Addicted to silly facts
Yes, I’m afraid it’s true. Here are some I just found:
The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
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.
Dalmatians are born without spots.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
