Saturday, July 7, 2012

Famous people did you knows


Famous people did you knows

  • Did you knowRalph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
  • Did you knowElvis's middle name was Aron
  • Did you knowBill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
  • Did you knowMadonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
  • Did you knowIsaac Newton invented the cat door
  • Did you knowEinstein slept 10 hours a night
  • Did you knowSir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
  • Did you knowLeonardo Da Vinci invented scissors
  • Did you knowElvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
  • Did you knowShakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
  • Did you knowTiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick
  • Did you knowit took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
  • Did you knowbefore beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
  • Did you knowChevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius
  • Did you knowbetween 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
  • Did you knowAlbert Einstein never knew how to drive a car

English language did you knows


English language did you knows

  • Did you knowthe most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
  • Did you knowthe least used letter in the alphabet is Q
  • Did you knowdreamt is the only word that ends in mt
  • Did you knowthe first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
  • Did you knowthere are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
  • Did you knowthe oldest word in the English language is 'town'
  • Did you know'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
  • Did you knowthe word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
  • Did you knowthe dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
  • Did you knowthe past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
  • Did you knowthe word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
  • Did you knowThe first English dictionary was written in 1755
  • Did you knowthe word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
  • Did you know1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
  • Did you knowthe longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'
  • Did you knowall pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
  • Did you knowthe expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
  • Did you knowthe word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
  • Did you knowthe most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'

Drink did you knows


Drink did you knows

  • Did you knowCoca-Cola originally contained cocaine
  • Did you knowIn eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
  • Did you knowfrogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin)
  • Did you knowCoca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
  • Did you knowapples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
  • Did you knowinstant coffee was invented in 1901
  • Did you knowthere is no butter in buttermilk
  • Did you knowyour more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
  • Did you knowHawaii is the only US state that grows coffee
  • Did you knowIceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
  • Did you knowmore people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
  • Did you knowwine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
  • Did you knowthe tea bag was invented in 1908
  • Did you knowplastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
  • Did you knowthat after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
  • Did you knowthe drinking straw was invented in 1886
  • Did you know70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer
  • Did you knowthe average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime
  • Did you knowDiet Coke was introduced in 1982
  • Did you knowIceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country

Distance did you knows


Distance did you knows

  • Did you knowthe longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
  • Did you knowthe longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
  • Did you knowsound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air
  • Did you knowcats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
  • Did you knowThe Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
  • Did you knowif your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
  • Did you knowsound travels 3 times faster through water than in air
  • Did you knowa flea can jump 350 times its body length
  • Did you knowNew York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
  • Did you knowthe Moons diameter is 3,476km
  • Did you knowthe human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
  • Did you knowdolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
  • Did you knowostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
  • Did you knowsharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
  • Did you knowthe Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
  • Did you knowsound travels 15 times faster through steel than air
  • Did you knowyou can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
  • Did you knowthe diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
  • Did you knowthe diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
  • Did you knowthe diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)