Some Unbending Facts

1. Birds have no teeth.

2. The ancient bird (fossil bird) Archaeopteryx was a reptile bird. It had teeth like reptiles and wings like but birds. It is considered as a connecting link between the birds and reptiles.

3. Oscar was held twice in 1930.

4. Tomato is world's most popular fruit.

5. Ostrich cannot fly. But it can run faster than lion.

6. Snakes have no eyelids. Hence they cannot close their eyes.

7. A computer virus is a software program. The first virus was written firstly by Rich Skrenta in 1982 who was 15 year old student.

8. The First credit card issued in 1951.

9. Dolphins sleep with their one eye opened.

10. Most lipsticks have fish scales.

11. The most popular spice in the world is black pepper.

12. An elephant is the only animal with all four knees bending in the same direction.

13. Polar bears are left handed. They always use their left hand to attack or to defend.

14. If starfish is cut into different parts each part will grow to produce one complete starfish.

15. Snakes do not close their eyes as they have no eyelids.

16. Every year, day and night are equal on 21st March and 23rd September.

17. Lion has the smallest heart of among all beasts of prey.

18. Pure gold is so soft that it can be moulded in hands. This property is called malleability.

19. A butterfly has 32000 ears.

20. In 1873, Colgate made toothpaste which was available in a jar.

21. A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.

22. Humans are born with 300 bones in their body. These bones fuse over a period of time and by the time a person reaches adulthood the bone number reduces to 206 bones.

23. This sentence uses every alphabet of English language - 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'.

24. A piece of paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.

25. There are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide each year.

26. China has more English speakers than the United States.

27. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. It is stated that Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

28. The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is "Salarymen."

29. The youngest pope was 11 years old.

30. During the First World War, soldiers were given cigarettes with rations.

31. The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.

32. In the human body, right lung is larger than the left one. It is due to the oblong shape and placement of the heart.

33. The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour.

34. Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament.

35. There are as many as 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

36. Black pepper is the most popular spice in the world.

37. Around 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.

38. The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA.

39. Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.

40. 70% of the poor people in the world are female.

41. Goats do not have upper front teeth.

42. Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange.

43. The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet.

44.The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, reaches to minus 180 degrees centigrade.

45.The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 166.94 mph, by Fred Rompelberg.

46.We can produce laser light a million times brighter than sunshine.

47.The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their eating habit of animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.

48.Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

49. The only letter not present on the Periodic Table is the letter J.

50. A car traveling at 80 km/h speed uses around half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.

51.Most gemstones contain several elements. The exception is diamond which is made up of carbon only.

52.The United States consumes 25% of all the world’s energy