Amazing Facts

# The worlds largest bacteria, Thiomargarita namibiensis, which was only discovered in 1998, is actually bigger than the full stop on this page!



# The term Radar is derived from the phrase "Radio Acquired Detection And Ranging."

# Excessive use of alcohol can lead to a pregnancy.



# Guitar was the first instrument on which Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ was played.

# Weight of Santa`s sleigh loaded with one Beanie Baby for every kid on Earth is 333,333 tons.



# The word 'Queue' is the only word in the English language that can be pronounced the same even if the last four letters have been removed one by one.

# TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using only the letters on the top row of a computer keyboard.



# December is the most popular month for nose jobs.

# The tongue of a mature Blue Whale has approximately the same mass as that of an entire adult elephant.



# The longest non-medical word in the English language is floccipausinihilipilification (29 letters), which means "the act of estimating as worthless."

# The life of an eyelash is about 6 weeks.


Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

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



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

# SCUBA is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.



# Hyperpolysyllabicomania is a fondness for big words.

# The scientific term for nose-picking is Rhinotillexonamia.



# Exobiology is the study of extraterrestrial life.

# Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.



# 4,108 terrorist incidents occurring in India between the years 1970 and 2004. During this period, India ranked sixth among all countries in terms of terrorist incidents.

# A total of 5,011 people were killed in the terrorist attacks in India between 2002 and 2007



# On the average a fart is composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. Less than 1% is what makes them stink.

# Los Angeles's full name is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina delos Angeles de Porciuncula and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, LA



# Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.