34 Funny Interesting Facts

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20 Interesting Random Facts

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20 Interesting Facts About Twins

20 Interesting Facts About Twins - These days, it seems every time you turn around there's another double stroller rolling down the street. Think about it - how many sets of twins do you know? Multiple births are on the rise, and two babies means double the fun but also twice the worry! Here are some fun and interesting facts about twins:

1. In 1980, one in every 53 babies born in the United States was a twin. By 2009, that number had risen to one in 30, according to new research released by the National Center for Health Statistics. Over those three decades, the twin birth rate (number of twins per 1,000 births) rose 76%.

27 Surprising Facts

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30 Interesting Useless Facts

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30 Unknown Interesting Facts

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14 Unbelievable True Facts

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Origins of 17 Famous Brands Names

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37 Random Interesting Facts

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9 Interesting Factoids of Animals

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18 Facts About Human Brain

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Popcorn - Facts

Know 20 Facts About Popcorn -
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1. Popcorn's scientific name is zea mays everta, and it is the only type of corn that will pop.
   
   
2. People have been enjoying popcorn for thousands of years. In 1948, popped kernels around 5,000 years old were discovered in caves in New Mexico.
   
   
3. It is believed that the Wampanoag Native American tribe brought popcorn to the colonists for the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
   
   
4. Traditionally, Native American tribes flavored popcorn with dried herbs and spices, possibly even chili. They also made popcorn into soup and beer and made popcorn headdresses and corsages.
   
   
5. Some Native American tribes believed that a spirit lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits wouldn't usually bother humans, but if their home was heated, they would jump around, getting angrier and angrier, until eventually they would burst out with a pop.
   
   
6. Christopher Columbus allegedly introduced popcorn to the Europeans in the late 15th century.
   
   
7. The first commercial popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors in Chicago in 1885. The business he founded still manufactures popcorn machines and other specialty equipment.
   
   
8. American vendors began selling popcorn at carnivals in the late 19th century. When they began to sell outside movie theaters, theater owners were initially annoyed, fearing that popcorn would distract their patrons from the movies. It took a few years for them to realize that popcorn could be a way to increase revenues, and popcorn has been served in movie theaters since 1912.
   
   
9. Nowadays, many movie theaters make a greater profit from popcorn than they do from ticket sales, since for every dollar spent on popcorn, around ninety cents is pure profit. Popcorn also makes moviegoers thirsty and more likely to buy expensive sodas.
   
   
10. What makes popcorn pop? Each kernel contains a small amount of moisture. As the kernel is heated, this water turns to steam. Popcorn differs from other grains in that the kernel's shell is not water-permeable, so the steam cannot escape and pressure builds up until the kernel finally explodes, turning inside out.
    
    
11. On average, a kernel will pop when it reaches a temperature of 347 degress Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).
    
    
12. Unpopped kernels are called "old maids" or "spinsters."
    
    
13. There are two possible explanations for old maids. The first is that they didn't contain sufficient moisture to create an explosion; the second is that their outer coating (the hull) was damaged, so that steam escaped gradually, rather than with a pop. Good popcorn should produce less than 2 percent old maids.
    
    
14. Ideally, the moisture content of popcorn should be around 13.5 percent, as this results in the fewest old maids.
    
    
15. Popcorn is naturally high in fiber; low in calories; and sodium-, sugar-, and fat-free, although oil is often added during preparation and butter, sugar, and salt are all popular toppings.
    
    
16. Americans consume 17 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year. That's enough to fill the Empire State Building 18 times!
    
    
17. Nebraska produces more popcorn than any other state in the country -- around 250 million pounds per year. That's about a quarter of all the popcorn produced annually in the United States.
    
    
18. There are at least five contenders claiming to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World" due to the importance of popcorn to their local economies, and only one of them is in Nebraska. They are Van Buren, Indiana; Marion, Ohio; Ridgway, Illinois; Schaller, Iowa; and North Loup, Nebraska.
    
    
19. Popped popcorn comes in two basic shapes: snowflake and mushroom. Movie theaters prefer snowflake because it's bigger. Confections such as caramel corn use mushroom because it won't crumble.
    
    
20. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's largest popcorn ball measured 12 feet in diameter and required 2,000 pounds of corn, 40,000 pounds of sugar, 280 gallons of corn syrup, and 400 gallons of water to create.

Dogs Facts

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• Greyhounds can run up to 45 miles an hour for very short periods.
  
  
• Dogs have 42 teeth, cats about 30.
  
  
• Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
  
  
• The dalmatian dog originate from Dalmatian coast of Croatia.
  
  
• According to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs and cats, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed - that is, they favor either their right or left paws.

• Domesticated cats are never mentioned in the Bible. Dogs are mentioned 14 times, lions 55 times.
  
  
• The common belief that dogs are color blind is false. Dogs can see color but it is not as vivid a color scheme as we see. It is much like our vision at twilight.
  
  
• There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
  
  
• The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.Anything over 45 minutes seems like forever to your dog. You will be greeted as enthusiastically coming back from a two hour shopping trip as you will coming back from a two days vacation.
  
  
• A stray dog who is afraid of people will trust the people associated with the dogs it plays with.
  
  
• The old rule - multiplying a dog's age by 7 to find the equivalent human age - is fallacious. A dog is able to reproduce at 1 year and has reached full growth by 2 years. To calculate a dog's age in human terms, count the first year at 15, the second year as 10, and each year after that as 5.
  
  
• If a dog tolerates gentle handling between its toes, it probably is suited for children.
  
  
• If two dogs are headed for a fight and they appear about evenly matched, the dog on his home turf will win easily.
  
  
• If you want to be friends with somebody else's dog, let the dog make the first move, and don't be too quick to respond.
  
  
• A kennel should be two times the length of the dog you are building it for. Measure the dog from its nose to the tip of its tail.
  
  
• The best time for taking a puppy from its litter - psychologically and physically - is when it is 49 days old.