Glass takes 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 doesnt rust, even if its 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. >>> >>>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 doesnt smoke unless its heated above 450F. >>> >>>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 comets 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 earths 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. >>>>
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