The random, fun, awesome facts thread.

[Heartlines.]

I have an app on my ipod with 10,513 random facts.

Go ahead and add what you have to the list!
Keep things appropriate and clean pleaseee

-All babies are color blind when they are born
-There are 53 lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
-Enamel is the hardest substance in the body.
-Indonesia consists of 13,667 islands
-In america, the most common mental illness is anxiety
-Babies start to dream before they are born
-In literature, the average length of a sentence is 35 words.
-Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
-Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War 2 were made out of plaster
-When sharks bite down, they automatically close their eyes, and if their pray tries to break free, it causes damage to their eyes.
-If you attempted to count stars at the rate of one per second, it wold take 3000 years
-Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the U.S treasury
-Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.

[Magic.]

-Pigeons can only lay eggs if there is another pigeon around.

[Heartlines.]

-Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan.
-Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
-Alligators can live more then 100 years.
A hippo can run faster then a man can.
-Dogs can hear sounds that humans can't.

[Casey.]

-The only part of the body that doesn't heal itself is teeth

[Cabron]

Starfish can swim backwards.

[emma01]

-One out of 20 people have an extra rib
-A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
-Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions
-Slugs have 4 noses
-Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible