Spring Valley have decided to put some stats and liddle
facts on selected juices and beverages. Below are the ones I have collected
so far.
1: Some bamboo species grow 91cm per day.
2: Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas
3: The world's largest flower is the Rafflesia Arnold, at up to 91cm
wide.
4: Cats have over one hundred vocal cords.
5: Children grow faster in the spring.
6: You can only fold a single piece of paper in half 7 times.
7: The tallest living tree is a 112.014m coast redwood.
7: The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime.
8: There are 1 million ants for every person in the world.
9: The longest distance flown by one bird was 26,000km, by a common
tern.
9: Termites eat through wood twice as fast when listening to rock music.
10: The woodland frog is the only animal to survive after its been frozen.
11: A peregrine falcon dives at a velocity of 350km/h.
11: A duck’s quack doesn’t echo.
12: The world's largest animal is a blue whale.
12: Fish cough.
13: The ostrich can run at up to 72km/h.
14: Giraffes have no vocal cords.
15: The koala feeds on only six of the 500 species of eucalyptus leaves.
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17: The average woman comsumes 1:4 kilograms of lipstick in her lifetime.
18: Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
19: A largest land mammal is the African elephant, weighing up to 6,350kg.
20: The howler monkey can be heard clearly up to 4.8km away.
21: The oldest goldfish lived for 43 years.
22: No piece of paper can be folded over move the 7 times.
23: The largest recorded beetroot was 19.39kg.
23: About 18% of animal owners share there beds with
there owners.
24: The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
25: The world's largest apple weighed 1.67kg.
26: Fish can drown
27: The world's largest carrot weighed 8.61.kg.
28: The largest recorded lemon weighed 3.88kg.
28: When the moon is directly overhead you weigh
slightly less.
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30: The world's largest radish weighed 17.2kg.
31: The world's largest squash weighed 435kg.
32: A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.
33: Frowning burns more calories than smiling.
34: Almonds are a member of the peach family.
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36: Even if you eat food standing on your head, it will end up in your
stomach.
36: You would weigh less on the top of a mountain
than at sea level.
37: If all the salt was extracted from the oceans, it could cover the
contents five feet deep. (I think we should try this some time)
38: Licking a stamp burns 10 calories.
38: Mangoes are considered an aphrodisiac in India.
39: Farmers in Japan can grow watermelons in a square shape.
39: Smelling bananas and/or apples can help you lose
weight.
40: The lifespan of a human taste bud is 10 days.
40: The largest fish is the whale shark, which can be over 15 meters
long and weigh 2000 kilograms.
41: A hummingbird's heart beats 23 times a second.
42: A blind chameleon still changes colour to match its environment.
43: A butterfly's taste sensors are in its feet.
44: A colony of bees has to fly 177,500km and tap 4 million flowers
to make one kilo of honey.
45: Your eye expands up to 45% when looking at something pleasing.
46: You have to play table tennis maore than 24 hours to lose one kilogram.
47: A group of finches is called a Charm.
47: One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns
48: The worlds biggest pyramid is not in egypt, but in mexico.
49: Giraffes can lick their own eyes.
49: A group of goats is called a Trip.
50: Every hour the body replaces one billion cells.
51: A group of kangaroos is called a Mob.
52: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was composed by mozart when he was five
years old.
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54: A scollop has a total of 35 eyes, all of which are blue.
55: A sheep, duck and rooster were the first passengers in a hot air
baloon.
55: Cows give more milk when they listen to music.
56: The "silk" of a spider is stronger than steel threads
of the same diameter.
57: All porcupines float in water.
58: Alligators cannot move backwards.
59: An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
59: Your breathing rate increases when you start
to type.
60: Butterflies were formally known by the name "Flutterby."
61: Caterpillars have 4000 muscles. Humans have only about 600.
62: Male butterflies produce scents that attract females.
63: Top-performing companies are called "blue-chips" after
the costliest chips in casinos.
64: Flamingoes can only eat with their heads upside down.
64: The name for the space between your eyebrows
is nasion.
65: Frogs drink and breathe through their skin.
65: The legs of bats are too weak to support their weight, so they hang
upside down.
66: Frogs must close their eyes to swallow.
66: On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced
objects.
67: Cold water weighs less than hot water.
68: A tune that gets stuck in your head is called an earworm.
69: A sneeze can travel as fast as 161km/h.
70: Children grow faster in Spring than the rest of the year.
71: Every hour the body replaces one billion cells.
71: Borborygmi is the noise that your stomach makes when you are hungry.
72: A bee can fly at 24km/h.
72: A housefly hums in the key of F.
73: A queen bee can lay 800-1500 eggs per day.
73: Thomas Edison coined the word "hello" and introduced it
as a way to answer the phone.
74: The average speed of a fly is 7.2km/h
75: Mosquitoes are attracted to people who eat bananas.
76: Flamingoes turn pink from eating shrimp.
77: Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
77: A colony of bees has to fly up to 177,500
km and tap 4 million flowers to make one kilo of honey.
