20 Mind blowing Facts that you should know

1. When you put a seashell next to your ear, it's the sound of your blood surging in your veins, not the ocean. 
2. It takes 12 bees their entire lifetime to make one tablespoon of honey. 
3. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
4. A ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. They can still survive after eating up to 95% of their body weight.
5. Apples are actually part of the rose family.
6. 'Typewriter' is the longest English word that can be made by using only one row of a keyboard.  
7. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, from 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth 27 times to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. 
8. Once sperm enter the vagina, they slow down like four lanes merging into one: It takes 5 minutes for them to travel the 6 inches to the cervix and can take up to 72 hours to reach an egg. 
9. In India, the tree is considered auspicious and wedding rituals are conducted under pavilions decorated with the long dark green mango tree leaves.
10. The Ice Cream cone was invented in the summer of 1904 by Charles Menches. It made its debut one year later at the St. Louis World Fair.
11. Dolphins don't breathe automatically - they breathe when they tell themselves to breathe. 
12. You're more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are to actually win the lottery.
13. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
14. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
15. Women speak about 7000 words a day. The average man averages just over 2000.
16. A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
17. Over 2500 left-handed people a year are killed from using equipment made for right-handed people.  
18. The Bible is the number one most shoplifted book of all time.
19. Bonobos and dolphins are the only animals other than humans to have sex for pleasure
20. Men are 4 times more likely to get struck by lightning than woman