50 Interesting Facts in World you must know

Posted by : Amit Mahiwal Saturday, September 15, 2007

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In this article I will give you information about some interesting facts in the world. These facts are taken from various resources. It will give you feeling like I never thought like that. Some information given here are very rare and you usually will not find in any book. If you are lucky, may be you will find it in Google. Interesting facts are given below:

Look at your zip mover. Check the initials YKK? Its full form is Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's hugest zip mover manufacturer.
A dried grape dropped in a jar of fresh champagne will rebound up and down repeatedly from the bottom of the jar to the top.
The quack of a duck does not produce echo. Scientists could not find the reason yet.
McDonald's 40 percent of profits come from the Happy Meals sales.
In Webster's 1996 Dictionary 315 entries were misspelled.
On an average daily basis, 12 newly born children will be in the wrong hands as parents.
Chocolate assassinates dogs! True, a dog's nervous and heart system is affected by chocolate. Above than 80 gms are sufficient to turn off a small dog.
Almost all lipstick consists of skin ingredients of a fish.
In the 1830's, Ketchup was sold out in public as a medicine.
Leonardo da Vinci was able to write up with one hand and at the same time, draw with the other.
Because metal was deficient, the Oscars awarded during World War II were crafted of wood.
Clocks are not present in gambling casinos of Las Vegas.
Scissors are invented by Leonardo da Vinci. Also, he took around 10 years to paint the lips of Mona Lisa.
Bruce Lee was so speedy that producer actually had to slow down a film so that you could watch his moves. That's the conflicting of the norm.
The butterfly’s original name was "flutterby"!
By uplifting your legs slowly and lay down on your back, you can't drown in quicksand.
Mosquito repellent’s action is not repelling. They hide you. The spray covers the sensors of mosquito so they don't realize you're there.
Dentists approve that a toothbrush must be kept minimum six feet away from your toilet to be prevented from airborne particles produced by flush.
Wrigley's gum was the first brand product which uses bar code.
Marlboro company‘s first owner died from the cancer of lungs.
Michael Jordan gets more promotion money from Nike annually than the combined salary of the entire workers of Nike factory in Malaysia.
Marilyn Monroe was having six toes onto one foot.
Adolf Hitler's mother was seriously considering having an abortion but was sorted out of it by her doctor.
The three highly valuable branded names on earth: Marlboro company, Coca-Cola company and Budweiser compny, in series..
The longest word which can be typed by only the left hand is "Stewardesses".
To escape the anchor of a crocodile's jaws, insert your fingers into its wide eyeballs. It will make you let go instantly.
A mathematics wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied to 111,111,111 rise the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321.
Mohammed is the commonest name in the world.
The average person falls down to sleep usually in seven minutes.
The "pound" (#) key on every keyboard is having technical name as octothorp.
Cat is the only household animal not described in the Bible.
When refrigerated, Rubber bands stay longer.
The left hand of an average person does 56% of the typing.
English language’s only word that finishes with "mt" is "Dreamt".
It's not possible to sneeze with both your eyes open.
"Finger licking good", the KFC slogan in Chinese translated as "eat your fingers off".
Without a head, a cockroach can live up to 10 days.
The only fish that have the capacity of blinking with both eyes is shark.
We cast off skin having weight of 40 pounds in a lifetime.
In the Philippines, Yo-Yos were once adopted as weapons.
Coca-Cola can be utilized as car oil.
Mexico City, the capital of Mexico sinks approximately 10 inches in a year.
Brains are better active while sleeping than during watching TV.
80 percent of Americans use Blue as their favorite color.
When a person moves his head from side to side; in Sri Lanka, he is saying "yes".
In the world, chickens are more than people.
In Iceland, having dog as pet is against the law.
The slowest and the fastest grown nail in a hand is the thumbnail and the middle nail respectively.
In the English Language, the only word with all vowels having reverse status is "s ub c ont in ent al".
In Washington, D.C., telephones are more than people.