100 Simply random facts part 3

The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.
Neurons multiply at a rate 250,000 neurons per minute during early pregnancy.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant in 1967 – the patient lived for 18 days.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times more sensitive than a humans.
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).
The human body is comprised of 80% water.
The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.
Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
The placement of a donkey’s eyes in it’s’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second – 86 million each day.
The human brain is about 75% water.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
In 5 billion years the Sun will run out of fuel and turn into a Red Giant.
Elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom at 22 months. The longest human pregnancy on record is 17 months, 11 days.
The largest galexies contain a million, million stars.
Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.
The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.
Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.
No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years.
You’re born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Cher’s last name was “Sarkissian.” She changed it because no one could pronounce it.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.
The Simpsons is the longest running animated series on TV.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.
When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, its force was so great it could be heard 4,800 kilometres away in Australia.
0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
The Beetham Tower cost over £150 million to build.
No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake.
Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.
Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
The number “four” is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as “death”.
There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
During the chariot scene in “Ben Hur,” a small red car can be seen in the distance.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.
The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day
Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
Georgia’s state motto is “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
750ml of blood pumps through your brain every minute which is 15-20% of blood flow from the heart.
Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5 percent silver
Yo-yos were used as weapons by warriors in the Philippines in the 16th century.
Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.
Some Case Moth caterpillars (Psychidae) build a case around themselves that they always carry with them. It is made of silk and pieces of plants or soil.
IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
One million, million, million, million, millionth of a second after the Big Bang the Universe was the size of a …pea.
The people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.
During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.