The lens of your eye continues to grow throughout your entire lifetime

The brain of the Neanderthal Man was larger than modern man

At the height of it’s power, in 400BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizen and 500,000 slaves

Forensic science can determine a person age, sex and race through a single strand of hair

Since it’s completion in 1937, more than 600 people have commited suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge

90% of suicides are female

The only thing that can truly destroy a diamond is intense heat

Each year more than 300,000 teenagers become infected with some form of a venereal disease

While the Earth is 70% water, only 1% of that water is drinkable

Austria was the first country to use postcards

There are 15,000 different kinds of rice

In Roman times, salt was used as payment for work or salary

The word OK is actually spelled OKEH and is a Choctaw Indian word

In Idaho, it is illegal for someone to give a box of chocolates that weighs more than 50lbs

A kangaroo can not jump if it’s tail is off the ground

Eskimos have more than 20 words to describe snow

What is called a “French kiss” in America is called an “English kiss” in France

 ”&” is called an ampersand

The word TIP was originally an acronym meaning: to insure promptness