10 of the world's rarest things. # 2 Series: Curious facts.
1
Hair grows faster at night, and we lose an average of 100 hairs per day.
2
The letter "J" is the only letter that does not appear in the periodic table.
3
Shakespeare's daughter was illiterate.
4
There are more cars in Los Angeles than people.
5
Before World War II, in the telephone directory of New York there were 22 Hitler's. By the end of the war there were none.
6
Research shows that insects are attracted to people who have just eaten bananas.
7
The city of Istanbul is the only one in the world whose territory is in two different continents at once: Europe and Asia.
8
There are only three animals with blue tongue: the dog Chow Chow, the tongue-blue lizard and the black bear.
9
Lightning strikes more than volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
10
Donald Duck cartoons were banned in Finland because he did not wear pants.