Wednesday, 18 February 2015

15 Facts That You Might Not Know!

15 Random Facts That You Might Not Know


1) In Antarctica there is a Glacier that is called 'Blood Falls'. The name comes from the fact that as the glacier melts it, the liquid pours out red which makes it look as though the ice is bleeding.

2) Elephants are the only mammals in the world that cannot jump.

3) In Paraguay, duelling is legal... as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

4) 23% of all photocopying issues are as a result of people sitting on them and photocopying their bum.

5) On average, throughout the world, more people are scared of spiders than they are of death!

6) 10% of Russia's income comes solely from the sale of Vodka.

7) Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. Can you?

8) 1/4 of all bones in your body are in your feet.

9) For every person on Earth there are approximately 1,000,000 ants. This means that there are around 1,000,000,000,000,000 ants on the Earth right now!

10) The phrase, 'rule of thumb' derives from an old English law that stated that it was illegal to beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb! 

11) A goat's pupil is in the shape of a rectangle.

12) Within the Oxford English dictionary, William Shakespeare is mentioned 33,150 times!

13) The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows!

14) There is a Lake in that is pink in colour because of a specific type of algae.

15) A ducks quack does not echo... No-one knows why!

Hope you enjoyed these random facts,

Speak Soon

Katie
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