General Knowledge Facts - Part 3

1. The eyes of Chameleon (Pachoanthi in Tamil) can move independently. It can see in two different directions at the same time.

2. The human brain is 80% water.

3. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

4. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

5. The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.

6. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades -- King David,
Clubs -- Alexander the Great,
Hearts -- Charlemagne
Diamonds -- Julius Caesar.

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1. Ants never sleep.

2. Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.

3. The snake can see through its eye lids when its eyes are closed.

4. 'Orology' is the study of mountains.

5. Spots on Dice are called as 'Pip'.

6. 'Acrophobia' is the fear of heights.

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1. No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

2. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

3. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!

4. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane. (Vastly used in Brazil)

5. When you sneeze air rushes out your nose at a rate of 100 miles per hour.

6. The bulls-eye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.

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1. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

2. New born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).

3. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence.

4. Butterflies smell with their feet.

5. Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides.

6. Infants(New Born Baby) spend more time dreaming the Earth.

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