Long Word #3 - antidisestablishmentarianism - Means opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.
Laird Hamilton's wife, Gabrielle Reece, is six foot three inches tall.
For its weight, spider web silk is actually stronger and tougher than steel.
The genetic mutation that causes red hair also causes redheads to be more resistant to anesthesia. They can require up to 25% more than patients of other hair colors.
US scientists say they have developed a contraceptive vaccine for deer that reduces fertility and eliminates aggressive mating behaviors.
Humans shed and re-grow outer skin cells about every 27 days -almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime.
Crows remember the faces of "dangerous humans," with the memories likely lasting for a bird's lifetime.
A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
Federal researchers confirm that armadillos can transmit leprosy. - New York Times
Humpback whales swim in amazingly straight lines during their seasonal migrations that cross thousands of miles of open ocean, and a new study says it's not clear how they're able to chart such a steady course.
Monkeys learn with age to recognize photographs of their friends.
25% of people over 65 years of age have lost all of their teeth.
-AARP Magazine
The striped mittenfish, a deepwater species recently discovered in the Java Sea, can change its sex at will by turning its body inside out.
The liver is the only internal human organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.
The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi: 1.98 m (6 feet 6 inches) tall.
The South China Mall in Dongguan, China has 7.1 million square feet of floor space and occupies a total land area of 9.6 million square feet. It can hold more than 2,000 stores in its southern China location in Guangdong province. It features a number of zones modeled on international cities, top destinations and popular regions including Paris, Rome, Venice, Egypt, Amsterdam, California and Caribbean. - Forbes Magazine
Modern Toilet is a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan with a modern decor and a full-on toilet theme. All 100 seats in the crowded diner are made from toilet bowls, not chairs. Sink faucets and gender-coded "WC" signs appear throughout the three-story facility, one of 12 in an island-wide chain of eateries.
There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges.
In the United States, Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually.
John Isner of the United States outlasted Nicolas Mahut of France, 70 - 68, in the fifth set of their epic three-day first-round match at Wimbledon on June 2010. In an astonishing display of endurance, the players fought for 11 hours and 5 minutes, breaking all records for length of match, games played and aces served.
There are 1600 calories in a pint of Hippopotamus milk.
In Russia, motorists who fail to ensure that their vehicles are free of dirt and grime are liable to be fined. - BBC News
The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant. They are the smartest species of insects with about 250,000 brain cells.
Long word #3: 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' - a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.
Stainless steel blades hit the market in 1960.
The first newborn beavers born in the wild since their re-introduction to the UK last year have been spotted by officials in a Scottish forest.
A Swedish motorist caught driving at 180mph in Switzerland could be given a world-record speeding fine of $1m; £656,000. Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. In January, a Swiss driver was fined $290,000 - the current world record.
Event as they swing in constant, languid motion, orangutans burn fewer calories than a human couch potato.
The average human head weights about 10 pounds.
A Crocodile cannot move its tongue. It is a fixed part of the lower jaw.
One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.
The hoe-shaped razor was invented in 1847.
Mice on Shetland Island off Scotland are believed to originate from Scandinavia (possibly as stowaway passengers in Viking longboats).
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
Longest place name: TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPU KAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU - A hill in New Zealand
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Hawaii researchers have found that Tiger sharks can memorize where they've had consistently good meals and find their way back there across vast expanses of ocean.
Worldwide use of toilet paper consumes the equivalent of 27,000 trees every day.
About a dozen species of caterpillar in Hawaii were found to be able to breathe indefinitely both in and out of water.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."
Circular gold razors were invented by Egyptians in the 4th millennium BC.
Long word #2 - Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Means the fear of long words.
Gillette disposable blades were invented in 1895.
The Czech Republic has the highest per capita beer consumption in the world.
Blue whales are so big they are the BIGGEST creature ever to have lived on earth - even bigger than the biggest dinosaurs!
Mexico City has Single-Sex Buses to provide relief from unwanted contact.
The two-blade razor came out in 1971.
Disney World in Orlando,Florida covers 30,500 acres (46 square miles), making it twice the size of the island of Manhattan, New York.
Safety razors didn’t catch on in England until 1828.
Australia is # 4 in per capita beer consumption (156.9 liters of beer per person per year).
UCLA study says: Blondes are not only more aggressive than brunettes or red heads, but smarter too.
Schick patented the electric razor in 1928.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.
Only 10% of males are anorexic, but Manorexia is on the rise.
Swiss Steak, Chop Suey, Russian Dressing, and a Hamburger all originated in the US.
Long word #1: 'floccinaucinihilipilification' - Means the act of estimating as worthless.
Razors were introduced in Rome by the 6th century BC.
Australia is # 4 in per capita beer consumption (156.9 liters of beer per person per year.)
A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
Sleep specialists have just reported that bed sharing causes rows over snoring and duvet-hogging and couples should sleep apart for their health and relationships.
Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
India has just developed women-only trains so they can escape sexual harrassment.
The U.S. Military has a robot that can actually hop over walls to reach combat zones.
Cave walls show prehistoric people shaving with clamshells, flint knives, and shark teeth. Alexander the Great encouraged his men to shave so enemies couldn't grab their beards during melees. Other razor Milestones include:
4th millennium BC: Circular gold Egyptian razors
6th century BC: Razors introduced in Rome
1828: Safety razors catch on in England
1847: Hoe-shaped razor invented
1895: Gillette disposable blades
1928: Schick patents electric razor
1960: Stainless steel blades
1971: Two-blade razor
“Spiderman” unfurled a Malaysian flag after climbing the world's tallest building in Malaysia. Alain Robert used only his bare hands and said " I came to finish something" when he reached the top. Alain has scaled many of the world’s tallest buildings bare-handed also, including the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and Taipei’s 101.
The average Russian adult drinks 30 bottles of Vodka a year.
“Why do flamingoes stand on one leg?” It is one of nature's cutest mysteries, and now scientists think they have the answer. Many researched think it’s for cooling purposes, buy other theories abound.
An article in Skeletal Radiology, reported that researchers from Danube Hospital in Austria examined the knees of marathon runners using M.R.I. imaging, before and after the 1997 Vienna marathon. Ten years later, they scanned the same runners’ knees again. The results were striking. “No major new internal damage in the knee joints of marathon runners was found after a 10-year interval,” the researchers reported. They now speculate, “continuous exercise is protective, rather than destructive to knees.
Scientists led by Matthew J. Hertenstein, an associate professor of psychology at DePauw University, have found experimental evidence that a touch can be worth a thousand words. That fleeting physical contact can express specific motions.
The Amazon contains 20 percent of the water in all the world's rivers.
In Hawaii it is illegal to insert pennies into your ear.
Gu Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda. For the third time, he's tasted the flesh of an unwitting intruder in his pen at Beijing Zoo.
A Thai elephant named Motola has just been fitted with a permanent artificial leg after stepping on land mine near the Thai-Burmese border.
Every spring thaw on the steppes of Russia reveals hundreds of ancient mammoth tusks.
New research shows that orangutans, chimps and gorillas are just as ticklish as humans.
Vegemite has a new flavor - Vegemite and cream cheese.
Replenishing huge areas of Australia with dingoes would help endangered animals.
Beautiful parents have more daughters. Violent men have more sons. – Journal of theoretical Biology
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
People with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia. - Journal of the American Dental Association 2009
A 2500 year old bird's nest has been discovered on a cliff in Greenland. It's still in use.
The Amazon River has greater flow than the world's top ten rivers combined.
An adult whale tongue weighs two tons.
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