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.

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.

Fact No.181

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

Fact No.180

The country that burns the most US flags is the USA.

Fact No.179

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

Fact No.178

Dirty snow melts faster than clean.

Fact No.177

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

Fact No.176

Dynamite is made with peanuts.

Fact No.175

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

Fact No.174

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

Fact No.173

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

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.

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!)

Fact No.170

If you fly underneath a rainbow, it will appear as a circle.

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.

Fact No.168

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

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.

Fact No.166

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

Fact No.165

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

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.

Fact No.163

Ninety percent of all teenagers suffer from some form of acne.

Fact No.162

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

Fact No.161

Twelve or more cows is called a flink.

Fact No.160

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

Fact No.159

Polar bears have black skin.

Fact No.158

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

Fact No.157

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

Fact No.156

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

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.

Fact No.154

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