1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times
2. At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth
3. The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years
4. A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons
5. A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent of 8,000 one megaton bombs
6. Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide
7. The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 166.94 mph, by Fred Rompelberg
8. We can produce laser light a million times brighter than sunshine
9. 65% of those with autism are left handed
10. The combined length of the roots of a Finnish pine tree is over 30 miles
11. The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet
12. The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion liters of alcohol [JFrater is planning to move there in the near future]
13. Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air
14. 60-65 million years ago dolphins and humans shared a common ancestor
15. Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur
16. The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life
17. A single rye plant can spread up to 400 miles of roots underground
18. The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade
19. The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five gallons in twenty-four hours
20. Butterflies taste with their hind feet, and their taste sensation works on touch – this allows them to determine whether a leaf is edible
Another 15:
1. Finger nails grow four times faster than toenails
2. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
3. If you rub an onion on your foot – within 30 – 60 minutes you will be able to taste it – this is because it travels through the blood stream
4. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath (if you hold it until you go unconscious, you begin to breath normally as soon as you do)
5. On one square inch of human skin there are 20 million microscopic creatures
6. Armadillos are the only creatures apart from men that can catch leprosy – there are known cases of armadillo to human transfers of the disease
7. A snail can sleep for 3 – 4 years – during that period it does not need food
8. Giraffes can live longer without water than camels
9. The songs of humpback whales can change dramatically from year to year, yet each whale in an oceanwide population always sings the same song as the others [Source]
10. The forces required to remove a foot from quicksand at a speed of one centimeter per second would require the same amount of force as “that needed to lift a medium-sized car.”
11. To test if a pearl is real, you can rub vinegar on it – the composition of the pearl will cause it to bubble furiously
12. Goldfish kept in a dark room turn much paler – and if it wasn’t for the color in the food they eat, they would turn completely white
13. Unlike normal bees, the Queen bee’s stinger is not barbed and can be used repeatedly without harming her
14. Quicksand doesn’t directly kill humans as it is usually not very deep at all – it is the fact that it can be incredibly difficult to remove yourself from quicksand that causes death by the environment – such as exposure.
15. Oysters can change between being female or male
16. Men are over 30% stronger than women on average, especially in the upper body, and men’s brains are heavier than women’s [Source, Source]

Tech Facts:
 1. The technology contained in a single game boy unit in 2000 exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
2. Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!

3. Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
4. To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
5. Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
6. There are only 14 blimps in the world.
7. The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
8. The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
9. The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
10. The life boat was patented in 1845!
11. The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
12. The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
13. The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.

14. The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
15. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

16. The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
17. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!

18. The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
19. Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
20. Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
21. Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
22. More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
23. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
24. Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
25. It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
26. It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
27. In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
28. If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
29. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
30. First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
31. Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
32. Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
33. Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
34. Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
35. Attics were invented in Attica.
36. Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
37. About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
38. A small airplane can fly backwards.
39. A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
40. A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!