Funny and Interesting Facts

Some of the Funny and Interesting Facts:

1. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
2. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
3. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
4. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
5. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
6. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out.
7. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
8. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
9. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
10. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
11. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
12. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
13. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
14. Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.
15. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.
16. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.
17. Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1,71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1,75m (5'7"), compared to 1,77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1,78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
18. In 1955 the richest woman in the world was Mrs Hetty Green Wilks, who left an estate of $95 million in a will that was found in a tin box with four pieces of soap. Queen Elizabeth of Britain and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands count under the 10 wealthiest women in the world.
19. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
20. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
    If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.
    If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.