101 DUMB FACTS
1 Tarantulas do not use muscles to use their legs. They walk by controlling the amount of blood they pump into their legs to make them longer and shorter.
2 The roof of the Sydney Opera House is covered with 1,056,006 white ceramic tiles from Sweden!
3 15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.
4 The world’s first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. Van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce cocoa butter and then added cocoa powder and sugar.
5 Elephants and humans are the only animals that can do headstands.
6 The term karaoke means “empty orchestra” in Japanese.
7 An aluminium can takes about 90 days to return to the shelf after being recycled.
8 THE FORTUNE COOKIE WAS INVENTED IN 1916 BY GEORGE JUNG, A LOS ANGELES NOODLEMAKER.
9 Ancient Greeks and Romans believed asparagus had medicinal qualities for helping prevent bee stings and relieve toothaches.
10 MTV made its
