Some Of The Things You Might Not Know -4

Here are the some interesting facts that you love it thinking soooooooooooooo............

1. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

2. In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of business because of a store across the road called ’99p Stores’, which was selling the same products but for just 1 pence cheaper!

3. About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.

4. The French language has seventeen different words for ‘surrender’.

5. Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

6. Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.

7. A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out :p

8. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.

9. A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.

10. Bin Laden’s death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler’s death was announced on 1st May 1945.

11. J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name ‘Hermione’ so young girls wouldn’t be teased for being nerdy!

12. Hewlett-Packard’s name was decided in a coin toss.

13. The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665.

14. The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

15. An arctophile is a person who collects, or is very fond of teddy bears.

16. Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.

17. Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de

Porciuncula.”

18. The Twitter bird actually has a name – Larry.

19. Octopuses have four pairs of arms.

20. In England, in the 1880’s, “Pants” was considered a dirty word.

Thanking you...........................