Did you know that copperhead snakes smell like fresh cut cucumbers?

Did you know that:

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.







The poisonous copperhead smells like fresh cutcucumbers.
























Most snakes have either only one lung, or in some cases, two, with one much reduced in size. This apparently serves to make room for other organs in the highly-elongated bodies of snakes.

















Armadillos can walk underwater.







Some carnivores, rodents, bats and insectivores have a penis bone, called a baculum.

A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.

Did you know that Eminem was the first white person to appear on the cover of source magazine?

Did you know that:

Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.

The Marshall Mathers LP when released in May 2000. sold 1.76 million copies in its first week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle

as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time

as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.

Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time. What do you think?

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Did you know that Color Purple hold the record for nominations with out a single win, 11

Did you know that:



These men Direct Themselves to Acting Oscars

Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, 1948


Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful, 1998








The Color Purple holds the record for most nominations without a single win, it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards.





The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King (2003) holds the record for most Oscar nominations 11 without a single loss.









That these two films received the most-nominations 14.
“All about Eve” (1950)

and “Titanic” (1997).








Sofia Coppola is the only American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award® in the Directing category?
in 2003 for “Lost in Translation.”

Did you know that it takes 20,000 light bulbs to make the Eiffel Tower sparkle?

Did you know that:



More than 20 million seahorses are harvested each year for folk medicinal purposes. The world seahorse population has dropped 70 per cent in the past 10 years.









It takes 20,000 light bulbs to make the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night and there are 2,500,000 rivets holding it together; the total weight of the tower is 10,100 tons. They use 60 tons of paint each repainting campaign, every 7 years in it's entirety. 1,665 steps in the East pillar take you to the top, the hieght to the top of the flage pole is 312m, if including the antennas it is 324 m.




*The African baobab tree (adansonia digitata) blossom opens only to moonlight and it is pollinated by bats .. the fruit bats.





When a female horse and a male donkey mate, the off-spring is called a mule; but when a male horse and a female donkey mate, the off spring is called a HINNY




Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Shaghoopal

Did you know that the the average driver will be locked out of their car nine times?

Hyperpolysyllabicomania is a fondness for big words.

If you suffer from geophagia then you have a compulsive urge to eat soil.







There are more mobile phones in UK than there are people.







The average driver will be locked out of their car nine times during their life time (yes, men are in the stats).



















Hong Kong has the world's largest double-decker tram fleet in the world







The words silent and listen have the same letters. Santa and Satan do too

Did you know the oldest dog was 29 years old

Did you know that:


The Labyrinth fish are a group known for their ability to breath atmospheric oxygen in the event the water they live in becomes depleted of oxygen or polluted!








The worlds heaviest as well as longest dog ever recorded was an Old English Mastiff named Zorba. In 1989, Zorba weighed 343 lbs. and was 8 feet





The tallest dog on record was named Shamgret Danzas. He was 42 inches tall (at the shoulder!) and weighed 238 lbs





The smallest dog in history was a tiny Yorkie from Blackburn, England. At two years of age and fully grown this little dude was an incredible 2.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches long! He weighed only 4 ounces! HE was approximately the size of a matchbox.





The oldest dog that has been reliably documented was an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey. He was put to sleep at the age of 29 years and 5 months!

Did you know that Christopher Cross is the only artist to win the Big Four Grammy Awards

Did you know that


A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.







The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.


These were the oldest to WIN an oscar:

Jessica Tandy - 81 - Driving Miss Daisy - Best Actress


George Burns - 80 - The Sunshine Boys - Best Supporting Actor


Henry Fonda - 76 - On Golden Pond - Best Actor








Groucho Marx was the oldest person to receive an Oscar: - 83 year old (and 182 days) - honorary statuette in 1973








Only artist to have won the “Big Four” Grammy Awards at a single ceremony: Christopher Cross is the only artist to receive the “Big Four” (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony in 1981;