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.