30 Useless Facts – 30 Felesleges Tény
1. Bird droppings (madárürülék) are the chief export (kiemelt export cikk) of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.
2. Blondes have more hair than dark haired people do.
3. Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship (cenzúra) for adult films.
4. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue (nyelv).
5. Bees (méhecske) kill more people a year than sharks do.
6. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.
7. A hippo (viziló) can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
8. Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup soccer tournament (torna).
9. Bulls are colorblind (színvak), it is the motion of the cape (köpeny) which angers (idegesít) them.
10. Babe Ruth kept a lettuce Ssaláta) leaf under his hat to keep cool (hűvösen tart) during a game.
11. Camels have three eyelids (szemhéj) to protect themselves from blowing sand.
12. Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.
13. Broccoli and cauliflower (karfiol) are the only vegetables that are flowers.
14. Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed (kiolvad) and continue living.
15. China has more English speakers than the United States.
16. By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds (ízlelőbimbó).
17. Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.
18. Before 1850, golf balls were made of leather (bőr) and were stuffed with feathers (toll).
19. Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote (népszavazás). He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.
20. Children grow faster in the springtime.
21. By the time a child finishes elementary school she will have witnessed (tanuja vminek) 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence (agresszív cselekedet) on television.
22. A healthy human eye can distinguish (megkülönböztet) between 500 shades (árnyalat) of gray.
23. Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem (fás törzs). They are actually giant herbs (növény) of the same family as lilies (liliom), orchids (orchidea) and palms.
24. Casanova wore condoms made of linen (vászont).
25. A man and woman in Mexico city were engaged for 67 yrs and finally married at the age of 82 yrs.
26. Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible (kompatibilis) unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
27. A Horse has 18 more bones (csont) than a Human.
28. Barbers (borbély) are forbidden by law (törvény tiltja) from shaving a man’s chest (mellkas) in Omaha, Nebraska.
29. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations (ültetvény).
30. A kangaroo can jump up to 3 meters high and leap up (felugrani) to 8 meters.
