ITT we post something interesting

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A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation

 

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Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie

 

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The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year

 

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It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas

 

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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television

 

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you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206

 

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Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

 

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Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows

 

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The state of Florida is bigger than England

 

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There are more than one million animal species on Earth

 

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Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark

 

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The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out

 

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Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy

 

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A jellyfish is 95 percent water

 

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In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals

 

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The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs

 

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On July 25th 2008 pin became the EF post whoring champion

 

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A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate

 

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The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump

 

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The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly

 

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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States

 

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One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet

 

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America once issued a 5-cent bill

 

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You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime

 

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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

 

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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month

 

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Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings

 

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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung

 

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A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years

 

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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue

 

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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

 

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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

 

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The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head

 

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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used

 

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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year

 

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The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'

 

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Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws

 

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The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven

 

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Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!

 

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Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!

 

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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court

 

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After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again

 

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

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The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

 

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A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

 

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The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

 

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Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

 

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More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

 

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If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

 

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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

 

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The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

 

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The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

 

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TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

 

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If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

 

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The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

 

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A snail can sleep for 3 years.

 

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China has more English speakers than the United States.

 

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Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.

 

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Pin is post whoring again.

 

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Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.