You may realize this before or maybe not ~ some things are hidden in the mist until you discover it by any chance or you've been told by someone. What make it more weird is, some of this things is actually in front of us all this time. Here this is a list of some strange things that you may not yet know.. [unless you've read it before of course.]
  • A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
  • Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
  • The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
  • A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
  • A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  • Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
  • The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
  • There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
  • Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
  • The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
  • Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
  • If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
  • Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the normal filming.
  • The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
  • The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
  • The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
  • Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
  • By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
  • The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
  • Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
  • It is impossible to lick your elbow.
  • Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
  • The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  • Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
    Spades - King David
    Hearts - Charlemagne
    Clubs -Alexand-er, the Great
    Diamonds - Julius Caesar
  • Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
    A. Honey
  • In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'
  • It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the 'honeymoon'.
    • Credit : www.robinsweb.com



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