Temple in Kyoto has created an online virtual temple which will perform memorial services for lost information.
Shortly before his execution, Timothy McVeigh constructed a scale model of the Lincoln Memorial with soda crackers.
Showing off at a party one evening, Chopin played the entire "Minute Waltz" in under 10 seconds.
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
sink into quicksand.
Sir Isaac Newton, who invented Calculus, had trouble with names to the point where he would forget his brothers' names.
Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!
Slugs have 4 noses.
Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
Smithee is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don’t want their names to appear in the credits.
Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.
So going by this logic, The winner of the 2002 world cup is the same as the 3964 - 2002 = 1962 world cup. The 1962 world cup was won by Brazil.  It was really Brazil who won!!!
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
Soda water does not contain soda.
soil.
Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)
Some words with horizontal symmetry (they reflect themselves across a horizontal line) are: BEDECKED, BOOHOOED, CEBID (a type of monkey), CHECKBOOK, CHOICE, CODEBOOK, COOKBOOK, DECIDED, DIOXIDE, DOBCHICK, EXCEEDED, HIDE, HOODOOED, ICEBOX, KEBOBBED, OBOE, OKEECHOBEE.
Some words with horizontal symmetry (they reflect themselves across a horizontal line) are: BEDECKED, BOOHOOED, CEBID (a type of monkey), CHECKBOOK, CHOICE, CODEBOOK, COOKBOOK, DECIDED, DIOXIDE, DOBCHICK, EXCEEDED, HIDE, HOODOOED, ICEBOX, KEBOBBED, OBOE, OKEECHOBEE.
Some words with vertical symmetry are MOM, WOW, OTTO, MAAM, MA'AM, TOOT, AHA, AA, AHA, AIA, AMA, AVA, AWA, HAH, HOH, HUH, MAM, MIM, MM, MUM, OHO, OO, OXO, TAT, TIT, TOT, TUT, UTU, VAV, WAW.
Some words with vertical symmetry are MOM, WOW, OTTO, MAAM, MA'AM, TOOT, AHA, AA, AHA, AIA, AMA, AVA, AWA, HAH, HOH, HUH, MAM, MIM, MM, MUM, OHO, OO, OXO, TAT, TIT, TOT, TUT, UTU, VAV, WAW.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Soweto in South Africa was derived from SOuth WEst TOwnship.
Spades - King David
Spain literally means ‘the land of rabbits.’
Speak of the Devil is short for “Speak of the Devil and he shall come”. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention and he would appear.
SRS stands for Shared Registry Server. The central system for all accredited registrars to access, register and control domain names.
St. Bernards, famous for their role as alpine rescue dogs, do NOT wear casks of brandy around their necks.
Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Steve Young, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, is the great-great-grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young.
Strains of bacteria similar to E. coli have been found in spent printer cartridges -- but only in the cyan ones. Scientists have no explanation.
Sun Microsystems sponsors NetDay, an effort to wire American public schools to the Internet, with help from the US government.
Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.