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The Bible was written by over 40 authors over a period of 1500 years

The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards

The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic

Four Nile crocodiles have been found in Florida. They are the second-largest crocodile and are more dangerous than the native crocodiles and alligators in Florida.

Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks

In ancient Egypt, the only person who was allowed to wear cotton was the High Priest

An earthquake might have shrunk Mount Everest.

The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer

On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months

The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

%60 of all people using the Internet, use it for pornography.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats

This is because bodies are unable to be buried safely due to the permafrost on the ground. If you are about to die, they fly you back to mainland Norway to pass on there.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

The most popular chocolate bar in the United Kingdom for the last 15 years has been Kit Kat

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere

People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain

Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do

Montpelier, Vermont, is the only U.S. capital without a McDonald’s.

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is \"Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.\"

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women

The Incomparable wall of China is the longest on the planet, extending more than 13,000 miles.

The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level

The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

In New Mexico, over eleven thousand people have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it

The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901

The male gypsy moth can \"smell\" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.

The first jet aircraft was invented in Nazi Germany. Development started in 1936, but the first takeoff occurred in 1939.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.

The Central line introduced the first flat fare when it opened at the turn of the 20th century. The tuppence fare lasted until the end of June 1907 when a threepenny fare was introduced for longer journeys.

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

Actress Sally Field was paid $4,000 a week for her role in the TV show The Flying Nun

About 25 percent of all the energy consumed in the US is from natural gas

According to John Lennon, the imagery in the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll.

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth.

Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa

Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

100% of lottery winners do gain weight

Want chocolate smelling poo? There is a pill for that.

Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four

There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down.

Slugs have 4 noses

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Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time

A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring

In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot

The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes

The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair

Great Britain has the highest consumption of ice cream than any other European nation

The unique characteristics of Barbie dolls in Japan are that they have their lips closed with no teeth showing

Builders working on the Bakerloo Line are reported to have suffered from the bends while tunnelling under the Thames.

In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as a cold cream remover

A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes

The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916

More pollution is emitted from the average home compared to the average car.

The Guinness World Record for the longest time spent searching for the Loch Ness Monster is held by Steve Feltham, who camped at Loch Ness for 25 years.

Platypuses mate in the water

Italy built an entire courthouse to prosecute the Mafia. They charged 474 members in a trial that lasted from 1986-1992. To date, it was the biggest trial in the world.

The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”

The founder of JC Penny had the middle name of Cash

The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter

The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class

There’s a bar in Yukon that serves a “Sourtoe cocktail.” It consists of a shot of whisky with a human toe floating in the glass. An estimated 60,000 people have had it.

Drinking too much water can be fatal.,

The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar

Your liver can regrow itself in three weeks.

To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

The most senior crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after making 1.4 billion crayons for Crayola. It was then that he revealed that he was actually colorblind

In 1905, Chapman and Skinner in San Francisco invented the first portable electric vacuum.

The fastest shark is the \"Shortfin Mako,\" which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour

The cheesiest pizza ever was topped with 154 varieties of cheese.

The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

Star Trek's Scotty stormed the beach at Normandy.

Depending on the size, it can take an oyster anywhere from few months to many years to form a pearl

More than 90% of shark attack victims survive

In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping

On average, 35 meters of hair fibre is produced on the adult scalp

The fur of the binturong, also known as the \"Asian Bear Cat,\" smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail

The first episode of the popular television sitcom Happy Days was titled \"All The Way.\"

The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers

Elvis Presley used to be a truck driver before he started singing

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin

The largest Tube car park is at Epping and has 599 parking spots.

In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast

Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking

In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony

In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors

The most recent Tube birth – a boy – was in 2009.

In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza

Annually, fires that occur at home kill more Americans than all natural disasters combined

Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

Copper is the second most used metal in the world.

The Pentagon has 284 restrooms

Namco, who are the manufacturers of Pac Man the video game, has estimated that the original arcade game has been played over 10 billion times by individuals

More twins are born in the Western world than in the Eastern world

Babies have 300 bones when born while an adult only has 206 bones.,

The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.

Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission

In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him

Due to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a chance of getting type II diabetes

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long

The coconut is the largest seed in the world

With a population of 37,308 and an area less than 1 square mile, Monaco is the most densely populated nation in the world.

Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race

A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of five standard pickup trucks.

In 1992, approximately 750 deaths occurred in the United States due to workplace violence

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

An oyster can change its gender

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet

Valentine’s Day in South Korea is a little different. Only women give gifts, not men.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

The name \"Grey Poupon\" used for mustard comes from two people: Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon. Grey was the inventor of a machine that mass produced fine textured mustard, and Poupon was an already established maker of mustard. In 1886 the Grey-Poupon firm was formed

215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton

The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters

In 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg. updated

By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.

In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones

There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue

Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House

27,000 trees are cut down every day to supply the world’s toilet paper.

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Every second, the human eye moves about 50 times.

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Brazil produces the most oranges in the world

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

On average, a beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze

Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces

The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.

Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver."

The heaviest United States President was William Howard Taft who weighed 332 pounds

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year

In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents

A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.

One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate

Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America

Over 100 million birds die annually by crashing into glass windows in the United States

Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers

The longer you spend dating somebody before marrying, the less likely the marriage is to end in divorce.

A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him.

In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years according to scientists

Scientists were able to take a picture of an atom’s shadow.

In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.

Spartacus led the revolt of the Roman slaves and gladiators in 73 B.C

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

The French territory of Louisiana was purchased by the U.S. in 1803 for roughly four cents per acre.

The state of Maryland has no natural Lakes.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger

A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers

Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933. The first men to use FM radio to communicate with Earth from the moon's surface were named Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body

Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute

Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.

Though most think it’s Italian, pepperoni is an American invention. The first use of the word dates back to 1919.

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) uses Waffle House Restaurants being open or closed as one way to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.,

Pineapple works as a natural meat tenderizer.

It would take about fourteen and half million notes of currency to build a mile high stack

The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car)

In Ontario, an average household income of a golfer is greater than $60,000

Annual growth of WWW traffic is 314,000%

Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world

The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long

The pancreas produces Insulin.

The odds of being born on February 29th are 1 in 1461.

In the popular 2014 movie “Godzilla,” the Godzilla portrayal was only seen for about 8 minutes in the entire film.

Your brain consumes 25 watts of power while you’re awake. This amount of energy is enough to illuminate a lightbulb.

A census carried out on September 27, 1940, found that 177,500 Londoners were sleeping in Tube stations.

Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials

Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state

Plastic Easter eggs and plastic Easter grass were invented by a man who holds more patents than Thomas Edison.

14% of Americans have skinny-dipped with a member of the opposite sex at least once.

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service

Eating about twenty tart cherries a day could reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain

The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.

A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air

The quietest room in the world in Minnesota is measured in negative decibels – so quiet that you can hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving.

The first TONKA truck was made in 1947

There is such an expansive collection of books under the British Library in their archive that if a person could read 5 books per day, it would take 80,000 years to complete.

The word \"checkmate\" in chess comes from the Persian phrase \"Shah-Mat,\" which means the king is dead

On average, he ratio of yellow kernels to white kernals in a bag of popcorn is 9:1

Romans, in the third century, believed that the lemon was an antidote for all poisons

“Schoolmaster” is an anagram of “the classroom.”

Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper

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

Someone paid $14,000 for the bra worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Dylan Dauzat‘s fanbase is known as “Dylanators.”

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day

The first Nerf ball package claimed the toy “can’t hurt babies or old people.”

The total length of the London Underground network is 250 miles.

No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake.

Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.

Square watermelons are grown in Japan.,

The quickest bird on the planet is the peregrine hawk, which can arrive at velocities of up to 240 mph.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

One out of every five births in the United States are delivered by Cesarean section

Cher's last name was \"Sarkissian.\" She changed it because no one could pronounce it.

The Canadian government isn’t sure when Canada became a sovereign state. Its Supreme Court ruled that sovereignty occurred sometime between 1919 and 1931.

John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.

There’s a tiny home in Virginia called the “Spite House” because that’s why it was built.

Because of the 4 stages of the Water Cycle – Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection – water falling as rain today may have previously fallen as rain days, weeks, months or years before.

Estuarine crocodiles are the biggest of all 26 species of the crocodilian family

The front paws of a cat are different from the back paws. They have five toes on the front but only four on the back.

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.

Dinosaurs lived on every continent.

Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.

It’s impossible for you to lick your own elbow.

The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men

Eskimos have over 15 words for the English word of 'Snow'

The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice

In the United States, approximately 135 million cars travel every day on the streets, roads, and interstates.

The name \"Muppet\" was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word \"marionette\" and \"puppet.\"

The blue whale’s heart is the size of a VW Beetle and weighs up to 1,000 lbs (453 kg).

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

\"Stewardesses\" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

Whatcom County in the state of Washington unanimously passed a resolution declaring the region a Sasquatch Protection and Refuge Area.

The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.

On April 1, 2005, NASA pulled an April Fool’s prank telling the world that they had found water on Mars.

There are no snakes in New Zealand

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

Over 600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic

Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world's first chewing gum factory.

In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall

There is no tipping in Iceland

On average, an American family sends and receives 28 Christmas cards each year

The Beatles have sold more records than anyone else with over a billion worldwide

There is a law in the state of Idaho that does not permit one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that is heavier than 50 pounds

The Simpsons is the longest running animated series on TV.

