Snapple Real Facts #4

• Manhattan Island was once home to as many different species as Yellowstone National Park.
• The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
• It takes more water to fill a bathtub than it does to enjoy an average-length shower.
• The oldest living animal ever found was a 405-year-old clam, named Ming by researchers.
• Over half of the world's geysers are found in Yellowstone National Park.
• Women's hearts beat faster than men's hearts.
• Children grow faster during springtime.
• The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyannosaurus Rex.
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
• All scorpions glow.
• Vultures can fly for six hours without flappingtheir wings.
• Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
• Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport in the early 1900s.
• The lollipop was named after one of the most famous racehorses in the early 1900s, Lolly Pop.
• Miami installed the first ATM for rollerbladers.
• The scientific term for a sneezing is sternutation.
• India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
• If done perfectly, any Rubick's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.
• Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
• The number sign # is called an octothorpe.