Funny Yet Interesting Facts That You Probably Didn't Know Part 5

Did you know...

Antarctica is the only continent that doesn't have reptiles or snakes.

In the Caribbean, there are oysters that can climb trees (that's not weird at all...).

The world's youngest parents lived in China in 1910... they were 8 and 9 years old (just slightly disturbing!).

You can lead a cow upstairs, but you can not lead them downstairs (they're not silly!).

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny...

You consume 1/10 of a calorie, every time you lick a stamp (so stop it! - unless you're hungry).

We'll eat approximately 27,272 kilos (60,000 pounds) of food in our lifetime... that's approximately 6 elephants!

The only birds that can see the colour blue, are owls.

Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called 'Baby Gays' (glad they changed THAT name!).

Vodka sales make up 10% of the Russian's government income (now THAT I can believe)!

35% of people using personal ads are already married (what the?!)!

30% of Chinese adults live with their parents (awwwwkward)...

20% of the world's population lives in China.

Ants are the animals that have the largest brain proportionate to their size. They have 250,000 brain cells, making them the smartest species of insect!

Almonds are a member of the 'Peach' family (who would have guessed?).

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle'.

The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The longest place-name still in use today is (don't try and say this, you'll just look silly) Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en uaitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

Donald Duck's middle name is 'Fauntleroy' (bet ya didn't know that one!)!

And last but not least...

Ya know how you can cut off cockroach's head and it'll still run around and live for days before it dies? Ever wonder what it dies of? No, it doesn't die because of blood loss from its head being cut off... it dies from starvation! It can't eat without its head! Derrrrr! LOL!