| S.No. |
Fact |
| 1 |
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119. |
| 2 |
A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine. |
| 3 |
A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. |
| 4 |
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven. |
| 5 |
A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. |
| 6 |
About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. |
| 7 |
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. |
| 8 |
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. |
| 9 |
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic. |
| 10 |
All babies are color blind when they are born. |
| 11 |
Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War. |
| 12 |
An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. |
| 13 |
An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. |
| 14 |
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. |
| 15 |
Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'! |
| 16 |
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. |
| 17 |
Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. |
| 18 |
Astronauts get taller when they are in space. |
| 19 |
Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers. |
| 20 |
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old. |
| 21 |
Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. |
| 22 |
Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen. |
| 23 |
Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million. |
| 24 |
Buttermilk does not contain any butter. |
| 25 |
By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors. |
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