Every week, Underground escalators travel the equivalent distance of going twice around the world.

The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.

The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800's.

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard\tNixon, and Elvis Presley

1 in 8 Americans has worked at a McDonalds restaurant.

The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.

Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels

Hitler and Napolean both had only one testical

While hunting, stoats go crazy jumping, spinning, and twisting to get a rabbit’s attention. This hypnotizes the rabbit until the stoat gets close enough to attack.

There are more types of insects in one tropical rain forest tree than there are in the entire state of Vermont.

It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household lightbulbs to complete an orbit.

The greatest elevation above the ground level is on the Northern line at Dollis Brook viaduct over Dollis road, Mill Hill: it rises a total of 18 metres (60ft).

When President Carter pardoned draft dodgers, only half returned.

Saint Patrick never banished snakes from Ireland. Scientist believe the island has been snake-free since the Ice Age.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot

There are coffee flavored PEZ

A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt

There are 293 ways to make a change for a dollar.

Smoking was banned on the Underground as a result of the King's Cross fire in November 1987 which killed 31 people. A discarded match was thought to be the cause of that inferno.

There was an army general during the Liberia Civil War who used to lead his army into battle naked. His nickname was \"General Butt Naked.\" Joshua Milton Blahyi (his real name) is now an evangelical preacher in Monrovia

The Liberty Bell was the first mechanical slot machine, which was invented by Charles Fey, a car mechanic in 1895.

An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year

Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.

In the world, the United States and France have the most pet dogs. Approximately one out of every three families has a pet dog. Switzerland and Germany are the lowest only having one dog per every ten families

The oldest bird on record was Cocky, a cockatoo, who died in the London Zoo at the age of 82

You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.

In 1988, the largest ice cream sundae in history was made. It was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and weighed in at over 24 tons

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

The first Star Wars was expected to be a flop.

The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam

Stretching over 1,600 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms.

The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system

Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies

The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was \"Mary Kay and Johnny.\"

You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.

The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

“Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect, or exaggerated.

On average, Americans spend $1300 on utility bills annually

The average household income of the top 1% in the United States is $1,260,508 per year.

The typical individual eats around 35 tons of food in the course of their life.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors

Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

The shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the underground network is only 260 metres. The tube journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line takes only about 20 seconds, but costs £4.90 (cash fare). Yet it still remains one of the most popular journeys with tourists.

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, \"Gadsby,\" without any word containing the letter \"e.\"

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In America, 38% of doctors are Indians

Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.

Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time

The Underground runs 24 hours a day at New Year, during special events (such as for the opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics), and on selected lines at the weekend.

Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has

About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.

Russians generally answer the phone by saying, \"I'm listening\".

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years

Finland is also known as \"the land of of the thousand lakes,\" because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country

The postage rate for a letter in 1693 was determined through how much light could pass through the letter. The postage rate would be more expensive if less light went through, and this process was called candling

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

The pancreas produces Insulin.

Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats.

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana

850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter

Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.

The sentence \"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\" uses everyletter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twxcommunications)

Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of The Animaniacs.

Any prime number higher than three, when squared and subtracted by one, will always turn out to be a multiple of 24.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

Massachusetts is home to Busta Rhymes Island.

Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the \"water displacing\" substance

McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli,

On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female

People can suffer from a psychological disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe they are a cow.

During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore

Mexican jumping beans jump because of moth larvae inside the bean

Spacesuits take 5,000 hours to make, cost 1 million dollars, weigh about 110 pounds and have 11 layers of material.

Salt used to be a currency.

The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean

On average a person passes gas 14 times a day

Most car horns are in the key of F.

Being in a negative relationship can weaken your immune system.

The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle

Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania

St. Patrick never really drove out any snakes from Ireland. This story was an analogy of how he drove paganism out of Ireland

Julie Nixon, daughter of Richard Nixon married David Eisenhower, grandson of Dwight Eisenhower

A “2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.

After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit

Most collect calls are made on father's day.

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Deep snow can sometimes appear blue in color because the extra layers of snow create a filter for light.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world

Used in art the word \"sfumato\" refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower

Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet

The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country

After the \"Popeye\" comic strip was launched in 1931, spinach consumption went up by thirty-three percent in the United States

The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee

Mangos are known throughout the world as the \"King of Fruits.\"

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both female and male reproductive organs

Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

In their lifetime, house cats spend approximately 10,950 hours purring

Cats can’t taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.

Blue Jays can imitate the calls of hawks

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA

The word \"nerd\" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in \"If I Ran the Zoo.\"

The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag

Pearls are rarely found in North American oysters

In the United States, turkeys are mostly raised in California

Geologic activity around the Ring of Fire is responsible for roughly 90% of all earthquakes worldwide.

In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Men are able to read fine print better than women can

Arnold Palmer was the first player to win $1 million on the PGA Tour

The original Xbox contained edited snippets of actual transmissions from the Apollo missions.

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.

There's a real music piece name 4′33″ that involves all the musicians just silently holding their instruments.,

Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter

Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day

There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.

Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.

There are 269 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Americans travel 1,144,721,000 miles by air every day

Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

Your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.

The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks

The iron disulfide (Pyrite) is considered \"fool's gold\" because it looks very similar to gold.

Your feet typically produce a pint of sweat every single day.

Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Earth is hit with more energy from the sun each hour than the planet uses in a year.

Most American car horns honk in the key of F

On average, a baby in the United States will eat fifteen pounds of cereal in their first year of life

The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds

The name \"cranberry\" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called \"crane berry.\" The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be \"cranberry.\"

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Alcohol was banned on the Tube – and all London Transport – from June 2008."

Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character

Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backward.

Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard

Dot matrix train destination indicators were introduced onto London Underground platforms in 1983.

Bulgarians are known to be the biggest yogurt eaters in the world.

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot

The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957

In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word \"not\" out of the seventh commandment, which then read, \"Thou shalt commit adultery.\" This legendary book is now known as the \"Wicked Bible.\"

Your brain uses 10 watts of energy to think and does not feel pain.

Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years

Basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty

January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time

The inaugural journey of the first Central line train in 1900 had the Prince of Wales and Mark Twain on board.

Soy crayons have been invented to replace wax crayons and one acre of soybeans can produce over 80,000 crayons

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen

There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers

There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult

Uranus has 27 moons

About 70 percent of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money

Our eyes are always the same size from birth.

When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.

The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton

The hottest chili in the world is the Tezpur chili pepper

Tupac was the first U.S. artist to have an album reach Billboard #1 while still in prison. It was his third studio album, titled “Me Against the World“.

Snake venom is ninety percent protein

The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930

The total number of lifts on the Underground, including four stair lifts, is 167.

The word Nike comes from Greek Mythology. Nike is the goddess of victory and was often depicted as a small winged figure whom the goddess Athene carried

Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

A honey bee has four wings

Gorilla gorilla gorilla is the scientific name for the animal gorilla

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time

The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

The ruby red slippers in the movie \"The Wizard of Oz\" were sold off at an auction for $660,000

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935

French soldiers during World War I had the nickname \"poilu\" which translates to \"hairy one.\"

While you sleep you can’t smell anything – even really, really bad or potent smells.

A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus.,

The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams

All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

One of the most widely used symbols for medical assistance is actually the Swiss flag and not a medical symbol.

One out of 20 people have an extra rib

Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am

The name of the squiggly line \"~\" is called a tilde

In the U.S. the most common excuse made to get out of paying a ticket is to say they missed the sign

Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Pro baseball once had women players.

Fourteen people die each day from asthma in the United States

Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.

A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.

The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume

Facebook causes you to overestimate how happy your friends are and, in turn, makes you more depressed.

George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration

If you cut a starfish, it won’t bleed – it doesn’t have blood! Rather, they circulate nutrients by using seawater in their vascular system.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

The military has used silly string to detect tripwires in Iraq. Before entering a room, they can squirt it inside. If it hangs in the air, it may have revealed a wire.

Ants have a built-in FitBit.

A pluot is a hybrid between a plum and a apricot.

The famous Christmas song \"Jingle Bells\" was written for a Thanksgiving program in 1857 by James Pierpont. At the time, the song was called \"The One-Horse Open Sleigh.\"

The average weight of a newborn baby is 7 lbs. 6 oz. For a triplet baby it is 3 lbs. 12 oz

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement

Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.

The only animal, besides humans that can get leprosy is the Armadillo

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process

The US has lost 6 nuclear weapons.,

Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government

Arsenal (originally Gillespie Road) on Piccadilly line is the only station named after a football team.

7% of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That works out to 16.4 million people.

Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae and brine shrimp

After 8 months, babies are more likely to get a diaper rash

In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome

More people speak English in China than the United States.

The footprints made on the moon will be there for 100 million years.

Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak

Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than ceiling fans.

The very first iPod was delivered in 2001.

The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare

Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of alcohol

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.

There is a \"cemetery town\" in California named Colma. Concerns about the public health, crime, and the need for space forced the city of San Francisco to outlaw burials in 1902. The city of Colma, which is five miles south of San Francisco, was established to bury the dead. The ratio of dead to living people is 750 to 1

Dumbest Dog: Afghan hound

Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans used it for paint

Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan

Mosquitoes have teeth

If you spray an antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple

Many tube stations were used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War, but the Central Line was even converted into a fighter aircraft factory that stretched for over two miles, with its own railway system. Its existence remained an official secret until the 1980s.

