Stupid Facts series continued.... I m getting to be an expert :-)

Stupid Facts

• Basketball was invented in the United States in 1891.

• Mercaptan in asparagus is what causes urine to smell.

• Lachrymatory-factor synthase in onions is what makes you cry.

• You cannot lose a contact lens in the back of your head.

• Pigs don't sweat.

• Like a cow, an elk has four stomachs.

• Eric Clapton's given birth name was Patrick Clapp.

• The metallic element gallium can melt in your hand.
  (see Periodic Table of Elements)

• The average speed of a man's orgasm is 28 MPH.

• There are no fish living in the Dead Sea.

• It is illegal to lick toads in Arizona.

• The largest kidney stone weighed 14 pounds.

• Frogs don't drink water.

• The word ALPHABET is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet - ALPHA and BETA.

• The word vaccine originates from the Latin word for cow - VACCA from which they were first derived from.

• 3³ + 4³ + 5³ = 6³

• Humpty Dumpty was a cannon.

• The maximum prize one could earn on a single day of Jeopardy! is $566,400.

• Ice is a mineral.

• 97% of the Earth's water is in the oceans.
  (see The Water Cycle)

• Lake Baikal in the south central part of Siberia is 5,712 feet (1.7 kilometers) deep. It's about 20 million years old and contains 20 percent of Earth's fresh liquid water.

• On average, there are about 100 lightning strikes every second worldwide.

• There is a glacier at the equator on Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador.

• Reno, Nevada is further West than Los Angeles, California.

• Howie Mandel was the voice of Gizmo in the movie Gremlins.

• An average ball point pen can write a line 2 miles (3.2 km) long.

• The small intestine of a human is 20 feet long.

• The large intestine of a human is 5 feet long.

• James Knox Polk, the 11th U.S. President, died of chronic diarrhea.

• The significance of the number 21 in a 21-gun salute is derived from adding the digits of 1776.

• The word typewriter can be typed using only the top row of keys.

• Kazakhstan is largest landlocked country in the world.

• Deolpur, India is the only place in the world where wooden polo balls are made.

• The red kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring.

• The Basenji, an African dog, is the only dog that does not bark.