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Charles Osborne had hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
The first published English novel was writtn by Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, (written in 1470 and published 1485).
According to the American Solar Energy Society, enough sunlight falls on the earth's surface each minute to meet world energy demand for an entire year.
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. The largest blue whale caught was a 110-foot female.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
The short term memory number capacity for most people is between five and nine digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to seven digits.
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Every day the average person loses 60-100 strands of hair. However, hair loss will vary in accordance with the season, pregnancy, illness, diet and age.
In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who could fart the loudest and longest!
The world's only living fart master - Atan Kaya who carries on the ancient fartulence technique.
The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.
The northern lights, one of several astronomical phenomena called polar lights (aurora polaris), are shafts or curtains of colored light visible on occasion in the night sky.
The name "Aurora Borealis" is credited to Galileo Galilei (1616) and means "northern dawn". Auroras have been observed since ancient times.
The height of the displays can occur up to 1000 km (620 miles), although most are between 80-120 km.
Auroras tend to be more frequent and spectacular during high solar sunspot activity, which cycles over approximately eleven years.
Gravity is counteracted by the force of acceleration, which is the force that pushes you forward.
The “ancestor” of the roller coaster is traced to Russia in the 15th century
One of the first roller coasters was in France in 1817 - Les Montagnes Russes à Belleville (Russian Mountains of Belleville) - the train axle was attached to the track by way of a carved groove.
The first tubular steel coaster was the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland, Anaheim, CA (1959).
The longest roller coaster at this time is Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Japan, at 8,133 feet/2,479 m.
As of 2005, the tallest steel continuous circuit roller roaster is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson Township, NJ, 139m/456 feet. It is also the fastest at 128 mph/206 km/h. A ride lasts 50.6 seconds.
The polar bear is generally considered the largest bear on Earth. A close second is the brown bear, specifically the Kodiak bear. The Kodiak is a subspecies of the brown bear native to Alaska.
A flea might live a year and a half under ideal conditions. These include the right temperature, food supply, and humidity. Generally speaking, though, an adult flea only lives for 2 or 3 months.
Zebras' unpredictable nature and tendency to attack preclude them from being good candidates for domestication.
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. Share random and interesting facts about science, history, places, world, and people on FactPark.com
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet. Share random and interesting facts about science, history, places, world, and people on FactPark.com
Every year about 98% of the atoms in our body are replaced. Share random and interesting facts about science, history, places, world, and people on FactPark.com
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. Share random and interesting facts about science, history, places, world, and people on FactPark.com
If you plug your nose, An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same. Share your funny and interesting facts on Factpark.com.
An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet. Share interesting and funny facts on FactPark.com.
Why fish is served with a slice of lemon? It is a traditional rooted in the Middle ages to serve fish with a slice of lemon. People believed that the lemon's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed.
The average human's body contains enough carbon to make 800 pencils. Share fun facts on FactPark.com.
Ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.
The sun shrinks five feet every hour. Share random, interesting, fun, odd, and amusing facts on FactPark.com.
Uncopyrightable is the only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter. Share and learn interesting and fun facts on FactPark.com
In 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff successfully grafted monkey testicles onto human males. Share odd facts on FactPark.com.
Einstein never learned how to drive a car. Learn facts about people on FactPark.com - fun facts, random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts.
After Albert Einstein died, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study. Share random facts on FactPark.com - fun facts, random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts.
Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buying back the bonds on which they are based.
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms. Learn odd facts and interesting facts on FactPark.com.
The number of people alive on earth right now is larger than the total number of all the people that have lived and died.
World's smartest dogs are border collie; poodle; and golden retriever.
Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water. Share your odd facts on Factpark.com.
Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
Average human brain is only two percent of our body weight. However, it uses 20 percent of the blood and 20 percent of our body’s oxygen.
Odd fact: right handed people live longer than left handed people
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The hair follicle has a melanogentic clock which slows down or stops melanocyte activity, thus decreasing the pigment our hair receives. This occurs just before the hair is preparing to fall out or shed, so the roots always look pale.
Madam Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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After Albert Einstein died, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study. Share random facts on FactPark.com - fun facts, random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts.
Fossilized bird droppings are chief exports of Nauru, it is true.
The outermost layer of the skin swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin underneath, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling.
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