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume one-tenth of a calorie.

The book \"Little Red Riding Hood\" was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

There's a decorated war hero dog.

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray

A housefly will regurgitate its food and eat it again.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression \"to get fired.\"

When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia

A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old

Finsbury Park station has murals that show a pair of duelling pistols, harking back to a time when men would visit the park after hours to defend their honour.

In 1937, a major fire broke out at the Fox Film Studios in New Jersey. The fire destroyed 75% of their movies, including most of their silent films.

About 10% of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur in the USA every year are classified as severe.

Over 4.5 billion sticks have Trident gum have been chewed. If the stick of gum were laid out end to end they could circle the globe approximately 1.8 times

Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

Of the top 20 most-watched TV broadcasts in the United States, 19 were Super Bowls, and the other was the 1983 finale of MAS*H.

Proportional to their size, cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.

According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water

Every continent has a city called Rome

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

More bullets were fired in 'Starship Troopers' than any other movie ever made.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

As a defense mechanism, the North American Opossum closes its eyes and becomes totally limp. Basically it plays dead

Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout

The U.S. bought Alaska for 2 cents an acre from Russia.

Every 25 miles a car produces one pound of pollution.

The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour

Beluga whales which are also called \"white whales\" are not born white. They are born grey in color, and by the age of six become completely white

The Human eyes never grow, but nose and ears never stop growing.

“Go” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk

The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar

The state of Florida is bigger than England.

Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.

31% of employees skip lunch entirely

75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress

Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

The symbol on the \"pound\" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

The name of all continents in the world end with the same letter that they start with.

It's suspected that on Neptune and Uranus, it rains diamonds.,

Women hiccup less than men.

Teflon is the most slipperiest substance in the world

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards

Angel has the Underground's longest escalator at 60m/197ft, with a vertical rise of 27.5m.

The Minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of Andersons.

Smelling bananas can help a person lose weight

In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

The most common name in Italy is Mario Rossi.

The distance from your wrist to your elbow is the same length as your foot.

Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache

A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals

Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour

There are more recreational golfers per capita in Canada than any other country in the world

35,000 hectares of peas are grown in the UK in a single year.

On February 10, 1964 the first self-adhesive stamps were issued

The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles

The city of Denver was originally chosen to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but had to withdraw because Colorado voters rejected to finance it

”Judge Judy” has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime

In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week

Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.

There is a geocache on the International Space Station placed in 2008. It has since been visited four times by other astronauts.

Every person has a unique tongue print

The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.

Worldwide, cucumber production was 57.5 million tons in 2010 alone, with 40.7 million tons of production and export happening in China.

The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long

Steve Fletcher holds the record for the largest gum wrapper collection. His collection has 5300 gum wrappers from all across the world

In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the rate would be. This technique was referred to as candling

The first email was sent out by Ray Tomlinson in 1971

Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding his business to include cow dung wrist watches

The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound

The little piece of paper sticking out of a Hershey’s Kiss is called a niggly wiggly.

The Peter Lodge recording of “Mind the Gap” is still in use, but some lines use recordings by a Manchester voice artist Emma Clarke. On the Piccadilly line the recording is notable for being the voice of Tim Bentinck, who plays David Archer in The Archers.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

In Indonesian, there is a word, “Jayus,” that means “A joke told so poorly, and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh.”

An adult’s kidney weighs about 5 ounces (142 grams) and is the size of a fist.

Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

Without saliva, humans are unable to taste food.

The origin of apples traces back to the Middle East over 4,000 years ago

There’s an entire family in Italy that feels almost no pain.

The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands

In the 13th century, quality standards for paste were assigned by the Pope

The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons

Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails.

The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse is Charles Entertainment Cheese.

The name \"Snickers\" for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned

One ounce of chocolate has about 20 mg of caffeine in it

Rednex, the band that remixed and popularized Cotton Eye Joe, is not Southern but Swedish. They all have Southern-sounding stage names.

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.

On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year

EPCOT stands for \"Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow.\"

The turkey was once nominated to be the official bird of the United States

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off

Alaska got its name from the Aluet word \"Alyeska\" which means \"The Great Land.\"

George Miller – the person who created Mad Max is the same person who created Happy Feet.

A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.

The name for the sign \"&\" which represents the world \"and\" is ampersand

In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.

George Washington never knew dinosaurs existed.,

The human face is made up of 14 bones

A piece of paper can be folded no more then 9 times.

Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds.

Greece's national anthem has 158 verses.

Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it

Incas used to create pots in the shape of peanuts that were highly prized

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

The smallest thing ever photographed is the shadow of an atom.

Baby koalas are fed poo by their parents after they are born which helps them digest Eucalyptus leaves later in life.

Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour

James Bond's car had three different license plates in Goldfinger

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine

Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".

The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.

Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans

In 2005, Connecticut was accidentally issued an Emergency Alert to evacuate the entire state. Only about 1% of the people actually tried to leave.

Racecar driver Lee Petty once left a pitstop and did a full lap at Nascar with a pit crew member still on the hood

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

America accidentally dropped an atom bomb on South Carolina in 1958.

In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

There is a correlation between pulling an all-nighter and snapping out of depression. This is because the brain gets more active the longer it goes without sleep.

The world's record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.

Almonds are members of the peach family

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

Alexander Hamilton was shot and mortally wounded by Aaron Burr on the same spot that his son had been killed 3 years before and by the same set of pistols.

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

Soviet Russia needed lighthouses on their uninhabited Northern Coast, so they built automated lighthouses powered by small nuclear reactors.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

The best selling game in history for coin-operated machines is Pac-Man

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.

60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.

In 1952, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato Head

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.

Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.

There is a British chocolate scientist who insured her taste buds for £1 million.

38% of American men say they love their cars more than women

Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.

At the equator the Earth spins at about 1,038 miles per hour

The first theatre to show motion pictures was the Nickelodeon on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street

Bo Jackson set a Monday Night Football record by rushing for 222 yards in one game against the Seattle Seahawks, including a 91-yard TD run

According to the Bible, the chicken came before the egg.

A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.

The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380

Thomas Jefferson had three achievements placed on his headstone at his request, \"Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson/Author Of The Declaration Of American Independence/Of The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom/And Father Of The University of Virginia.? He never mentioned being President of the United States

On average, the American household consumes six pounds of peanut butter annually

Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.

Every three seconds, a new baby is born

A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher

Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for \"Profiles in Courage\"

The deepest cave in the world is the \"Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht\" cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep

The reason the soft drink Dr Pepper is called that is because the inventor Wade Morrison named it after Dr. Charles Pepper who had given him his first job

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark

93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women

The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper

When dogs are first born, they are completely blind & cannot hear anything. The first sense that they develop is the sense of touch.

You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom.

When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over 100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing to the impossibility of keeping one's eyes open during a sneeze.

Covent Garden is believed to be haunted by the ghost of William Terris who met an untimely death near the station in 1897.

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant

20% of all the oxygen you breathe is used by your brain.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

1,800 cigarettes are smoked per person each year in China.

If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world

The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.

Edinburgh has more booksellers per head of population than any other city in Britain

In the early nineteenth century some advertisements claimed that riding the carousel was good for the circulation of blood

A tsunami can travel as fast as a jet plane.

At 4,101 feet, Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada, has Earth’s greatest sheer vertical drop.

The name Wendy was made up for the book \"Peter Pan.\"

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers because they saw it as competition.

In 1943, the July issue of \"Transportation Magazine\" had an article entitled \"1943 Guide to Hiring Women.\"

99% of pumpkins that are sold are sold for decoration

In Russia, when flowers are given for a romantic occasions, flowers are given in odds numbers as even number of flowers is given at funerals only

There are more public libraries in the US than Starbucks or McDonalds.,

Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching

Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.

The human body is comprised of 80% water.

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet (91 m) long in just one night.

The police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used music from an ice-cream truck to calm down angry teen rioters. The music diffused a tense situation, but the officers were reprimanded for it.

Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars

During one seven year period, Thomas Edison obtained approximately three hundred patents. In is whole life he obtained over one thousand patents.

Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.

When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not \"playing.\" Theyactually pass out from sheer terror.

The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

Pope Francis has been given many extravagant gifts over the years, and one of them was a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. However, rather than keeping it for his own pleasure and adventures, he sold it off and used the money to benefit homeless people.

Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.

In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale

Giant Pandas eat approximately 28 pounds of bamboo a day – that’s over 5 tons per year!

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes

In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.

You're pronouncing Dr. Seuss' name wrong.

In the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R

Frosted Flakes mascot \"Tony the Tiger\" has a wife, son (Tony Jr.) and daughter (Antoinette) that were used in early advertising commercials

High Priests in ancient Egypt were the only ones who were allowed to wear garments made from cotton

Popeye is 34 years old, weighs 158 lbs, and is 5 feet 6 inches tall

During the First World War, cigarettes were handed out to soldiers along with their rations

In America, it is a federal crime to use your roommate or friend’s Netflix account.

The Beetham Tower cost over £150 million to build.

There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration

50% of apartments in Los Angeles don’t come with a fridge. This is legal, as fridges are considered an “amenity,” and therefore, landlords are not required to provide one.

The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee

Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Eminem’s mother filed an $11 million defamation lawsuit against him because of his lyrics about her. She settled for $25,000, and $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer.

