Fun Facts 1.7

1. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
2. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
3. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
4. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
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6. The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
7. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
8. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
9. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
10. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
11. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
12. 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.
13. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
14. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
15. On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
16. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
17. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
18. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
19. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
20. The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!