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    Old 06-13-2013, 09:18 AM
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    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 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 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.
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    Old 06-13-2013, 12:04 PM
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    Fascinating stuff! I may need to move to the equator if my diet doesn't start working soon
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    Old 06-13-2013, 12:10 PM
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    Originally Posted by Pinkiris
    Fascinating stuff! I may need to move to the equator if my diet doesn't start working soon
    Great minds think alike - if they would make it 25% I would move tomorrow. Thanks for sharing
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    Old 06-13-2013, 01:52 PM
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    Some I have heard before. Some interesting facts.
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    Old 06-13-2013, 01:53 PM
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    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.

    This is the only one I have a problem with - can't see why it would be true.


    http://www.snopes.com/science/well.asp

    Guess it is not true.

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    Old 06-14-2013, 04:21 AM
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    All the facts you listed about the human body are true!
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    Interesting!
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    Old 06-14-2013, 07:01 AM
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    Found two that are not correct and both involve tropical fruit. First on is bananas: list says that cannot reproduce themselves. Not true. The individual plants only produce one crop of bananas (called a hand), but the plant has already sent out a runner underground from which another plant has grown. This is how they grow in the wild and in casual gardens. On plantations, they may find a more orderly way to propagate the bananas.
    There is also another tropical fruit called annona muricata (sour apple) which has little prickly things all over the outside that I think are the seeds. These lists are very interesting. Just think, if the people that make these lists just had some fabric, thread, patterns! More creativity, but the product would be more pleasing and useful.
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    Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.

    This is not true.

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    Most metals oxidize under the right conditions. Gold, platinum and palladium do not oxidize at room temperature, which is the reason they are used in jewelry and electronics. Stainless steel, titanium, tantalum and niobium are highly resistant to oxidation.
    Rust is iron oxide. The forms Fe[SUB]2[/SUB]O[SUB]3[/SUB], Fe[SUB]3[/SUB]O[SUB]4[/SUB], and FeO are the most common."
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    Old 06-14-2013, 09:35 AM
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    I don't understand about bananas! It's like chicken and the egg!
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