WATERmelons

Watermelons are 97% water

Fat Carrots

Carrots have zero fat content.

Spoiled Wine

Wine is sold in tinted bottles because wine spoils when exposed to light.

Bees

To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth

Forks

Forks used to be known as split spoons

Trees

Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

Sick Shark

Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

Blue Whale

The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.

The ipod

It took 38 years for the radio to reach an audience of 50 million people, it took the ipod just 3.

Text messages again.

There are over 1 billion text messages sent each day.

Text Message

The first commercial text message was sent in 1992

Myspace

Myspace has more than 200 million users that's more than some countries.

Marriage

Last year 1 in 8 couples who married met online.

Starfish

The starfish can turn it’s stomach inside-out.

Lobster

A lobster can lay up to 150,000 eggs at one time.

Doctor Doctor

In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. surgeon.

Lawsuit

There is a lawsuit every 30 seconds in the U.S.

Eyelashes

An eyelash lives about 5 months.

Tongue Print

Much like finger prints everyones tongue print is different.

Egyptians

The ancient Egyptians thought that the world was created when it hatched from the egg of an ibis.

Earthquakes

There are over 500,000 earthquakes in the world every year.

Mankind

If the history of the Earth were to be measured in proportion to one year, man did not appear until 8.30pm on 31 December.

Mexicans

The entire Mexican army was killed in just 18 minutes by Texan troops in 1836 when the Mexican general ordered his men to take a siesta.

Golf

Over 820,000 golf balls are sold worldwide every day.

Bagpipes

Bagpipes did'nt originate in scotland they actually came from Iran.

Hiccup

Chris Sands, 24, from Lincoln, hiccups as often as every two seconds - and sometimes even when he is asleep.

Fear

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Hotel

The most expensive hotel is the the Royal Villa in greece costing $50,000 a night.

Nebula

There is a nebula in space, 288 billion miles long that consists entirely of alcohol.

Munchausen

Munchausen syndrome causes people to fake illnesses to gain sympathy and attention. Not to be mistaken for hypochondriacs who actually believe they're sick.

Space

The first living thing sent into space was a fruitfly.

Burma

In Burma the colour yellow is worn to funerals.

Brains

A popular misconception is that we only use 10% of our brains (most of us) actually use much more than this.

Baby names

The most popular baby names in america for 2008 was jacob for a boy and emma for a girl.

Princes

Prince charles and Prince william never travel on the same plane together in case of a crash.

Rats

The Karni Mata Temple in India is home to more than 20,000 rats where they live with the monks who worship them.

Beetles

There are more than 5 million species of beetles.

Smarties

The colouring in red smarties is made from crushed beetles.

Mars

Despite mars being called the "red planet" it is actually a rusty brown colour.

Poppy seeds

If you eat enough poppy seeds you can test positive for opiates and fail a drug test.

Great wall china

The great wall of china cannot actually be seen from space, in fact no man made object can.

Tallest Mountain

The tallest mountain in the world is Mauna Kea at 10,203m.

Carbon

Just one gram of activated carbon has the same surface area as 2.2 tennis courts.

Brains

The average brain of a human male is heavier than the average brain of the human female.

Dogs

Dogs have three eyelids.

Wright brothers

The wright brothers first flight was less than the wingspan of a boeing 747.

Tortoise

The longest living animal was a tortoise named Tu'i Malila who lived until 188 years old before dying of natural causes.

Heartbeat

An average adults heart beats 103, 680 times every day.

Kangaroos

It is impossible for a kangaroo to walk backwards, and impossible for them jump unless their tail is touching the ground.

Lightning Bolt

The temperature when a lightning bolt strikes the earth is around 54,000° Fahrenheit. Six times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Largest Structure

The largest structure in the universe is the sloan great wall. The length of this structure is 1.37 billion light years long. To put this in perspective just one light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles.

Nightmares

Contrary to popular belief cheese doesn't actually cause nightmares.

Horses

It is impossible for a horse to vomit.

Paper

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Swine Flu

The first time swine flu was found in a pig was in 1930.

Wedding Dress

The world's most expensive wedding dress costs 12 million dollars. The reason for such a high price is the fact that the dress itself is embedded with diamonds. Unfortunately though no bride has walked down the aisle wearing it yet.

National Tequila day

Today ( 24th of July ) is National Tequila day in the USA.

Snails

Snails can hibernate for up to 3 years. When conditions are unfavourable a snail will find a safe spot, retreat into it's shell and cover the entrance with a layer of slime, it will then stay there until conditions are favourable again.

Lightning Strikes

Everyday lightning strikes the earth over 8.5 million times.That works out at around 100 times every second.

Las vegas

In Las Vegas none of the casinos have clocks or windows.This is so that gamblers at the casino don't realise how much time they are spending in the casino which helps them spend more money.

Miami

In miami it is illegal to impersonate an an animal.

Moon landing

Neil armstrong landed on the moon on the 20th of july 1969.Exactly 40 years ago today.

Tallest statue

The tallest statue in the world is the spring temple Buddha in China.Finished in 2002 this enormous statue weighs around 1,000 tonnes and cost $55 million to make.The statue itself is 128m tall but when the pedestal on which it stands is taken into account it comes to 153m tall (or 830ft).

Goldfish

The common myth that a goldfish's memory lasts only 3 seconds is completely false. Scientists have proved a number of times (using fish food and some sort of signal) that the memory of goldfish lasts much longer, some claim it to be as long as 3 months.

Blinking

The average human blinks over 10,000,000 in one year.That's over 10 million times.

Babies Born

There are approximately 216,000 babies born everyday.That's 150 babies born every minute.

Ostriches

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than it's brain.

Baby Eyes

A babies eyes are virtually the same size they are at birth as they are when they are fully grown adults.

No. 10 Downing Street

No. 10 Downing Street is never empty. This is because the front door cannot be opened from the outside.

The Lightbulb

Despite popular beliefs Thomas Edison didn't actually invent the lightbulb.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" was the first song by a black artist to be shown on MTV.