Spain leads the world in cork production

Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

The desert tortoise can live without having to drink any water. It extracts the water it needs from the vegetation it eats

Singer Billy Joel tried to commit suicide when he was 21 by drinking furniture polish

Newborns don't have kneecaps.

The the U.S. you dial '911'. In Stockholm, Sweden you dial 90000

Starfish have no brains.

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

One pound of maple syrup can make eight pounds of candy or sugar

Baby owls are called “owlettes.”

In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.

In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art

The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried

Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.

Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side

Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa

The most reproduced image in the world is Mickey Mouse, which can be found on over 7,500 different items

There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.

The first escalator on the Underground was installed at Earl's Court in 1911.

Before 1928, yo-yos used to be called bandalores in the United States

Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.

The bumble bee is the main bug that produces food devoured by people.

Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal

The wife of Anthony Perkins, the original Norman Bates, Berry Berenson, died as a result of being a passenger on one of the 9/11 planes.

There were approximately 2,228 people on board the Titanic when it sank. Of this, only 706 people survived

Australia exports sand to Saudi Arabia.,

Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class

The word Himalayas means the \"home of snow.\"

Cookie Monster’s real name is Sid.

Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls

The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.

There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.

Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar

There’s no such thing as “pear cider.”

A 2" X 4" is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".

Representations of butterflies are seen in Egyptian frescoes at Thebes, which are 3,500 years old.

The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.

Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named Franklin V. Canning

A palindrome is a sentence or group of sentences that reads the same backwards as it does forward: Ex: 'Red rum, sir, is murder.' 'Ma is as selfless as I am.' 'Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!' 'A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.' 'He lived as a devil, eh?'

The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment

One of the Bond girls in the James Bond movie, \"For Your Eyes Only,\" used to be a man

Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do.

Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000

There are giant technicolor squirrels in India.

A polygon with 30 sides is a triacontagon.

Apple seeds are poisonous as they contain a cyanide compound

Who's that playing the piano on the \"Mad About You\" theme? Paul Reiser himself.

The most common street name in the U.S. is Second Street.

The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship

Only five London Underground stations lie outside the M25 motorway

Dogs can be trained to detect an upcoming epileptic seizure

The length of brink of the Canadian \"Horseshoe\" Falls located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada is 2600 feet

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

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

The thumbnail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

When Jorge Garcia first got the part on LOST as Hurley, he lost a total of 30 pounds in weight before filming started.

The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb

Sharks have upper and lower eyelids, but they do not blink

Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote in 1869.

A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school

Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct

Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands

The adult electric eel can produce a five hundred volt shock, which is enough to stun a horse

On average, 749 pounds of paper products is used by an American individual annually

In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day

In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. updated

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane who unknowingly disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed everyone on board.

The largest bill to go into circulation in the United States was a $10,000 note.

Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one swallow

There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.

The quickest land creature is the cheetah, which can approach 70 mph.

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Mickey Mouse was the first-ever cartoon character to talk. In the 1929 episode, The Karnival Kid, Mickey’s first words were “Hot dogs!”

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war

The elephant is the only animal with four forward-facing knees.

The oldest major soft drink in America is Dr. Pepper, which originated in Waco, Texas in 1885

A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in igloo building

About 55% of all movies are rated R.

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does

During the making of the the movie \"Fight Club,\" actor Brad Pitt chipped his tooth. However, he did not get his tooth capped until after the movie was done filming as he thought it would look better chipped for his character

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon

Hot water freezes faster than cold water.,

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

The biggest candy eaters are the Dutch, who average 65 pounds of candy per person in a year

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated Rolls Royce; jewel-encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

There are more storms on Mars when the planet is closer to the sun.

There is a Hamburger hall of fame in Seymour, Wisconsin

Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina

Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

The company Chanel claims that every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold

On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle, in the sky it is a skein.

President Richard Nixon was at Disney World when he infamously proclaimed, “I am not a crook.”

The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.

Nutella was invented during WWII when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.

One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year.

There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York

The name \"Lego\" came from the Danish word LEg Godt, which means \"play well.\"

The strongest muscle (Relative to size) in the body is the tongue.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.

A lion in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year.

When the female grasshopper lays eggs, she covers her eggs with a pasty liquid that protects the eggs throughout the winter

In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus

The greatest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge, extending 64,374 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

Your skull is made up of 29 different bones.

Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton

A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually

Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits—without ever hitting No. 1.

There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger

Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant \"plenty of excrement.\"

Due to their fur, the polar bear is relatively “invisible” to an infrared camera,

It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.

Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes

Canada once heavily targeted LGBTQ individuals.

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

Kangaroos keep growing until they die. They are the world’s largest marsupial.

For her part as June Boatwright in the 2008 movie “The Secret Life of Bees,” Alicia Keys learned to play cello within 4 weeks.

Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings

The thyroid cartilage is more commonly known as the adams apple.

There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA

Singer Alice Cooper once had a live chicken thrown at him during a concert in Toronto. He threw the chicken back at the crowd and all the publicity surrounding the incident skyrocketed his singing career

Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl

Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand moisturizer at least three times a day

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

Pikeville, Kentucky consumes the most Pepsi per capita then any other American city

Butterflies taste with their feet.

You produce about six pounds of stool per week.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

Since 1978, 37 people have died by Vending Machine's falling on them. 13 people are killed annually. All this while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.

95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona

98% of Japanese are cremated.

Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish between an ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails

Before 1883, the three-cent U.S. stamp was also used for advertising. The advertisment was located on the back of the stamp for various products

In order to scare away predators, Giant petrels, a type of seabird, throw up all over the intruder

Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use

In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

Ants closely resemble human manners: When they wake, they stretch & appear to yawn in a human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine

Fido means faithful in Latin

The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.

Since its introduction in February 1935, more than two hundred million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth and receive over 80 inches of rain every year

In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet

In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan

In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wanted to make an animated Calvin and Hobbes movie. The author declined because he wanted to protect the integrity of the comic.

Electronic companies sell five times as many big-screen TVs during Super Bowl Week

The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours

Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE

Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system

A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless

Harry Beck produced the well known Tube map diagram while working as an engineering draughtsman at the London Underground Signals Office. He was reportedly paid 10 guineas (£10.50) for his efforts.

There are 1 million ants for every human in the world.

Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

Daniel Radcliffe had the same stunt double for the first six Harry Potter movies – until the double was paralyzed from an accident on set during the filming of the 7th movie.

The Library of Congress, located in Washington D.C., is the largest library in the world

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water

The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

The largest stamp was issued by China and measured 210 x 65 mm

Walter Hunt, a man from America, invented the safety pin back in 1849.

Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System.

It was believed by Ancient Hindus that the world was a sphere and rested on the back of four elephants, which stood on a turtle

2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States

The first lighthouse built in the USA was in Boston, MA in 1716

The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890

Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.

California law does not allow or prohibit lane splitting – when motorcycles pass other vehicles within the same lane.

The Mexican version of the Tooth Fairy is known as the Tooth Mouse, which takes the tooth and leaves treasures in its place

Cats’ urine glows under a black light.

Scenes from the film Sliding Doors were shot at Waterloo station on the Waterloo & City Line and at Fulham Broadway tube station on the District Line.

There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year

The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak

Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was also the voice of Shredder from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

One billion pounds of pasta would need approximately 2,021,452,000 gallons of water to cook it. This is equivalent to 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools

There are some hospitals in Shanghai that have issued a rule that a nurse must wear lipstick while on duty

Of the 9,000 Blockbuster stores that existed in the early 1990s, at least 10 Blockbusters are open across the U.S. Seven of those are in Alaska.

The city of Nottingham in England was the first city to have Braille signs (signs for the blind) in its shopping malls for the blind

Male koalas mark their territory by rubbing their chests on a tree. Male koalas have a dark scent gland in the middle of their chest

The black-footed cat is the smallest wild cat, at just 20 inches long.

In Canada, men are three times more likely than women to have seen a doctor in the last year

The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years

The rarest chocolate bar in the world is the Porcelana bar. There are only 20,000 of these bars produced a year, and they sell for $90 per pound

Snakes and lizards both molt out of their old skin as they grow. Investigators have come to the conclusion that dinosaurs may have also molted.

Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men

The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross

When Nylons first went on sale in the United States in 1940, four million pairs were sold in only a few days

The Seven Sisters Underground station is believed to have been named after a line of elm trees which stood nearby until the 1830s.

On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom \"The Hank McCune Show.\"

In ancient Egypt, the dung beetle symbolized eternal rebirth and the Sun God Khepri

In 1902, the coat hanger was invented Albert Parkhouse who was frustrated at the lack of hooks available to hang up his coat at work. His company thought it was a good idea and patented the invention and unfortunately, Parkhouse never received any money for his idea

Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.

The tallest living creature is the giraffe, which can arrive at up to 18 feet tall.

A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.

The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.

The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history

The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the \"Polar Bear Capital of the World\"

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

Annually, British people eat more than 15 pounds of beans

In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air

The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long

Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours

You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.

Women have more tastebuds than men.

On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk

The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red

Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173

A mason in 1700s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church, and now it can’t be moved without the agreement & permission of six different Christian leaders.

When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas

In the movie \"The Exorcist\" the vomit that (Regan) Linda Blair hurls at Father Damien Karras is thick pea soup

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Brain damage will only occur if a fever goes above 107.6 degrees farenheit

All babies are colour blind when they are born

An ant can detect a movement through 5 centimeters of earth

China has more English speakers than the United States

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night

March 3rd is known as “What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day.”

