Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:19

DID YOU KNOW…

• Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
  

• In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, not one case was recorded where an ostrich buried its head in the sand, or attempted to do so.

• Ice always melts at 32 degrees F, but water does not always freeze at 32 degrees F. It must freeze onto something. However, at -40 degrees F, water freezes spontaneously. If you poured a cup of water out of a window with the outside air temperature at -40 F, the water would freeze before it struck the ground.
  

• It takes only about eight minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour.

• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  

• The word “toast”, meaning a wish of good health, started in ancient Rome, where a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine.

• Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

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