Max's Random Facts
• Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.
• Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
• The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
• The sound of ET walking, was made by a girl squishing jelly together with her hands.
• By moving your legs back slowly, and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
• Yo-yo's were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
• "Bookkeeper" is the only word in the English language to have 3 consecutive double letters.
• A snail can sleep for 3 years.
• The youngest parents are aged 8 and 9. They lived in China in 1910.
• The first soup was made from hippopotamus, and dates back to 6000 B.C.
• A row of corn always has an even number.
• In Chinese, the KFC slogan "Finger lickin' good", translates to "eat your fingers off".
• The King of Hearts is the only King without a moustache on a standard playing card.
• If the population of China walked past you in a single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
• 16 pennies stacked on top of each other add up to 1 inch, and in a line, add up to 1 foot in length.
• The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.
• There are only two mammals in the world that lay eggs, the Echidna (a spiny ant-eater) and the Platypus.
• Carmine is crushed up insect skeletons, most commonly found in lip gloss.
• It's impossible for a chicken to swallow while upside down.
• Laster stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
• Barbie's full name was Barbara Millicent Roberts.
• There is enough DNA in your body, that if put end to end it would reach the Sun and back, 500 times.
• The bat is the only mammal that can fly. Flying squirrels only glide.
• The fear of knees or kneeling is called "genuphobia".
• The male butterfly can smell a female butterfly from several miles away.
• A fly beats it's wings 200 times a second.
• When you combine a question mark with an exclamation point, it's called an "interrobang".
• It's impossible for our Sun to become a supernova... It's too small.
• The dot above an 'i' is called a "tittle".
• Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant.
• Jet lag was once called boat lag before jets were invented.
• The name Voldemort from Harry Potter means "Flight from Death" in French.
• Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of number "666".
• Swallowed gum is not digested by the gastrointestinal system, it usually passes through within 24 hours.
• A banana is neither a fruit or a vegetable, it is a herb.
• The tongue is the only muscle in your body that is not connected to something at both ends.
• Houseflies buzz in the key of F.
• George W. Bush used to be a head cheerleader.
• Sometimes, octopus eat their arms when they are under extreme stress.
• Ernest Vincent Wright wrote the noval "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words, none of which contain the letter "E".
• Snake's eyelids are transparent.
• Lamborghini started out by making tractors out of leftover military hardware from the war.
• A violin can contain up to 70 separate pieces of wood.
• Items transported via ship is called cargo, while items transported via car is called shipments.
• There is only one McDonalds in the world (Sedona, Arizona) with turquoise arches.
• The rock band Van Halen states in their contract that a bowl of milk chocolate M&M's has to be backstage; wilh all the brown ones removed.