Some Random Facts
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories. Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
TOP 10 RANDOM FACTS
- Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
Alternatively, you can walk your dog for 45 minutes, which also burns 150 calories – and is much less painful.
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- In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
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- A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out.
A crocodile can't poke its tongue out.
Because their tongues are attached to the roof of their mouths, crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out – although their very similar counterparts, alligators, can.
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- During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.
During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.
This equals out to about 35.5 days in total.
At about two minutes per day, this equates to 0.1% of your life!
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- A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away.
A lion's roar can be heard from 5 miles away.
To be more specific, a lion can roar as loud as 114 decibels, which is roughly 25 times louder than a gas-powered lawnmower.
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- Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all banned in China.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all banned in China.
Those aren’t the only ones either – over 8,000 domain names are blocked.
Other major banned social network sites include Pinterest and Tumblr.
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- A baby spider is called a spiderling.
A baby spider is called a spiderling.
Spiders aren’t cute, but this name kind of is! Spiderling is the official name for immature spiders.
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- 95% of people text things they could never say in person.
95% of people text things they could never say in person.
Are you guilty of this? I know I am.
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- Honeybees can recognize human faces.
Honeybees can recognize human faces.
Whereas before it was thought that only large brained mammals could distinguish faces, but honeybees can do this as well!
They see faces in a compilation of 5,000 individual images – kind of like pixels.
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- Bin Laden’s death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler’s death was announced on 1st May 1945.
Bin Laden's death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler's death was announced on 1st May 1945.
Both of these cruel leader’s deaths were announced on the same day, but due to the time difference, Bin Laden actually died on May 2nd.
The announcement was made in the U.S. which was hours enough ahead to still be May 1st.
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SOURCE:- THE FACT SITE
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