Did You Know…

• Kangaroos cannot walk backwards. • Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air. • According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes. • Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

• Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

• Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

• According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.

• Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.

• U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with Vaseline.

• The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

• Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

• Cats can produce over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs can only produce about ten.

• The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can measure up to 1.37 meters long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe.

• Muscles in the human body (640 in total) make up about half of the body weight.

• Giraffes are unable to cough.

• Moths have no stomach.

• 20/20 vision means the eye can see normally at 20 feet. 20/15 is better; the eye can see at 20 feet while another eye sees at 15 feet.

• Creation is made of particles, indiscernible to our eyes (Hebrews 11:3). It was not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter consists of invisible elements.

• The First Law of Thermodynamics was in Genesis 2:1-2. The First Law states that the total quantity of energy and matter in the universe is a constant. One form of energy or matter may be converted into another, but the total quantity always remains the same. Therefore the creation is finished, exactly as God said way back in Genesis.

• The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver’s licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.
In 200 BC, when the Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen.

• In May 1948, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe, both in New Zealand, erupted simultaneously.

• In Oklahoma, Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.

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