Interesting facts

DJ.Parker

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· Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.




· The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.




· Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing.




· You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.




· A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.




· Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.




· Mona Lisa had no eyebrows.




· When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.




· Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.




· "I Am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.




· Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."