Tuesday 22 April 2014

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Strange Things You Never Knew!

Let’s get to know the strange and interesting facts you didn't know. It’s a good chance to enrich your general knowledge. Check it out!

Tower of Pisa

250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.


Sleeping on a computer

 A normal person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.


Largest pizza

About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Every day.


Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.


Skelenton

Bone is five times stronger than steel.


Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.


Elephant teeth

Elephant teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.


Carrots

If you ate too many carrots, you’d turn orange.


mosquito

It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes,each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.


longest place Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, has 85 letters. It’s the name for a hill, 305 metres high, close to Porangahau, New Zealand.


fish

Many fish can change sex during the course of their lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, have both male and female sex organs.


McDonald's

40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.


Shark

Sharks can live up to 100 years.


Chicken

There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.


Tiger Shark

Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.


sleep

You grow by about 8mm (O.3in) every night when you are asleep, but shrink to your former height the following day.


28 Fruit Slicing Tools You Never Knew Existed.

These are some strange tools, but I wish I knew they existed, they could have saved me a lot of time and effort.

Pineapple slicer. Don't slice your 'napples like a Neanderthal.

fruit slicing tools
 
Another pineapple slicer
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Strawberry stem remover, duh.
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Single cherry pitter
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Multi-cherry pitter, for a true pitboss.
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Banana slicer
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Banana slicer - this one slices whole 'nas at once.
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Peach wedger. Not for apples, mind you, just peaches.
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Avocado pitter/slicer combo. Dang those pits!
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Mango splitter
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Strawberry slicer
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Starberry slicer with irresistably cute strawberry shape
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File folder-style tomato slicer. I guess you still have to use a knife like a rube, though.

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Lettuce knife - I have NO idea what this even means
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Dessert knife. Wait, isn't this just the lettuce knife in pink?
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Tomato huller. Did you know tomatos had hulls? Me neither, but I'm disgusted by them now.
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Melon tickler
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Herb scissors. Not regular scissors. For herbs.
fruit slicing tools
 
Kiwi guard. Protect your 'wis.
fruit slicing tools
 
Lemon wraps. Like a condom for your lemons.
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Lemon squeezer. 
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Lime squeezer. No, you cannot just use your lemon squeezer.
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Orange squeezer. Do I have to explain everything?
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Apple corer/medival torture device. This won't look weird at all on your countertop.
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Spiral vegetable slicer. Only a jerk would cut straight carrot slices.
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Jalepeno corer
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You'll need the jalepeno corer for your special jalapeno popper roasting rack, of course.
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Grapefruit sectioner. Get rid of your serrated spoon!

fruit slicing tools


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