Interesting facts

1. Basketball is a famous American sport invented by a Canadian who was working at a YMCA in the U.S.
2. The hardness of ice is similar to that of concrete.
3. The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk.
4. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
5. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world.
6. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E".
7. No president of the United States was an only child.
8. Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.
9. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
10. Most lipstick is partailly made of fish scales.
11. Ants never sleep.
12. No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".
13. The human brain is 80% water.
14. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
15. The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.
16. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
17. There are 86,400 seconds in day.
18. A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.
19. Singapore has only one train station.
20. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
21. Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
22. Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
23. Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.
24. Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
25. By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.
26. Canada is an Indian word meaning ''Big Village''.
27. Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
28. Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
29. Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
30. Crayola is a French word that means ''Oily chalk.''