Interesting FACTS - Do read it

Some of the Interesting FACTS - that i would like to share with my Dp friends​

* All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.


* Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.


* The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.


* The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent".


* The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.


* A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


* India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.


* The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.


* A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.


* India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.


* 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.


* It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )


* A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap he ? )


* The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start


* In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.


* "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.


* Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).


Last but not the least :

* 55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. Hello, zzzzz zzzz ?



Looking forward.
Thanks.
Ashwini

 

whats the point ?

Stop making such threads please

 

Come on ,its not dat bad and got some good points.

Thanks for sharing Ashwini.

 

but she/he is making thread for everything she find on Net
so I think its not worth

 

oh,i did not notice dat.

 

nice post, but then too many of these posts won't be good. i have already read a few of your jokes, now these facts! in case you have done a copy/paste, i strongly ask you to stop it!

 

That's awesome; imagine them telling someone they have that!

 

no points at all, just for fun, lol~~~~

 

he has only done 2 threads, not like he has gone around making like 10 of them, any some great facts you have there, very interesting and cool

 

hello all,

Neither i am copying and pasting nor i am making threads only for making them . I just thought that these are some interesting facts that can be share with my fellow dpers so i did that. IF you guys have problem in it then i will stop this surely. I just thought it will b a refreshment for all you guys.

Anyways thanks to you all.
Regards.
Ashwini