20 Unbelievable General Facts
Friday, March 4, 2011
, Posted by Unknown at 10:15 PM
Let’s check out the 20 general facts we have here. See how much you know about it.
1 ) If you are struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28,000 degrees Centigrade, hotter than the surface of the Sun.
2 ) An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived.
3 ) The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 
4 ) Every time you sneeze your heart stops a second.
5 ) In space, astronauts cannot cry because there is no gravity.
6 ) Hummingbirds are the only creatures that can fly backwards.
7 ) An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
8 ) Cockroaches can live 9 days without their heads before they starve to death.
9 ) A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
10 ) The lighter was invented before the match.
11 ) The average left-handed person lives 7 years LESS than a right-handed person.
12 ) Scientists with high-speed cameras have discovered that rain drops are not tear shaped but rather look like hamburger buns.
13 ) The first Internet domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.
14 ) When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.
15 ) Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold: for $7.5 million.
16 ) In a study by the 
17 ) It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of 
18 ) The largest employer in the world is the 
19 ) Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song “Happy Birthday.” They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
20 ) All babies are colour-blind when they are born.
