Saturday, October 10, 2009

More interesting and amazing facts

  • According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
  • While most of it lies in Africa, a small part of Egypt is located in Asia, as well.
  • A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
  • The only other country in the world to celebrate the United States’ birthday, July 4 is Denmark.
  • Antarctica gets very little snow, so why is there snow on the ground there? Because the snow that does fall on the continent never melts.
  • At age 35, Harrison Ford was fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola when a studio executive asked the handyman to take a break and read lines with actresses who were testing for a new film. The film was Star Wars.
  • Water itself doea not conduct electricity, but the impurities found in water do.
  • Jellyfish are 94-98% water!
  • he Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.




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