·
The
word “cosmetic” comes from the Greek word kosmos, which means “of this world or
worldly.”
·
It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel
from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.
·
The
first makeup was used when Egyptian women painted their eyes, applying dark
colour under the eyelid and blackening their eyelashes.
·
In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke
free from the Antarctic ice shelf.
·
The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
·
The
first nail polish was invented in China in 3000 B.C. by mixing egg whites,
beeswax, gum and coloured powder.
·
If you could drive your car straight up, you would
arrive in space in just over an hour.
·
Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24
hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts – not all at once), but this is
rare. They never lie down.
·
In
the Victorian era, upper class women did not wear any makeup, since it was only
used by stage actresses, working class women and prostitutes.
·
On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried
the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.
·
The world’s smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian
parasitic wasp, is smaller than the eye of a housefly.
·
In
1952, roll on deodorant was inspired by the ball-point pen.
· Ancient
Roman toothpaste contained ammonia from human urine, which whitened the teeth
·
A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times more
sensitive than a human’s.
·
Only humans sleep
on their back.
·
Sound travels four
times faster in water than in air.
·
Human thighbones
are stronger than concrete.
·
Lightening never
strikes the same place twice.
·
No matter the size
or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
·
The longest living
cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.
·
One quarter of the
bones in your body is in your feet.
·
Coffee beans can
be mixed into B type blood, changing it into O type blood
Now how about that
for showing off!!!
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