A little blog that gives you an interesting fact every day. So you really will learn something new every day.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Monday 30 January 2012
Fact No.458
Approximately every 11 years, the sun reverses its overall magnetic polarity: its north magnetic pole becomes a south pole, and vice versa.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Saturday 28 January 2012
Friday 27 January 2012
Fact No.455
If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow.
Thursday 26 January 2012
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Monday 23 January 2012
Fact No.451
There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.
Sunday 22 January 2012
Saturday 21 January 2012
Friday 20 January 2012
Thursday 19 January 2012
Fact No.447
The average man (80kg) would weigh over 2000kg on the surface of the sun, but only 5.3kg on Pluto.
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Fact No.446
Over 2,500 left handed people are killed per year, from using products made for right handed people.
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Monday 16 January 2012
Sunday 15 January 2012
Saturday 14 January 2012
Fact No.442
The sun produces so much energy, that every second the core releases the equivalent of 100 nuclear bombs.
Friday 13 January 2012
Fact No.441
Given sufficient motivation, the Harjack Spider can produce enough silk to suffocate the average human infant in a matter of minutes.
Thursday 12 January 2012
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Fact No.439
A car driver uses more energy and creates more air pollution in just 4 years than a public transportation passenger in 40 years.
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Monday 9 January 2012
Sunday 8 January 2012
Fact No.436
The royal coat of arms for the United Kingdom mainly features a lion and a unicorn standing for England and Scotland respectively.
Saturday 7 January 2012
Friday 6 January 2012
Thursday 5 January 2012
Fact No.433
Each kidney contains 1 million individual filters. They filter an average of around 1.3 liters (2.2 pints) of blood per minute, and expel up to 1.4 liters (2.5 pints) a day of urine.
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Fact No.432
Polonium is the only component of cigarette smoke to produce cancer in laboratory animals.
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Monday 2 January 2012
Sunday 1 January 2012
Fact No.429
The first of January was a highly significant year in medieval superstitions regarding prosperity, or lack of it, in the year ahead. A flat cake was put on one of the horns of a cow in every farmyard. The farmer and his workers would then sing a song and dance around the cow until the cake was thrown to the ground. If it fell in front of the cow that signified good luck; to fall behind indicated the bad luck was on it's way.
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