FORTY FAVORITE FASCINATING FACTS FILE

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A diamond is the hardest natural substance on earth, but if it is placed in an oven and the temperature is raised to about 763 degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simply vanish, without even ash remaining. Only a little carbon dioxide will have been released.
Can’t remember if an egg is fresh or hard boiled? Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled. A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years.
Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison.
There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world.
Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell.
The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.
The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half.
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 meters.
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
One-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples.
Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government.
Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell.
In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word "not" out of the seventh commandment, which then read, "Thou shalt commit adultery." This legendary book is now known as the "Wicked Bible."
The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.
One of the most dangerous insects is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.
The average iceberg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
A leech has 32 brains.
The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level.
Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like.
Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.
Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years.
Taken from various Amazing Facts websites under Fair Use Clause.