Fun Facts 6

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An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain (If you watched Prince of Persia, they also run really funny)

 

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years

 

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

 

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you're an adult, you only have 206

 

Honey is the ONLY food that does NOT spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs and archaeologists tested it and found it edible.

 

Months that begin with Sunday always have a Friday the 13th

 

Coca-cola would be green if it wasn't colored

 

Bees kill more people than snakes

 

The average lead in a wooden pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write, approximately, 50,000 english words

 

Camels have 3 eyelids to protect them from blowing sand

 

The placement of a donkey's eyes, allows them to see all 4 feet at all times

 

Queen Elizabeth the I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every 3 months, whether she needed to or not.

 

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night

 

Stewardess is the longest english word only typed with the left hand

 

If you keep a goldfish in dark room it will eventually turn white

 

All the continents end with the same letter that they start with (minus the north and south part)

 

If you drop a raisin in a glass of fresh champange, it will bounce from top to bottom continuously

 

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why

 

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

 

The name Wendy was made up just for Peter Pan. There were no recorded 'Wendy's before that

 

The very first bomb dropped in Berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant at the Berlin Zoo

Its against the law to sneeze of burp in a church in Nebraska

 

-that is probably not a law that is enforced. Some laws are written in the law books but not even the people who enforce laws know they are there

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  • wow those are some pretty interesting fun facts but i didnt knw that An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain thats pretty sad
  • i did not know that the ostrage eye was bigger than its brain
  • ok the one about the queen is disgusting, and where do all of those bones go? its cool that were born with 300...
  • stewardess...hahaha i had to try it wow(:
  • that spider one has got me all paranoid now!! and i think its awesome that a duck's quack doesnt echo. but 12 newborns given the wrong parents daily is kinda funny. youd think people would be more careful about that
  • this facts are wierd and i want a white gold fish
  • hahah awesome! i loved the movie prince of persia. ostriches are hilarious!
    • Prince of Persia was epic. No doubt best movie since The Dark Knight
  • Again i just love reading these facts, they are just so awesome ha
  • that spider thing is just gross and i just wanna get a goldfish and put it in a dark room just to see it turn white
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