|   | | Humming birds are the only birds that can fly backwards | | | | It is impossible to lick ones' elbow | | | | All the planets in the solar system, except Venus, rotate anticlockwise | | | | A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time that is equal to 1/100th of a second | | | | An average person laughs about 15 times a day. | | | | Phobatriva phobia is a fear of trivia about phobias. | | | | Sanskrit is the mother of allhigher languages. It is precious and thus it is suitable language for writing computer software. | | | | India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta | | | Chess (Shastranja or Asht pada) was invented in India |  | | Twenty -four -karat gold is not pure gold. There is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands | | | The Romans made the first popsicle. They took some ice, added flavor to it and licked it. | | | The Sumerians, who lived in the middle east, invented the wheel in about 3450 B.C. | | | The Sumerians, who lived in the middle east, invented writing. | | | The Chinese made the first wheelbarrow | | | The smallest bird in the world is the humming bird. It weighs about 35 grams. | | | The bird that can fly the fastest is called white. It can fly up to 150 kilometers per hour. | | | | The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet. |  | | | The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. | | | | It's impossible to sneeze with ones eyes open. | | | | Right-handed people live, nine years longer than left-handed people do. | | | | In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eye brows and eye lashes. | | | | The act of snapping one's finger is called a 'fillip' | | | | The dot on the top of letter 'I ' is called title. | | | | "Skepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. | | | In a pack of cards, the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. |  | | The ant can lift 50 times its own weight can pull 30 times its own weight. | | | The flea can jump 350 times its body length that is like a human jumping the length of a football field. | | | Butterflies taste with their feet. | | | Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. | | | Cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known. | | | A mosquito does not bite. It stabs a victim with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through its nasal yube. | | | Starfishes haven't got brains. | | | Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years. |  | | Some breeds of vultures can fly at altitudes as high as 36,900 feet. | | | The most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year. | | | Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. | | | | | Thank you | | | Aum V. Subramanian | | Aum | | |
