Wednesday 22 February 2012

0 facts of the general knowledge continued

facts of the general knowledge continued...
   hey frends as we all know that today general knowlede is the thing one can never compromise with it . because it is the thing if you know then you may be millaneor . you are one of the persons to whome the multinational companies needed. 
these knowledge which i have uploaded have got me after hours of research. iam sharing this because you may need it at some timr at some place and at some instance in your life.
1. There are more than 100 milliondogs and cats in the United States.
2. Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
3. Cat's urine glows under a black light.
4. The largest cockroach on recordis one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
5. It is estimated that a single toadmay catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer.
6. Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-shaped pupils.
7. It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.
8. Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard,the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.
9. Moles are able to tunnel through300 feet of earth in a day.
10. Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
11. A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
12. The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.
13. There is no single cat called thepanther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is reallya black leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.
14. The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. It is an Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig; it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
15. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
16. The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
17. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
18. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
19. Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
20. The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
21. Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so intense; it can be heard a mile away.
22. The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
23. The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.
24. Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
25. The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
26. To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
27. 99% of pumpkins are sold for decoration.
28. Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.
29. The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
30. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
31. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
32. The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
33. Ants can live up to 16 years.
34. In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.
35. The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's.
36. Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks.
37. The most common name in theworld is Mohammed.
38. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
39. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
40. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
41. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
42. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
43. It is impossible to lick your elbow

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