Random Facts

For the heck of it.

• World's most prolific mother is Russian. She gave birth to a total of 69 children. 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 childbirths.
• The pupils in goats' eyes are rectangular.
• If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat a cup of coffee.
• Animals that lay eggs don't have bellybuttons.
• Hippo milk is pink.
• Every human forgets approximately 80% of what they pertain everyday.
• Some whales commit suicide.
• Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors, played the viola, and spent twelve years painting the Mona Lisa's lips.
• According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
• Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
• Babies are always born with blue eyes.
• Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he was retarded.
• Bluebirds can't see the color blue.
• Smelling ( not eating ) green apples and bananas help you lose weight.
• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• On average, women utter 7000 words a day, men manage just over 2000.
• In ancient China, people commit suicide by eating one pound of salt.
• All babies are color blind when they are born.
• When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
• Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
• The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• Lobsters have blue blood.
• The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
• A butterfly has 12000 eyes.
• A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.
• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
• The average chocolate bar has at least 8 insect legs in it.
• Camels have three eyelids.