78: Ascallop has a total of 35 eyes, all of which are blue.
79: Broccoli and cauliflower are actually flowers.
79: It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.
80: The only food that doesn't spoil is honey.
81: During a lifetime the average human spends 2 weeks kissing.
82: Fish have eyelids.
83: If you keep a goldfish in the dark it will turn white.
84: Elephants sleep only 2 hours a day.
84: Slugs have 4 noses.
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86: A snail breathes through its foot.
86: A Queen Bee can lay 800 - 1500 eggs per day
87: Fish Cough (My personal favourit)
88: Almonds are members of the peach family.
88: An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's.
89: Shrimp can only swim backward.
90: A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
91: Elephants can swim 32.2km a day.
92: Elephants can't jump.
93: giraffes have no vocal chords.
93: Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
94: Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
94: Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
95: 11% of the people in the world are left handed.
96: ¼ of the bones in your body are in your feet.
97: You blink over 10 million times a year.
98: The tongue is the fastest healing part of the human body.
98: A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over
160 km/hr.
99: Pigs get sunburn.
100: Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
101: The average raindrop falls at a speed of 11.3 kilometers per hour.
101: The life span of a taste bud is ten days.
102: Fish can drown.
103: A kangaroo can jump 9.14 metres.
104: Lizards communicate by doing pushups.
105: A turkey can run at 32.2 kilometers per hour.
105: The average person uses 567 Litres of water
a day for personal use.
106: The scent of jasmine may assist in a more peaceful sleep.
107: Australians eat roughly 7,260kg of fruit in a lifetime.
108: Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
109: Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as
money in Siberia.
110: Kangaroos can jump nearly 10 metres.
111: Eating breakfast may improve your energy levels.
111: Squid can have eyes the size of a volleyball.
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113: Blackcurrants are an excellent source of vitamin C.
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115: The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside
out.
115: A single orange seed will grow more than
one plant.
116: The French call the tomato the "apple of love".
117: Tomatoes are a good sourcee of vitamins A and C.
117: Beavers were once the size of bears.
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119: Fruit and vegetables help keep your skin looking great.
120: Most of the vitamin C in fruit is in the skin.
120: Dolphins can jump up to 6 metres in the air.
121: Mangoes contain vitamin A, C, potassium and iron.
121: A Crocodile cannot move its tongue.
122: Bananas help your brain release endorphins.
123: An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.
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125: The world's largest corncob was 92cm.
125: The first MTV video was “ Video Killed the Radio Star”
by the Bugles.
126: The world's tallest cactus measures 19.2m.
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128: The heaviest living dog is an English mastiff weighing 130kg.
129: Dalmations are born without any spots.
129: The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
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131: Hippopotami can stay underrwater for 25 minutes.
131: Jupiter spins so fast that there is a new sunrise nearly every
ten hours.
132: A strawberry has roughly 200 seeds.
133: The world's most eaten fruit is the mango. (yeah, whatever? It
must be the Indian's)
133: The largest cheese ever-made weighed 23,000 kgs.
134: A blackberry bush is called a bramble.
135: Try Spring Valley Water with a Twist of fruit juice.
136: Experience new Spring Valley Apply and Cranberry juice.
137: Spring Valley juices contain no added preservatives, artificial
colours or flavours.
138: Australians eat roughly 9,070kg of vegetables in a lifetime.
139: There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right
side up.
139: Nothing better with lunch than a Spring Valley juice.
140: Spring Valley Juice. Where tast comes naturally.
140: The first typewrite was called a "literary piano"
141: Snoopy is the most common dog name beginning
with the letter S.
143: The act of chewing an apple is a more efficient way to stay awake
than caffeine.
144: Grizzly bears run as fast as the average horse.
146: China only has one time zone.
149: A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping.
150: The Japanese word for “judo” means “the gentle
way”.
151: No two lip impressions are the same.
153:The word “purple” does not rhyme with any other word
in the English language.
154: 75% of people wash from top to bottom in the shower.
155: The last letter to be added to our alphabet was “J”.
156: There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue.
159: You exhale at 24 kmph.
160: “Arachibutlphobia” is the fear of peanut
butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
161: Pearls dissolve in vinegar.
162: Heat, not sunlight ripens tomatoes.
163: "Way" is the most frequently used noun in the English
language.
165: "Disco" means " I learn"
in Latin.
166: It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes
open
170: A blind chameleon still changes colour to match its environment.
171: A butterfly’s taste sensors are located
below its feet.
172: A duck has three eyelids.
173: A group of goats is called a Trip.
176: A group of owls is called a Parliament.
177: A group of rhinos is called a Crash.
179: Bees have 5 eyes.
180: Every hour the body replaces one billion
cells.
182: Exercise releases endorphons, which make us feel good.
183: The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9
and lived in China in 1910.
184: Your eyes and ears never stop growing.
185: Men are 6 times more likely to be struck
by lighting than women.
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191: The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders
of the World that still survives.
192: The can opener was invented 48 years after the Can was introduced.
