Weird Fact Friday
     

       Most lipstick contains fish scales.

1. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
2. Over 75% of people who read the 'you can not lick your elbow' fact will try to lick their elbow..Lol
3. A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
4. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
5. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
   If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.
   If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.
6. According to a study by the Economic Research Service, 27% of all food production in Western nations ends up in garbage cans. Yet, 1,2 billion people are underfed - the same number of people who are overweight.
7. Camels are called "ships of the desert" because of the way they move, not because of their transport capabilities. A Dromedary camel has one hump and a Bactrian camel two humps. The humps are used as fat storage. Thus, an undernourished camel will not have a hump.
   
8. In the Durango desert, in Mexico, there's a creepy spot called the "Zone of Silence." You can't pick up clear TV or radio signals. And locals say fireballs sometimes appear in the sky.
9. Bill Gates' first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.
10. Uranus' orbital axis is tilted at 90 degrees.
11. The final resting-place for Dr. Eugene Shoemaker - the Moon. The famed U.S. Geological Survey astronomer, trained the Apollo astronauts about craters, but never made it into space. Mr. Shoemaker had wanted to be an astronaut but was rejected because of a medical problem. His ashes were placed on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft before it was launched on January 6, 1998. NASA crashed the probe into a crater on the moon in an attempt to learn if there is water on the moon.
12. Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world.
13. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
14. Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.
15. Hot water is heavier than cold.
16. Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
17. Seals used for their fur get extremely sick when taken aboard ships.
    
18. Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
19. Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat.
20. Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.
21. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.
22. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.