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WHY: Why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left? BECAUSE: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers …

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a Person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions! Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient! Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females …

Children * Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year. Consumption * Even if you eat food standing on your head, it will end up in your stomach. Death * When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. First off would be the sight. * In 1900 the average age at death …

The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were. Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg. The smallest is the male sperm. You …

The most interesting technology facts. These are perfect for kids, the cool information will keep them interested as they learn important ideas & concepts. Technology Facts Aircraft Carrier An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel. Airplanes The first United States coast to coast air-plane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days. A Boeing 747S wingspan …

The top selling Christmas Trees are: balsam fir, Douglas-fir, Fraser fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, Virginia pine and white pine. The best-selling species in North American market are Scots Pine, Douglas-fir, Noble Fir, Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, Virginia Pine, and Eastern White Pine, although other types of trees are also grown and sold. In Alabama, types of trees grown for …

There are about 500,000 acres in production for growing Christmas Trees in the U.S. Each acre provides the daily oxygen requirements of 18 people. In the United States, the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) promotes the environmental benefits of live Christmas trees over the competing artificial alternative. The NCTA stated that every acre of Christmas trees in production produced the …

In this world there are only two animals that can see behind without turning their heads. They are Parrot & Rabbit. Animals which have a very wide field of view that actually extends far enough around the head that they can see behind them. These animals would need to have eyes on the sides of their heads, rather than the front. …

The volume of groundwater is estimated to be more than 30 times the combined volume of all fresh-water lakes in the world and more than 3,000 times the combined volume of all the world’s streams. Some water underlies the Earth’s surface almost everywhere, beneath hills, mountains, plains, and deserts. It is not always accessible, or fresh enough for use without …

The Well of Zam zam is a well located within the Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 meters east of the Kaaba (see Kaaba Old Photos of 1880 & 1953), the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic tradition it was a miraculously- generated source of water, which began thousands of years ago when Ibraham’s infant son was …