Saturday 30 April 2011

Fact No.183

The Queen of England, who once enjoyed extensive powers and authority over almost the whole world, and despite all her present majesty and glory, is not allowed to enter the House of Commons simply because she is not its member.

Friday 29 April 2011

Fact No.182

There are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million species of fungi on planet Earth, of which only about 80,000 have been properly identified. Theoretically, there are 6 species of fungi for every 1 species of green plants.

Thursday 28 April 2011

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Fact No.179

The Statue of Liberty is covered with nearly 100 tonnes of copper metal.

Sunday 24 April 2011

Fact No.177

Contrary to popular belief, cockroaches would not survive a nuclear apocalypse.

Friday 22 April 2011

Fact No.175

There is a town in Spain called Lanjarón, where it is illegal to die.

Thursday 21 April 2011

Fact No.174

The tallest moutain in the world is Mauna Kea in Hawaii, not Mount Everest, which is the highest.

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Fact No.173

The more intelligent you are, the more zinc and copper you have in your hair.

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Fact No.172

Given their sheer volume, ninety-nine percent of the living space on the planet is found in the oceans. The average depth of the oceans is 2.5 miles (4 km). The deepest point lies in the Mariana Trench, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) down. By way of comparison, Mount Everest is only 5.5 miles (8.8 km) high.

Monday 18 April 2011

Fact No.171

When being electrocuted, it is not the high Voltage that kills you, but he high Ampage.

(WARNING: This does not mean that high voltage products are safe to touch, under no circumstance should you ever touch any high voltage product because it still can be deadly!)

Sunday 17 April 2011

Saturday 16 April 2011

Fact No.169

According to a study, by Prof Jeffrey Johnson (published in the journal, Science), teenagers who watch more than an hour of television each day are more likely to become violent adults.

Friday 15 April 2011

Fact No.168

British homes are, on average, 4°C warmer, than they were 50 years ago.

Thursday 14 April 2011

Fact No.167

On this day in history many amazing things happened, such as; STS-1 the first space shuttle test flight was launched, the human genome project was completed with 99.99% of human DNA being mapped out and Grace Riley was born.

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Fact No.166

In the UK there are more Subway restaurants than there are McDonalds.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Fact No.165

The mobile phone numbers 07700 900000 to 900999 are reserved for fictional numbers in TV and films.

Monday 11 April 2011

Fact No.164

One cannot catch cold at the North Pole in winter. Neither can one contract the flu, nor most of the ailments transmitted viruses and germs. The winter temperature is so low in this part of the world that none of the standard disease causing Micro-organisms can survive.

Sunday 10 April 2011

Saturday 9 April 2011

Fact No.162

The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.

Thursday 7 April 2011

Fact No.160

Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Fact No.158

In South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in the roll

Monday 4 April 2011

Fact No.157

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Sunday 3 April 2011

Fact No.156

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Saturday 2 April 2011

Fact No.155

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

Friday 1 April 2011

Fact No.154

Every April 1st (fools day), google will give some fake announcements.