14 Cool Facts About People, Things and The World You Should Know

1. The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

2. About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.

3. 1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.

4. In Pakistan, goats are often sacrificed under the believe to improve the performance of the stock market.

5. The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

6. It is illegal to mispronounce Arkansas while in the state of Arkansas!

7. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!

8. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

9. When he was only 13, Johnny Depp lost his virginity to a girl slightly older than him.

10. All babies are color blind when they are born.

11. Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.

12. More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night.

13. Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.

14. Coca-Colas Super Pure Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water!