Glass and Gold- Some Information

*Glass* takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

*Gold* is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.

*When a person dies* hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.

*Your tongue* is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

*The tooth* is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

*If you stop getting thirsty* , you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

*Zero* is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals. 

*Kites* were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

*The song Auld Lang Syne* is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

*Drinking water* after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.

*Peanut oil* is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.

*The roar* that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. The seashells work as amplifiers.

*Nine out of every 10* living things live in the ocean.

*The Banana* cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.

*Airports* at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

*The University of Alaska* spans four time zones.

*In ancient Greece* , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

*Warner Communications* paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!

*Intelligent people* have more zinc and copper in their hair.

*A comet’s tail* always points away from the sun.

*Caffeine* increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.

*The military salute* is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

*If you get into the bottom* of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

*In ancient times* strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

*Strawberries and cashews* are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.

*Avocados* have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

*The moon* moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

*The Earth gets 100 tons* heavier every day due to falling space dust.

*Due to earth's gravity* it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.

*Mickey Mouse* is known as "Topolino" in Italy.

*Soldiers* do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.

*Everything* weighs one percent less at the equator.

*For every extra kilogram* carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at

lift-off.

*The letter J* does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.