16 Facts You Need to Know

1- Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.

2- According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

3-The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua---anatahu - a New Zealand hill.

4- If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day.

5- Scientists in Australia's Parkes Observatory thought they had positive Proof of alien life, when they began picking up radio-waves from space. However, after investigation, the radio emissions were traced to a Microwave in the building.

6- Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

7- More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.

8- Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.

9- Coca-Cola was originally green.

10- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

11- The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

12- There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

13- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

14- Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

15- It is impossible to lick your elbow.

16- People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

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