The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk. •
Venus is nicknamed the “Jewel of the Sky.” Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it’s not as close to the sun. Venus does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! •
Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? Cook Strait•
In which city is the Doge’s Palace? Venice•
Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa or North America? Africa• What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffng and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models? Taxidermy•
The name of which Roman god means ‘shining father’ in Latin? Jupiter• Which theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale? Absolute zero•
Who wrote Bleak House? Charles Dickens•
Ganymede is a satellite of which planet? Jupiter•
Which city was the first in the world to have a population of more than one million? London (circa 1811)•
Which was the first element to be created artificially? Technetium•
In computing, what does ISDN stand for? Integrated Services Digital Network• The world’s windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica. •
The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk. •
The USA uses 29% of the world’s petrol and 33% of the world’s electricity. • Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters. •
The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade.
The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade. •
There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. •
Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.•
US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen. •
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. •
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself. •
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945. •
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. • The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. •
Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. •
The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan. •
Camel’s have three eyelids. •
Most lipstick contains fish scales. •
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. •
Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”. •
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. •
The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour. •
It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa•
IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”. •
A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
• The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
• Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
• 25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
• A jellyfish is 95% water.
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