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com

In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 pounds of grass

Elmer Smith was the first player to hit a grand slam in a World Series

Better wine can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to \"work\" harder

On August 21st, 1911, someone stole the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, from the Louvre Museum. It was recovered two years later

The capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the only state capital in the United States that does not have a McDonalds

In 1923, the first neon sign was introduced in the U.S. Two neon signs were sold to a Packard car dealership for $24,000 which read, \"Packard.\"

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then

There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit

Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive this melon was first grown

The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable

If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.

About 25% of all blood from the heart goes into the kidneys.

There's a reason there's a hole in your pen caps.

Lightning strikes the Empire States Building about seven times a year

In 2012, the most complained about line was the Jubilee.

Germany produces more than 5,000 varieties of beer and has about 1,300 breweries in country

Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

Rugby, North Dakota is the geographical center of North America.

A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches

On average, it is estimated that females injure themselves ten time more than males do while playing sports

Badminton originates from a sport in India called \"poona.\"

The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945

If a raisin is dropped into a glass of champagne it will bounce up and down in the glass

Indonesia is made up of over 17,000 islands.

Overwhelmingly, red states have the highest rate of dog ownership, while residents of blue states are more likely to keep a cat as a pet.

Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.

If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning. This would be a mixture of too much protein and an absence of fat in the diet.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the\"General Purpose\" vehicle, G.P.

Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.

Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

The search engine Google got its name from the word \"googol,\" which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it

Ivory soap slogan \"99-44/100% Pure\" was cleverly invented by Harley Proctor who with the help of chemists determined that Ivory soap was only 56/100 pure. Proctor simply subtracted 56 from 100 and came up with \"99-44/100% Pure\"

Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States

The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon

The U.S. Air Force introduced Bob Ross to painting.

In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles

The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

Polar bears are left-handed

The word robot comes from the Czech “robota.” This translates into forced labor or work.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

Mob boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York in his bathrobe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture.

People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand

There's a device that creates energy from snowfall.

Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient

Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays

September 25th is known as “World Dream Day” – a day about chasing your dreams, no matter how big or small they may be!

The first tube station to be demolished was Westbourne Park on the Metropolitan Line. It was re-sited in 1871.

Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac

Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale ofvodka.

Ticks can be as small as a grain of rice and grow to be as big as a marble

In India, a 9-year-old girl was \"married\" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum

When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres

More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water

A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour

If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one

A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries

In 1992, when EuroDisney first opened in France, the public beat some of the park characters because at the time most people had been against the park being built

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado

The "Dull Men's Hall of Fame" is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.

The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs

Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms

The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, which stands for Royal Mail Steamship

The lint in the bottom of your pocket has a name, gnurr.

Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits

Another name for licorice is \"Sweet Wood\" or \"Spanish Juice.\"

There are at least 200 dead bodies on Mt Everest, some of which are used as climbing markers.,

The first African-American to receive a Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph J. Bunche in 1950

There are only four words in the English language which end in

The number of stars on the EU flag doesn’t represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and as a symbol of unity.

\"Underground\" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters \"und\"

Scientists have discovered that the longer the ring finger is in boys the less chance they have of having a heart attack

A single cow can make roughly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing

Only female mosquitoes bite.

The average American butt is 14.9 inches long.

It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for five hours

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

Smiling releases endorphins in the body, which makes people feel better

Approximately 50 passengers a year kill themselves on the Underground.

Baseball was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated

The Eiffel Tower weight is approximately 9441 tons

Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes

In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce

There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people

The longest word comprised of one row on the keyboard is: TYPEWRITER

If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.

There are at least six universal facial expressions. They are: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger and surprise

When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.

The top butterfly flight speed is 12 miles per hour. Some moths can fly 25 miles per hour!

Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out.

The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple.

The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.

The music for \"The Star Spangled Banner\" comes from a British drinking song named \"Anacreon.\"

When the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, received an alarming number of threatening letters, soon after her husband became President at the height of the Depression, the Secret Service insisted that she carry a pistol in her purse

The \"save\" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another

Elephants can die of a broken heart if their mate dies.

A chameleon can move its eyes in two different directions at the same time.

All of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother. He said he loved wearing them because they always made him think of her.

In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American

You fart on average 14 times a day, and each fart travels from your body at 7 mph.

An estimated 690 million people live in Africa

The largest number of people killed by a single wartime bomb was 68 at Balham Station.

The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices

MS-DOS was originally calle QDOS and was bought of the author by Microsoft for a small fee. The rest is history

Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star

Each day on Neptune lasts for around 16 hours, 6 minutes, and 36 seconds.

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

When water freezes to ice cubes, it will take up 9% more volume.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Shakespeare invented the word \"assassination\" and \"bump.\"

Owen Falls Lake is the largest man-made lake in the world

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times

About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away

13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.

Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938

There was a 19th century Native American tribal chief who went under the name, \"Not Able to Fornicate.\"

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.

Barbie’s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

If you were to have your picture taken by the very first camera, you’d need to sit still for 8 hours.

A caterpillar grows roughly 27,000 times its size when it first emerges as an egg

The largest NFL stadium is the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.

In Belgium, 94% of children under the age of fourteen own LEGO products

Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air

The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons

To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed

Albert Einstein was cremated and his ashes were spread over a river located in New Jersey

Roughly 44% of junk mail is thrown away unopened

Some fish cough. Really.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day

In France, a five year old child can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar

One teaspoon of neutron star material weighs six billion tons.,

Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004. (They got back together in 2011.)

Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa

Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country

People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper

It has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer

The venom of the Australian Brown Snake is so powerful only 1/14,000th of an ounce is enough to kill a human.

The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe

On average, your spinal cord stops growing at 4 years old.

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

The word \"diastema\" is the word for having a gap between your teeth

Polar bears are left handed

The eight most popular foods to cause food allergies are: milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish

The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food

Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards.

The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years

From all the vegetables, beets contain the most sugar

Earth’s highest point on land (Mt. Everest), and lowest (Dead Sea), are both found in Asia.

There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly

Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.

In the spring of 1975, a baby in Detroit fell 14 stories and landed on Joseph Figlock, who was walking below. A few years later it happened again. Figlock and both babies survived

The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour

Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years

Australian soldiers used the song "We're Off to See the Wizard" as a marching song in WWII.

Only 45 per cent of the Underground is actually in tunnels.

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number on at-home party event of the year

The movie \"Chicken Run\" made in 2,000 had the most plasticine used in an animated movie. They used 2,380 kg of plasticine for the movie

Barry Manilow’s hit, “I Write the Songs”, wasn’t written by him.

Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.

The first company to mass produce teddy bears was the Ideal Toy Company

During the Roman times, people used urine, called lotium in Latin, as a hair product

The station with the most escalators is Waterloo with 23.

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars

Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish

Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky

There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball

A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature

Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind

Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second

A dentist invented the electric chair.

In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald

The phrase \"Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride,\" actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair

February is Black History Month.

A surfer once sued another surfer for \"stealing his wave.\" The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on \"pain and suffering\" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride \"his\" wave

In gangster slang, a boxing match that is fixed is called a \"barney.\"

There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.

On October 15, 1794, the first silver dollar coins were released to be circulated to the public

Over 40 million Americans have chronic bad breath

Water expands 9% when it is frozen

Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice

The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.

In the 1960 movie \"Psycho\" by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used to show the blood in the shower scene

There were eight deep-level shelters built under the London Underground in the Second World War. One of them in Stockwell is decorated as a war memorial.

The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea

Not all hamsters are small. Although some hamsters are as small as 2-4 inches, the largest ones are approximately 13 inches long.

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated

In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen

People of Ancient China believed that swinging your arms could cure a headache

American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed

The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year

Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time

The highest per capita Jell-O comsumption in the US is Des Moines.

The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material

Bourbon was first made by a Baptist minsister from Bourbon County in Kentucky in 1789. That is where it got its name

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

You spray 2.5 drops of saliva per word.

The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest

The mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon appears for one day every one hundred years

Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it

The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball

7-Eleven is the largest retail chain in the world. Click Here For More Details

A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque

Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

The American roulette wheel is different from the European wheel. The American one has 2 green spaces while the European one only has 1. Although on both, if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, you will get 666.

The most popular American city for Kool-Aid sales is St. Louis, Missouri

Marilyn Monroe had six toes

Strawberries are a member of the rose family

The origins of the soldier term \"G.I.\" is an abbreviation for \"Government Issue,\" which was stamped on all government kits supplied to recruits in the US Army during World War II

Iceland was chosen as the training ground for Apollo astronauts because it was the most “moonlike” surface.

The very first monetarily accessible GPS was presented in 1989.

Sex burns 360 calories per hour.

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show \"Scooby-Doo.\" Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy follow the same diet on the show

There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists

The Montreal Canadians hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups with 24

Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.

Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle

The most common location for filming is Aldwych, a disused station.

Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways.

“Tater Tots,” a registered trademark, originally failed because people thought the product was too cheap. Popularity rose after the price was raised.

There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants

The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children

One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

Approximately 1 in every 2,000 babies already has a tooth when they are first born.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

The Twenty One Pilots fan base is known as the Skeleton Clique.

Because of the Electoral College, a presidential candidate can win with only 23% of the popular vote.

