Random interesting facts

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1. An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 miles per hour.
2. The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American Court.
3. According the US Department of Energy, 90% of the energy in a conventional washing machine is used to heat water. That's why many "green" homeowners wash their clothes in cold water.
4. Recycling 100 million phones would recover 3.4 metric tons of gold - gold that would not have to be mined.
5. If all commuters work from home just one day a week, we could save 8.85 billions of oil each year
6. Extra heat generated my computers means more heat in the workplace, which translates to more use of air conditioning
7. A chip of silicon a quarter inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a full city block.
8. Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman
9. Mark Twain was born in 1935 when Haley's Comet came into view and when he died in 1910, Halet's Comet appeared again
10. A one-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples
11. In 1961, Matisse's Le Bateau hung upside- down for 47 days in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. None of the 116,000 visitors had noticed, including the art dealer Pierre Matisse, the artist's own son.
12. It seems that left-handed people are more creative, as most writers and artists are left-handed
13. If you multiply 37,037 by any single number from 1 to 9 and then multiply that number by 3, every digit in the answer will be the same as the first number
14. Ants have the ability to carry objects fifty times heavier than their own weight
15. The eyes of the giant squid measure about 15 inches in diameter, is the largest among all animals
16. There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people in Australia. The kangaroo population is estimated at forty million.
17. Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper

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12. It seems that left-handed people are more creative, as most writers and artists are left-handed,


oh, i'm creative,

BRKN wrote:12. It seems that left-handed people are more creative, as most writers and artists are left-handed,


oh, i'm creative,

lol hahahaahahaha

BRKN wrote:12. It seems that left-handed people are more creative, as most writers and artists are left-handed,


oh, i'm creative,

I'll practice being left handed

Thanks for sharing this facts.

Thanks for sharing

How did Jumpman become like Mario ? XD

anyways thanks for the info~

thanks for the random facts :)