842. Fact

If you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for nine more days until it starves to death.

843. Fact

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

844. Fact

During a flight, the concorde gets 7 to 8-inches longer. The heat from the friction causes the metal to expand.

845. Fact

There are more than 30,000 different kinds of roses.

846. Fact

The german friedrich sertner, when he managed to isolate the active substance from opium in 1806, gave the substance the name "morphine" after the greek god of sleep.

847. Fact

The koala is loved by children all over the world. But did you know that it's one of the sleepiest animals in the fauna? The koala spends 22 hours every day sleeping.

848. Fact

The shortest known alphabet is new guinea's rotokas. It has only 11 letters - a, b, e, g, i, k, o, p, r, t and u.

849. Fact

Dr. Alexander woods invented the hypodermic syringe in 1882.

850. Fact

In japanese, the words for "four" and "dead" are pronounced exactly the same. This is also true for "nine" and "pain". This explains why no hotel rooms in japan have the numbers 4 or 9.

851. Fact

If you fill a cone-shaped dram glass halfway, it's actually only filled 12 - 13%.

852. Fact

Have you ever tried to lick your own elbow? Even if you try, you will never succeed. It's physically impossible to do.

853. Fact

Phrenology is an old science that advocates that one can understand the characteristics of a person by the shape of their skull.

854. Fact

The african ostrich lays the largest eggs in the world. The shell is 1.5 millimeters thick and is strong enough to hold the weight of an adult man.

855. Fact

Another rare phobia is lutraphobia; - a deathly fear of otters.

856. Fact

The tallest picasso statue in the world can be found in kristinehamn, sweden.

857. Fact

The quartz crystal in a digital watch vibrates 32,768 times every second.

858. Fact

Steven spielberg didn't accept any money for the film schindler's list. He felt it would be blood money.

859. Fact

The seven beams in the crown of the statue of liberty represent the seven seas and seven continents.

860. Fact

Money contains cotton as well as paper. That's why it can survive a tumble through the washing machine.

861. Fact

Sharks are the only fish that can blink both eyes simultaneously.

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