Facts of Life

• No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
• The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.

• Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.

• A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

• The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07.

• Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.

• The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

• Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it

• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

• The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)

• Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.

• The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.

• Earthworms have five hearts

• The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.

You have to be at least 58.5 inches to be an astronaut. (Click here)

Unique animals. Hippopotami cannot swim (ppl have said that a hippo can swim, but i dont think its classified as swimming. I'll check), whales can't swim backwards, tarantulas can't spin webs, crocodiles can't chew and hummingbirds can't walk

Ants

• Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue
  
• An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.
  
• The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant.
  
• Ants dont sleep. Thanx teepo (apparently noone can be sure since they don't have eyelids, they also have no need for sleep)
  
• Ants taste like sweet tarts. (from experience..)Thanx RiffSingr

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin. (But one also wonders how big a milk glass is... anyone?)

The gases emitted from a banana or an apple can help an orange ripen. (Not sure which fruits are concerned).

Adolph Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only 1, and i repeat, ONE, testicle.

Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were once roommates. Thanx Rebecca

Australia is a major exporter of camels

Australia has no native monkeys. (in the wild)

Australia's box jellyfish has toxins more potent than the venom in cobras, and is one of the most dangerous jellyfish in the world

Apparently 1/3 of people with alarm clocks hit the 'snooze' button every morning, and from 25-34 age group, it is over 1/2. (r u 1 of them?)

Hans Christian Anderson, creater of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never learned to spell correctly, and his publishers always had errors

On average, Americans spend about 6 months of their lives waiting at red traffic lights

There is air in space, but very little of it. In fact, it is equivalent to a marble in a box 5 miles wide. Most of the gas is captured by the gravitational pull of other celestial bodies.Thanx M.Lerner

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.