A few things to ponder! > > > If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right > side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew > your food on the left side of your mouth. > > To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 > million individual flowers > > Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'. > > Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is > considered an insult! > > People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport. > > Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he > declined. > > Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from > gas in their stomachs. > > Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash. > > The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion > to shave them off! > > Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is > impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 > seconds. > > The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as > a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband. > > Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros > > It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never > wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! > > Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the > ground for thousands of years > > Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end > > If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a > human body is dehydrated, its thirst > mechanism shuts off. > > Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of > tobacco-related diseases. > > Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals > > Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers. > > The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost > every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. > > Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent > > Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke > unless it's heated above 450�F > > The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not > the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in > the ear. > > Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean > > The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of > man > > Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower > air density > > The University of Alaska spans four time zones > > The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself. > > In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional > proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. > > Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song > Happy Birthday. > > Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. > > A comet's tail always points away from the sun > > The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the > disease it was intended to prevent > > Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that > is why it is found in some medicines. > > The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, > when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity. > > If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, > you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. > > When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense > lost is sight > > In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed > > Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside > > Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per > hundred grams > > The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year > > The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust > > Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher > than 15,000 meters > > > Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy > > Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they > could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the > bridge down > > Everything weighs one percent less at the equator > > For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess > fuel are needed at lift-off > > The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements. > > And last but not least: > In 2011, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. > this apparently happens once every 823 years! ________________________________ =================== Please consider the environment before printing this email =================== The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. 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