Facts Flashcards
At what rate does the average person shed skin cells?
30,000 to 40,000 per hour.
What is the only animal in the cat family that cannot retract it’s claws?
The cheetah
What carnivorous plant can catch a fly 100 times faster than a Venus flytrap, which is less than a millisecond?
Bladderwort
What is strange about a honeybee’s eyes?
There is hair on them.
Approximately how many containers are lost at sea every year?
10,000
What causes red eye in photography?
Reflection from the flash off of blood vessels in the back of the eye.
What is Hawaii’s state fish?
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
What movie company always hints at the next movie to come inside of the previous one?
Pixar
What was Google’s original title?
Backrub
Who was the 2nd cartoon character to be given a star in Hollywood?
Bugs Bunny, after Mickey Mouse.
What is maximum distance in which a lion’s roar can be heard?
5 miles
Who was the founder of both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese?
Nolan Bushnell
The American chef, Sam German, is known for creating what cake recipe?
German chocolate cake
Which Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher through a no-hitter under the influence of LSD?
Dock Ellis
The US government has plans to collect what after a nuclear war?
Taxes
What is it called when some people sneeze when exposed to bright light?
Photic sneeze reflex
What body temperature must a butterfly have to be able to achieve flight?
82 degrees fahrenheit
What was the name of Bill Gates’s first company, and what did the company do?
Traff-O-Data, the company created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.
What is the brand, Nike, named after?
The Greek goddess of victory
A Boeing 747 has fuel economy of how many gallons per second?
1:1
What term or phrase comes from burning down someone’s house in an attempt to get rid of them without killing them in medieval times?
“Getting fired”
What was the original name of the famous search engine, Google?
Backrub
How many toothpicks can be made from one cord of wood?
7.5 million
Which one of the five senses do women have better than men?
Smell
What doesn’t happen when newborn babies cry?
They don’t shed tears.
Tamper proof seals were put into use after what incident?
In 1982, somebody put cyanide into Tylenol bottles at various stores, killing 7.
