İlginç Gerçekler - Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts - İlginç Gerçekler

• The average four year-old child asksoverfour hundred questions a day.
• In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in theirbrasactedasan electricalconductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest.
• In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.
• Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
• There is a type ofcoffinmade that can be used as a winerackor picnic table before its final use.
• The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have aleapyear every four years to make up for thisshortfall.
• Approximately 75% of humanpoopis made of water.
• The more a person struggles to get out ofquicksandthe faster they willsink. Stayingstilland being calm will actually make the bodyfloatin the quicksand because the body is lessdensethan the quicksand is.
• Touching andstrokinga plant will aid in it growing healthy.
• In New York City, approximately 1,600 people arebittenby other humansannually.
• Onegallonof used motor oil canruinapproximately one million gallons of fresh water.
• In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he iscommemoratedwith a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.
• The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
• The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
• Babies have more bones (300) than adults (206).
• The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the "Uncle Sam." 
• There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, even though the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.
• In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day." 
• The world's oldest rose is located Hildeshiem Cathedral in Germany and is thought to be over 1,000 years old.