Tuesday, September 13, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
  • the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
  • the Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
  • the centre of the Sun is approximately 15 million °C (27 million °F)
  • the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
  • the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
  • the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
  • the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
  • the colour of a chilli pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
  • the coloured part of your eye is called the iris

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