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The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years. (then what?)
The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho
Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States
The appliance that uses the most use of water in the home is the toilet
The first ever “World Summit on Toilets” was held in Singapore in November 2001
There is an estimated 1 public toilet per 10000 person in London

Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourses taking place all over the world.thanx kim (Now dont you feel more contented each night before you go to sleep ALONE)
In a study conducted of university students, at any given time during a lecture, 20% are thinking about what to eat, 20% are listening, 20% are thinking about sex and 40% mischellaneous thoughts. Very encouraging for lecturers. (unsure) Thanx Karol
The first couple shown in bed together on prime time TV were the Flintstones
On average, people spend 2 weeks of their lives kissing
A study of 2,500 men aged 49 to 54 found that having an orgasm at least three times a week cut in half the likelihood of death from coronary heart disease

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproductiion
Rice was an ingredient used in making the foundations of the Great Wall of China
In China, there are over 50 different ethnic groups including Mongols and Manchurians
China has had a government since 1766 B.C., and it one of the oldest institutions in the world
Shanghai is the biggest city in the world, holding almost 16 million people
China is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world, with reserves of over 680 Million Kilowatts
China has a “one-child” policy where couples will need to pay fees to have more than one child
Chinese families often have nicknames for members at home such as Niu (cow), Tu (rabbit) and Xiong (bear) so that evil spirits are not attracted to the child
Although China covers over 9 million kms, it only has one timezone. As such, people in the west only get daylight at 9am in the morning

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people. “left” in Latin is “sinister” and “right” is “dexter”. Ambidextrous simply means “both right”. Don’t believe me?.Thanx De Composed
Men are more likely to be left-handed(10%) than females(8%)
An average secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing

The Honda Accord has the highest stolen rate in the US according to NCIB. thanx jon cook
The founder of Honda, Soichiro Honda, actually tried to sell his new piston design to Toyota in 1938, before finally starting his own company after World War II
Honda was the first company to build a robot (ASIMO) that could walk up and down stairs

Pope Adrian VI choked to death after a fly got stuck in his throat as he was taking a drink from a fountain
Flies taste with their feet
A fly can react to something it sees and change direction in 30 milliseconds
A fly always jumps backwards for a quick getaway when you try to hit it. (Listen up all you fly haters)
Assuming that all the offspring survived, 190,000,000,000,000,000,000 flies could be produced in four months by the offspring of a single pair of flies
A housefly can transport germs as far as 15 miles away from the original source of contamination.

If the information in DNA were put in the form of a book, these books put on top of each other would reach 70 meters high
A simple list of the bases of the entire DNA is enough to fill 200 New York City phone books
Scientist don’t know what 50% of genes do
8 mysteries were solved using DNA including: Where is Columbus Buried? Was Albert DeSalvo the Boston strangler? Did Sam Sheppard Kill His Wife? Did Thomas Jefferson Father Children with His Slave, Sally Hemings? Did Jesse James Die in 1882, or Did He Fake His Death? Could the Romanovs Have Survived the Russian Revolution? Was Anna Anderson Really Anastasia? Did the Last Dauphin Escape?

80% of arrested criminals are male. (and you girls thought that we just sit on the couch and fart whole day).

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves 26 feet for each gallon of diesel that it burns. (someone actually bothered with the calculation)

Bees can see ultraviolet light
Most honey bees die after they sting people as our skin is elastic, unsuitable for their stingers which are meant for harder inelastic skin. Their venom glands are also torn out in the process. (So removing the stinger by piching the tip is well, in one word, dumb.jk)Thanx Mr Tuvai
A bee can travel 4 million miles (6.5 million km) at 7 mph (11 km/h) on the energy it would obtain from 1 gallon (3.785 liters) of nectar, or it could just sit down on and enjoy that honey properly
Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes
Some honeybees have been trained to ’smell’ out TNT in landmines instead of pollen