After a Muslim astronaut had trouble figuring out how to fast for Ramadan in space, a booklet was written to explain how to observe Ramadan while in orbit.

In Johannesburg, the average car will be involved in an accident once every four years.

You can’t hunt camels in Arizona.

Slugs have four noses.

Garlic is known to attract leeches.

It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write \"War & Peace\".

Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.

Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

One out of 200 women is colorblind

Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States

Over 100,000 birds and sea animals are killed every year due to plastic garbage

Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you get a combination that's never existed.

Orville Wright, a pilot, was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.

Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.

The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years

Beethoven could still hear after going deaf.

American President John Tyler had 15 children

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Behram, an Indian thug, holds the record for most murders by a single individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece of yellow and white cloth, called a ruhmal. The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, \"Elementary, my dear Watson.\"

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously

A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old

A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

Jewelers Tiffany & Co., based in New York, are responsible for making the Super Bowl trophy

If sound could travel through space, the noise that the sun would be the equivalent to a train horn from 1 meter away.,

If a Lone Star Tick bites you, you may become allergic to red meat.,

On average, a human being will spend up to two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

Dinosaurs would swallow large rocks which stayed in their stomach to help churn and digest food.

If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers

Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose

The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

Thirty percent of all bingo players are under the age of 35

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple

Rugby, North Dakota is the geographical center of North America.

Cashew nuts contain oil in the shell that is very irritating to the skin

The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1925, which weighed close to four and a half pounds.

MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.

If you plug your nose, you can’t tell the difference between an apple, a potato, and an onion.

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

Huge Moore, the inventor of Dixie cups got the idea for the name from a neighboring factory, the Dixie Doll Company

The “M's” in M&Ms stand for “Mars” and “Murrie.”

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

Cows can detect odors up to five miles away

In 1938, Cliquot Club ginger ale was the first soft drink to be canned

Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.

The world record for donut eating is held by John Haight, who ate 29 donuts (52 ounces) in a little over six minutes

The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total construction time of 40 months to complete at an original cost of $63 million

Due to the shortages of lead and metals during World War II, toothpaste was packaged in plastic tubes and have been ever since

The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the most deadliest out of the three

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

The most sensitive cluster of nerves is at the base of the spine.

A jail for polar bears exists.,

The Waterloo & City line has the fewest scheduled for peak period service at just five.

When Shakira was in second grade, she was rejected by the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded like a goat.

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns

There is a town in Nebraska with a population of one.

Catfish have tastebuds located on their whiskers

On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials

If done perfectly, a rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Ritz Crackers, DumDums, and Oreos are all suitable for vegans.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10-watt light bulb

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

The snow on Venus is metal.

If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.”

It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States

The average number of pillowcases washed a day at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas is 15,000

The Cookie Monster has a real name. It’s Sid.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

The Iowa State Fair holds quirky competitions like a beard-growing contest and a husband-calling contest.

One of the early names proposed for the Victoria Line was the Viking line.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Sex acts like a natural antihistamine, in can clear up a stuffy nose

By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year

In 1919, a wave a molasses rushed through the streets of Boston killing 21 people and injuring 150.,

A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.

The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th U.S. President. He is the only man to have been elected to non-consecutive presidential terms.

Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning

Fossilized bird droppings are one of the chief exports of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific

There are some spiders that keep tiny frogs as pets to stop pests that try to eat the spider's eggs.,

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer

It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits

When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country \"Little Venice\ which translated into Spanish is Venezuela

Goats have rectangular pupils in their eyes.

A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.

In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

There are three tube stations on the Monopoly board: Liverpool Street Station, King’s Cross and Marylebone.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

In 1657, the first chocolate house was opened in London, England

During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex

The real name of Monopoly mascot Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags.

There was once a fish caught in Delaware Bay with a watch still ticking inside

There are approximately 60 muscles in the face

Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.

Detroit undercover cops in a drug ring once fought another group of undercover cops.

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific

Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined

We feel “hangry” because it’s harder for us to control our emotions when our brains are low on glucose.

Any animal that has skin hair or fur can get dandruff, but in animals it is called \"dander.\"

Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.

There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep

In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death

A newly hatched fish is called a \"fry.\"

The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and rubbing it on the bite

A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h

There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon

The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China

Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches

Dexterous comes from the Latin word dexter, meaning “on the right side.” Since most people are right-handed, and therefore do things more easily with their right hand.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

Milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland by David Peter in 1876

Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit

To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice

Czechs are the biggest consumers of beer per male in the world.

Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.

Japan uses the most energy per year than any other country.

There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru

Earth is not a perfect sphere. Our planet is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap

May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months

In Miconesia, coins are 12 feet across.

The U.S. military operates 234 golf courses

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

If you could fold a piece of paper in half 42 times, it would reach the moon.,

Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope

There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection

The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet

The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts

Dr. Seuss invented the word “nerd.”

Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash.

Tornadoes can cause \"fish rain.\"

An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.

It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.

A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds

Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played the part instead

Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing.

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.

Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.

The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.

People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

Brain fibers lose 10% of their total length every decade. They can shrink even more so under acute stress.

Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920

All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago

Pringles aren't actually potato chips.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then

More than 90% of survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks delayed evacuation to save their work, shut down computers, change shoes, or visit the bathroom.

15% of iPhone users use an iPhone with a broken screen.

Before finally being accepted, J.K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 publishers.

A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax

30 of the first 31 popes were murdered. Most of them were martyred, but not all causes of their deaths are known.

Of all the restaurants that are opened, 90% of them fail in the first year. Of the remaining ones that survive, 90% of those fail in the second year

The popular chocolate bar \"Three Musketeers\" got its name because when it was first introduced in 1932 there were three individual bars. The flavours were strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla

Los Angeles is the most polluted city in the USA

In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll

The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

Chedder cheese is the best selling cheese in the USA

Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

America consumes almost 50% of the world’s chocolate.

Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own \"Parma ham\" and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)

A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance”.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.

The earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh

Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs

Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.

The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple, Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. It was built at the end of the 11th century

The Piccadilly line extended to serve Heathrow Terminal 4 in 1986.

The puma and the leopard are the highest jumping mammals. They are able to reach a height of 16.5 feet

The game rugby was originated at Rugby school located in England in 1823. This happened when William Webb Ellis, while playing soccer, picked the ball up in his hands and started running with it

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

Yoga can assist with diminishing pressure and nervousness and work on generally prosperity.

The ostrich has two toes on each feet which gives it greater speed

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

An average person consumes the equivalent of 26 gallons of milk a year, including almost 28 pounds of cheese

More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.

The first toilet tank ever seen on television was on Leave it to Beaver

Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity

A town in Pennsylvania has had an uncontrolled fire burning since 1962.,

The movie that grossed the most money that was adapted from a T.V. cartoon is Scooby-Doo

The Amazon is the world's largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.

Only one out of every three people wash their hands when leaving a public bathroom

The Crayola colour flesh was changed to peach in 1962 because of the fact that people have many different skin colours

Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

In Japan, many families eat a KFC for Christmas Dinner. Many people order their meals months in advance and queue for hours to collect them.

The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space.

”Judge Judy” has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

The most poisonous spider is the black widow. Its venom is more potent than a rattlesnake's.

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).

Barbie's measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.

During the war, special supply trains ran, providing seven tonnes of food and 2,400 gallons of tea and cocoa every night to people staying in the Tube.

There are over 500 different types of bananas

65% of the candy that is produced in an year is consumed by American adults 18 years and older

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

When sharks take a bite, their eyes roll back and their teeth jut out.

There are 315 species of parrot in the world

The term \"the whole 9 yards\" came from WWII fighter pilots in thePacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 calibermachine gunammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into thefuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got \"the whole 9yards.\"

There are 11 U.S. states have land farther south than the most northern point of Mexico.

Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race

Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

Jellyfish are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously.

The first commercial microwave oven was called the \"1161 Radarange\" and was the size of a refrigerator

NASA mistakenly erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon.,

There is only one Tube station which does not have any letters of the word 'mackerel' in it: St John's Wood.

In Albania, nodding your head means \"no\" and shaking your head means \"yes.\"

The words \"abstemioius,\" and \"facetious\" both have all the five vowels in them in order

The average life expectancy of a toucan is a very impressive 20 years.

The longest continuous tunnel is on the Northern line and runs from East Finchley to Morden (via Bank), a total of 17.3 miles.

A species of earthworm, \"Megascolides australis,\" in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length

Panthers are known as black leopards, as they are the same species of leopard. If looked at closely, black spots can be seen on a panther

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel

In 1989, twenty-three people were hired in Jacksonville Florida just to flush toilets so the pipes would not freeze

In the 1980's American migraines increased by 60%.

In America, approximately 25% of kids aged 6-14 have a magaznie subscription

Bugs Bunny was originally called \"Happy Rabbit.\"

A man, Ben Sliney, grounded 4,000 commercial planes across the United States on 9/11 due to the attacks – it was his first day on the job.

There is a Boring, Oregon and a Dull, Scotland. They have been sister cities since 2012.

About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.

A mermaid \"documentary\" once fooled so many people that the U.S. government had to issue a statement.

Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange

Foxes have whiskers on their legs. This helps them with their bearings, especially when it’s dark outside.

Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.

The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet

Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

The average temperature of a beehive is the same as a human body. Bees flap their wings to regulate heat.

A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.

Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

Pepper was sold as individual grains during the Elizabethan times. The guards at the London docks had to sew up their pockets so they would not steal any of the pepper

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

Jupiter is twice as large as all the other planets combined.

Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe

The word \"limelight\" that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers

The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone

In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood

Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons of water

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year. Engineers failed to account for the weight of all the books that it would eventually hold.

In 1969, the American side of Niagara Falls was stopped completely for several months

When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket

Running can assist with working on cardiovascular wellbeing and increment perseverance.

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent

Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs

Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks

Taco Bell serves over 35 million consumers each week in the USA

1,800 cigarettes are smoked per person each year in China.

The maximum recommended consumption for Monster Energy Drink is 16oz in Australia, but 48oz in the U.S.A.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.

The 'Golden Arches' of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.

Warner Brothers Corset Company created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally used by manufacturers

The clown fish has the ability to change its sex. If a breeding female dies, the male fish will change its sex and mate with another male

The tall chef’s hat is called a toque.

Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.

America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same bank.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket

Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was named after English-American Samuel German who developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe.,

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world

There are more than 640 muscles in the human body

A Japanese company gives its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for smoking breaks. ,

Defeated only once in roughly 300 matches, President Abraham Lincoln was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame in 1992.

Dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to make an ounce

A study from Harvard University finds that having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking. Both affect levels of a blood-clotting protein.

The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.

At the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, Walt Disney was head of the committee that organized the opening day ceremonies

The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

In the last row of the U.S. Senate Chamber, there is a desk that is always stocked with candy.

Dogs with pointed and long faces tend to live longer than those which have flatter faces, such as pugs.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once.

Nevada is the driest state in the U.S.. Each year it averages 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain.

Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.

Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.

There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.

Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed

It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween

Harry Beck’s map was considered too big a departure from the norm, but the public liked it and it became official in 1933.

Around 30,000 passengers went on The Metropolitan Line on its first day of public business – January 10, 1863.

According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.

Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the only vegetable flavoured ice cream produced. However, they discontinued it since they thought it would not sell well

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak

NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.

It has been suggested that shepherds are responsible for inventing the game golf. It is said that they used to use their staffs to hit the stones

All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20

Starfish haven't got brains.

Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world

In order to protest the high tariffs enforced by a U.K. censorship board, a filmmaker sent in a 10-hour “movie” of white paint drying. They had to watch the entire film.

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

Herring fish communicate by using flatulence.

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne

Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance

The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii

The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognized phobia.

Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced

Sugar Bear (the mascot for Golden Crisps cereal) was born in 1963

Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

December 3rd is known as “Roof Over Your Head Day” – a day to be grateful for what we have in life!

“Tsundoku” is a Japanese word for the habit of buying too many books, letting them pile up in your house, and never reading them.

Paper was invented early in the second century by Chinese eunuch.

There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”

98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska

There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away

Approximately 40% of the states in the U.S. have severe, or extreme pollution problems

Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

Mount Rushmore almost featured the heads of famous American West heroes, like Buffalo Bill Cody, but the lead sculptor argued that the subjects should be more recognizable.

The biggest disco ball in the world has a diameter of 2.41 meters and 137.89 kilograms. It also has 6,900 mirror squares on it

Britons eat over 22,000 tonnes of french fries a week

The two top toys in 1950 were Silly Putty which sold for $1, and Crayola crayons which sold for 50 cents

In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away

There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan

Earth won't always have the same North Star.

Armadillos breed in July, but get pregnant in November after delaying implantation. This allows the young to be born during the spring when there is an abundance of food

After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996

96% of candles that are purchased are by women

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist

On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime

Polar bears have been known to swim more than 60 miles without resting

The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1987

Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

All penguins live south of the equator

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

Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size

All polar bears are left-handed.

In New York State, it is illegal to but any alcohol on Sundays before noon.

You don't need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person report.,

In 1960 there were 16,067 gambling slots in Nevada. By 1999, this number rose to 205,726 slots which would be one slot for every 10 people residing there

Cher's last name was "Sarkissian." She changed it because no one could pronounce it.

For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

During the Easter season, 600 million Marshmallow Peeps are bought my Americans. The Marshmallow Peep is the most popular Easter candy besides chocolate

“Ithyphallophobia\" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

\"Bookkeeper\" is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

Shaq only ever made one three-pointer.

The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls

The destruction of the Berlin Wall began when private citizens began to demolish entire sections of the Wall without interference from government officials on November 9, 1989

Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote in 1869.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

Most pandas in the world are on loan from China.

A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet

The highest station above sea level is Amersham, at 147 metres.

Long ago, people chewed on tree bark as a method of pain relief. Willow bark has a high amount of salicylic acid, an ingredient still used in aspirin today.

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic

A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is \"screeched.\"

The Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 baseball season by losing the first 21 games and 107 altogether for the entire season

Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older

Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet

More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year

The majority of blind people in the U.S. and the U.K. cannot read braille. Statistically, less than 1% of blind in the U.K. and under 10% in the U.S.

Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).

A dentist from Buffalo New York named Alfred P. Southwick invented the electric chair.

In New Delhi, if a tree falls sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.

Over 47 million litres water are pumped from the Tube each day, enough to fill a standard leisure centre swimming pool (25 metres x 10 metres) every quarter of an hour.

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software

Marlboro was the first cigarette company to market a cigarette that had a red filter called \"beauty tip.\" This was done to hide the lipstick marks left on the filter from women smokers

Sweden has the least number of murders annually.

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.

Beer is one of the oldest recorded recipes in the world, with documentations of the beverage dating back to around 5,000 BC and the ancient Egyptians.

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

You have no major muscles in your fingers. All muscles that control finger movement are in your forearm and palm.,

Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 people have been injured

Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.

The first automobile racetrack in America was the 'Indianapolis Motor Speedway,' which had 3 million cobblestones.

A “2 by 4\" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

Space travel makes mice run in loops.

Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights

In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.

Davao City, located at the Southern state of Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Annually Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving

Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living

Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers

The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

Author Robert May considered the names of Reginald and Rollo before he settled on \"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.\"

France has a dozen time zones.

The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults

One grape vine produce can produce about 20 to 30 glasses of wine

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Male rabbits are called \"bucks,\" females are \"does.\"

The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV

Christian Bale reportedly studied Tom Cruise’s mannerisms to prepare for his role as a serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a huntinglicense.

A 2011 study suggested 30 per cent of passengers take longer routes due to the out-of-scale distances on the Tube map.

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

An average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin

A British teen changed his name to “Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.”

It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey

A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed

In 1747, the first American mention of the Christmas tree occurred. However, it was a not a tree but instead a pyramid made out of wood and decorated with apples and evergreen boughs

Fewer than 10 per cent of Tube stations lie south of the Thames.

People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that does not smoke

Employees at MillerCoors get three free cases of beer each month, in addition to having access to beer and cider on location after a work day.

The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. The wave was 78 feet tall.

The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers

In Ancient Egypt, cats were often buried with their masters, or in a special cemetary for cats

The Simpsons is the longest running animated series on TV.

The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

In the U.S., around ¾ of all houses possess at least 1 jar of peanut butter.

In the United States, approximately 25,000 eye injuries occur that result in the person becoming totally blind

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born

Lucy and Linus (who where brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left-field on Charlie Brown's baseball team, [when he could find it!]).

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

India and China are the only countries in the world with populations above 1 billion people.

There are some bananas that are red instead of yellow

The first jigsaw puzzle was created by map maker John Splisbury who mounted one of his maps on a sheet of hardwood. He proceeded to cut around the borders of each country use a fine saw

One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once.

In the U.S., over 35 million people have used some sort of illegal drug in the last year

In 1933, Mickey Mouse is believed to have received 800,000 fan letters

Snake is a delicacy in China

Oak trees can live 200 or more years

Charles Pearson, MP and Solicitor to the City of London, is credited with successfully campaigning for the introduction of the Underground. He died in 1862 shortly before the first train ran.

Junk food is as addictive as drugs.

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

In 1961 two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped over North Carolina. A glitch prevented them from detonating.,

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined

Egyptian pyramid builders used to eat a lot of garlic because they thought it would increase their strength

On average, the rainfall across the Amazon is 7 feet annually.

The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.

Pitbulls rank high among the most affectionate and least aggressive dogs. Pitbulls are only aggressive when forcibly trained as such, usually for illegal dogfighting.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The German Autobahn has no speed limits because Western Germany saw them as a Nazi relic. This became effective in 1972.

In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets

Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.

The 1988 move \"Big\" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically

\"Go.\" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

Barney, the famous dinosaur that entertains kids is from Dallas

In 1980, Saddam Hussein received a key to the city of Detroit

It took Erno Rubik, the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, about one month to solve the cube after he created it.,

The Underground name first appeared on stations in 1908.

There is a company in the U.K. that offers “being hungover” as a valid reason for calling off work. They are allotted four hungover days per year.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

In 1994, 7-Eleven coined the term \"brain freeze.\" The word was developed to explain the feeling people get when drinking a Slurpee.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like \"Coca-Cola\" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was \"Bite the wax tadpole\". It did not sell well

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed

The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.

Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States

Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12% is used again or recycled

Due to the deforestation of the forests in North China, over one million tons of sands blows into Beijing from the Gobi desert. It sometimes causes the sky to turn yellow.

The monogram \"RR\" for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year'ssupply of footballs.

