Top 10 Most Amazing Facts
1. The highest temperature ever recorded on earth was a searing 136° F. The scorcher occurred in Al Aziziyah, Libya on September 13, 1922.
2. The “french” in french fries actually describes the way the spuds are sliced, not their country of origin.
3. Despite your mother's dire warnings, chewing gum doesn't stay in your stomach for years if you swallow it. It gets digested and disposed of just as quickly as anything else you consume.
4. The tallest giraffe of today is less than one-third the height of the tallest dinosaur from the past.
5. The most isolated person ever was Alfred Worden during Apollo 15, he was 2,235 miles away from the nearest human being.
6. The African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then dies.
7. Loud noise distorts our vision. This is why we often turn the music in our headphones down when looking for something far away.
8. Polar bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air.
9. A car travelling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
10.While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. (go ahead no one will see you) While doing this, draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand.Your foot will change direction – that is a fact. Pretty amazing!
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