AMAZING FACTS

The Ken Doll, better known as Barbie’s boyfriend was unpopular in India initially as it clashed with the arranged marriage system practiced in India.





The Statue of Liberty is the largest hammered copper statue in the world.





Since 1896, the beginning of modern Olympics .Only Greece & Australia have participated in every Game.





The only two man made structures visible from space are the Pyramids of Giza & the Hoover Dam.





Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.



The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 1876.



You are 3 times more likely to be killed by a flying Champagne cork than you are to be killed by the bite of a venomous spider.



Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.



Women are born with better sense of smell than men & remain that way throughout life.



Excess sleep may be a serious sign of stroke among post-menopausal women.



After eating too much our hearing become less sharp.



We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. The cartilage between our bones gets compressed by sitting & standing &other daily activities



A Giraffe can clean its ears with its 50 cm tongue.



All Swans in England are property of the Queen. Messing with them is a serious offense.



Classical music has the reputation of calming people’s minds but a new study says even Piglets get less stressed after listening to soothing melodies.



The common Goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red & ultra –violet light.



Charles Osborne, a US citizen had the hiccups for 68 years from1922 to 1990.



The Duck’s quack does not have an echo & scientists are still unable to determine the reason.



The original name of Butterfly is Flutter by.



A crocodile gets his or her dentures replaced 40 times in his or her life span.