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Hawai'i's State Fish is called Humuhumunukunukuapuap'a. With such a huge name, you think the fish would be gigantic. False. They usually get to be an average or 6-8". But they're really pretty (I've saw a ton of 'em when I went to Hawai'i last year.)
We know more about space then we do about the ocean.
If the earth were one inch closer to the sun it would be too hot to sustain most life. If it were one inch farther away it would be too cold to sustain life.
More animals are killed annualy in the harvesting of crops then are killed for human consumption (take that, vegans!)
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is three times bigger than the Earth.
The closest star to our own sun is 4.2 light years away.
Scientists have estimated that up to 90% of our universe is dark matter.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Every person has a unique tounge print, along with finger and retinal prints.
Daniel Boone detested Coonskin caps
Most lipstick contains fish scales
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as a medicine
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by removing one olive from each salad served in first class
The question mark came from a monk habit of writing the Latin word for question, quo, at the end of sentences. Over time, the letters were written vertically to save space and morphed into the ? we write today. Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
Birds have the right of way on all Utah highways.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
The data track on a CD is a very long spiral. If it were unwound and laid out in a straight line, it would be over 3.5 miles long.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so).
In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.
[Edited on 1/28/2005 9:46:32 PM]