1. All Scorpions Glow
2. The only insect that can turn its head is a praying mantis
3. If done perfectly, any Rubick’s Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns
4. There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium
5. The Jaguar, the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere, once lived all over the Southern U.S.
6. Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3
7. Twins have a high occurrence of left-handedness
8. A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon
9. Most Koala bears sleep 22 hours a day
10. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
11. French Author Michel Thayer published a 233-page novel which has no verbs
12. The Average housefly lives for one month
13. Dolphins sleep with one eye open
14. Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump”
15. The human jaw can generate a force up to 200 pounds on the molars
16. The term rookies comes from a Civil War term, “reckie”, which was short for recruit
17. Bees are born fully grown
18. The oldest living animal ever found was a 405-year-old clam, named Ming by researchers
19. A tankless water heater uses half the energy of a standard model
20. The indention in the middle of the area between the nose and the upper lip is called the philtrum
21. The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers
22. Men get hiccups more than women
23. Manufacturing recycled goods uses up to 95% less energy than using raw materials
24. To estimate the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then 37
25. Every hour more than one billion cells in the body must be replaced
26. Miami installed the first ATM for rollerbladers
27. Broadway is one of the longest streets in the world. It is 150 miles long
28. Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre
29. A group of goats is called a trip
This is why I love drinking Snapple Tea….It tastes awesome and I learn things at the same time. (And for the readers who may not know….Snapple Tea puts facts like these on the lids of their bottles.)
