Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Amazing Yet Useless Facts Related to History


  •  In 1386, public hanging for the murder of a child executed a pig in France. 

  • There is a city called Rome on every continent. 

  • Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his seasickness.
  • The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is a present at all important meeting of the University of London

Amazing Yet Useless Facts About Science - Part 2


  • One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet! 


  • Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! 


  • The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man.
  • Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! 


  • Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! 


  • Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  • Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it. 



Amazing Yet Useless Facts About Science


  • Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
  • Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe! 


  • The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! 


  • Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
  • Human thighbones are stronger than concrete. 


  • A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! 


  • You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
  • Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.