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April 29, 2006



Amazing facts



By Syed Zubair Ali


* A mango tree can live and bear fruit up to 300 years.

* Chocolate doesn’t cause pimples and tooth decays.

* An Ostrich’s eyes are bigger than its brains.

* The number of moles on our body increases through exposure to sunlight.

* Rubber is used to make bubble gum.

* Watermelon is not a fruit but a vegetable from the cucumber family.

* Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

* The word Mrs. is always an abbreviation, you can never write the full word.

* One out of 20 people have an extra rib.

* When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.

* When the striped fur of a tiger is shaved we find a striped body.

* A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

* In ancient china people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

* All polar bears are left-handed.

* A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.

* On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

* On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

* Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.



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