Tuesday 18 March 2014

34.James Fixx, the man who popularized jogging in America died of a heart attack while running. 35.The average American spends about a year and a half of his or her life watching commercials on television. What are you doing?! Get out and spend that year and a half doing something productive! 36.Ancient Greeks practiced a form (ineffective) of birth control that consisted of having a woman hold her breath, making her squat, and sneezing. 37.The FDA permits up to 5 whole insects per 100 grams of apple butter. 38.There are no naturally occurring blue foods, even blueberries are purple! 39.The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present in all the important meetings of the University of London. 40.The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! 41.Just like fingerprints, everyone's tongue is different. 42.The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. 43.400 Quarter Pounders can be made from a single cow. 44.Only 38% of Americans eat breakfast every day. 45.111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 46.11% of the World is left handed. 47.A "Jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second. 48.A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. 49.A broken clock is right two times a day. 50.A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, no one knows why.

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