SOC Junior Section - Interesting Facts

	SOC Junior Section - Interesting Facts
The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime
The Sun’s light takes eight minutes to reach the Earth
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
The average person is about ¼ of an inch (6mm) taller at night.
Doctors believe one in seven people can’t digest milk
Hippos kill more people than any other animal even though they are vegetarians
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked past a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket
At 2 inches (5cm) diameter, an Ostrich’s eye is twice as large as it’s brain and weighs 3.3lbs (1.3kg)
Some North American frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night
A Rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honour of his brother
Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand
Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump"
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If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard
A snail can sleep for 3 years
American Airlines saved £40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class
China has more English speakers than the United States
The electric chair was invented by a dentist
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