If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The coffin of Dr. Thomas Barnardo was carried in funeral cortege on an underground train in 1905, one of only two occasions this is known to have happened.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the \"General Purpose\" vehicle, G.P

In Alfred Hitchcock’s first feature film The Lodger (1926) featured the director making a cameo on the Tube.

The first tiger shark to hatch inside of its mother’s womb eats all the other embryos of its siblings. Even scientists admit that this is an unusual mode of survival.

97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine

Americans eat approximately 20 pounds of pasta per person each year

The reason the Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle is because when the popular circus theme was introduced in 1902 they thought it would also be a good idea to package them with a string as a Christmas novelty so they could be hung from Christmas trees

Amersham is also the most westerly tube station, as well as the highest (see above).

Slaves under the last emperors of China wore pigtails so they could be picked out quickly

\"Dreamt\" is the only English word that ends in the letters \"mt\"

Actress Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar nominated actress, with a record of 13 nominations

A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

The Central Line used to be nicknamed as the 'Twopenny Tube' for its flat fare.

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic

The sun makes up more than 99 percent of our solar system’s mass.

The Australian government banned the word \"mate\" for a day.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

When you look at a bright sky and see white dots, you are looking at your blood. Those are white blood cells.

One in eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in

The name \"Tonka\" trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means \"great\" in Sioux

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain

The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ head enables it to see all four feet at all times.

The word \"vamp\" is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe

Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes

The first McDonald's restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA

The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half

The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means \"The Lizard.\"

Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock.

To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets

The most popular meal ordered at restaurants in the U.S. is fried chicken

On average, 81% of Americans 16 years of age and older watch television at least once in a day

The largest type of penguin is the Emperor Penguin which can stand to be almost 3.5 feet tall and weigh more than 90 pounds

Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort

Both Motel 6 and Super 8 got their names from the original prices of the rooms. Motel 6 started at $6 in 1962, and Super 8 at $8.88 in 1974.

Canada has more lakes than anywhere in the world. 9% of the country is covered in fresh water.

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko

Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food

Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row.” He went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna

Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.

In 1998, David Bowie released an internet provider called BowieNet. Subscribers were offered exclusive content and a BowieNet email. It was shut down in 2006.

Children's medicine once contained morphine.

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth

The fastest growing tissue in the human body is hair

The word \"dexterity\ to do with skill is related to the right hand. The opposite of the word \"deter\" is \"sinister\ to do with evil, it is related to the left hand

The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about 400 years

While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate #85.

Sex is biochemically no different from eating large quantities of chocolate.

Even if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your stomach

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

The Morgan's Sphinx Moth from Madagascar has a proboscis (tube mouth) that is 12 to 14 inches long to get the nectar from the bottom of a 12 inch deep orchid discovered by Charles Darwin.

Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”

Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers

The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world with a height of about 553 metres

The English word with the most definitions is “set.”

The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.

On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day

The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning \"to build.\"

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

Coca-cola used to use the slogan \"Good to the last drop,\" in 1908. This slogan was later used by Maxwell House

In 410 A.D. Alaric the Visigoth demanded that Rome give him three thousand pounds of pepper as ransom

Neptune was the first planet to be found through mathematical predictions rather than telescopic location.

Your tonsils can grow back if there was tissue left behind during the removal process. Sometimes it’s accidental; other times, it’s left on purpose.

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Dolphins give each other names.

Approximately 1,000,000 dogs in the U.S. are named as the heirs of their owners’ wills.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in it’s' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

A chicken named Mike lived for 18 months after its head was chopped off.,

In order to mate, a male deep sea anglerfish will bite a female when he finds her. The male will never let go and will eventually merge his body into the female and spend the rest of his life inside the female mate. The males internal organs will disappear apart from the testes that are needed to for breeding

There is no spot in Central America more than 125 miles from the ocean.

The first deep-level electric railway line also opened in 1890.

The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years

Saturday is the most popular day for people to eat out in the United States

In the United States, you are more likely to be killed by a bee sting than a shark attack

The longest journey without change is on the Central line from West Ruislip to Epping, and is a total of 34.1 miles.

In English, twelve is the largest number that has just one syllable.

No president of the United States was an only child

Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards

You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet

The term \"the whole 9 yards\" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got \"the whole 9 yards.\"

You is the second most spoken English word

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other

Chicago has the largest cookie factory, where Nabisco made over 4.6 billion \"Oreo\" cookies in 1997

Studies indicate that surgeons who listen to music while they operate improve in their performance

France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, and Australia have always been in the modern Olympics since it began in 1896

Koalas and humans have remarkably similar fingerprints.

Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest

The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks

People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared someway or another on television.

The Silverback gorilla can lift almost a literal ton.

The shortest war in history lasted for only 38 minutes.

The first penny candy to be wrapped in America was the Tootsie Roll in 1896

In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.

The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903

With a fortune of $336 billion when adjusted for inflation, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller is the wealthiest person in U.S. history.

Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide

A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar

1961 marked the end of steam and electric haulage of passenger trains on the London Underground.

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.

The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a mustache.

The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees celsius

Butte County, South Dakota is the geographical center of the U.S.

In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents

Dead cells in the body ultimately go to the kidneys for excretion

Scientists with high-speed cameras have discovered that rain drops are not tear shaped but rather look like hamburger buns.

The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations

Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s grandson, overthrew Iran for the US government.,

The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing

There's a country where twins are most likely to be born.

Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament

Extending can assist with further developing adaptability and decrease the gamble of injury.

Lake Ontario was originally named Lake St. Louis

The average North American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span.

A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its brain.,

They NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home

Before Prince Charles became King, the last King of England was King George VI who ruled between 1936 – 1952.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

The famed \"Typhoid Mary\" infected more than 50 people by cooking for them.

Some African tribes refer to themselves as \"motherhoods\" instead of families

Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.

The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people

Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Owls have specialized feathers where the edges protrude out to dissipate airflow. This means that they are able to fly silently and are highly deadly hunters.

Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

By federal law, for a noodle to actually be a noodle it must have 5.5 percent egg solids in it, otherwise it cannot be called a noodle

The expression cooked \"al dente\" means \"to the tooth.\" What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender

Some people have an extra bone in their knee (and it's getting more common).

Zebras have only one toe on each foot.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed \"Galloping Gertie\" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog

The fastest speed a raindrop had reached when falling is seven miles per hour.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

\"E\" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.

The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.

Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery

The fastest flying butterfly is the Monarch, which has been clocked with a speed as high as 17 miles per hour

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.

Greenford on the Central Line was the last Tube station to use wooden escalators. They were replaced in 2014.

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.

It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids

Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, which drew more visitors to see the empty space than the actual painting.

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A piece of paper can be folded no more than 9 times.

\"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding.\" Title of a $230,000 research project proposed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to study the various ways children fall off bicycles.

Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months

Ten radishes only contain eight calories

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand

On average, Americans’ favorite smell is banana.

Starfish have no brains.

Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine

The most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar

A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey

11% of the world is left-handed.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego

Everyday approximately 35 meters of hair fibre is produced on the scalp of an adult

Busking has been licensed on the Tube since 2003.

More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.

Each year approximately half of billions dollars is spent on bubble gum by the kids in North America

The actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 (Robert Patrick) and the lead singer of Filter are brothers

Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.

An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5 percent silver

People who studies laughter are called a \"gelotologists.\"

In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

It's illegal to spit on the sidewalk in Norfolk, Virginia.

The word “orange” was first used to describe the fruit, not the color.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

False Bay, on the southern tip of Africa and close to Cape Town, South Africa, is a breeding ground for great white sharks, which feed off the thousands of seals in the bay. However, it is the only area in the known world in which these sharks are known to breach - they attack the seals by coming up vertically, often leaping clear of the water with their prey in their mouths

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world

The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

Colonel Sanders traveled over 250,000 miles a year visiting various parts of his Kentucky Fried Chicken Empire

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car

During the high feeding season, it has been estimated that an adult blue whale can eat up to 40 million krill in one day. (Krill are shrimp like creatures)

Rats and horses can’t vomit.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City

No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake.

Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents

The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the \"American Pie.\" (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Bubble gum contains rubber

In 1968, Abbie Hoffman played with a yo-yo while testifying before a congressional committee. He was found in contempt

In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.

The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million

The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born

The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers

In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring

Cats have over 100 vocal sounds; dogs only have 10.

Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His “Snoop Dogg” nickname came from his mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from Peanuts.

Seven percent of a humans body wieght is made up of blood

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris

In the United States, every year about 15 people die from dog bites

A jellyfish is 95% water.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest English word that consists strictly of alternating consonants and vowels

At the White House, president John Adams was said to be the first to display fireworks there

A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin

Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer

The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.

Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish

In the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the Hogwarts headmaster has a scar that resembles a map of the London Underground on his knee.

A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can.

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

The term \"The Big Apple\" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression \"apple\" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

Pound cake originally included a pound of all of its ingredients.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent

Women smile more than men do

According to scientists, the weight of the average cumulus cloud is 1.1 million pounds.

The official beverage of Ohio is tomato juice.

Because of its unique tilt, a single night on Uranus lasts for 21 years.

In the Netherlands version of Sesame Street, instead of Big Bird, they have a bluebird named Pino. He was later established as Big Bird’s cousin.

In 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the continent of North America.

Early sewing machines were destroyed by mobs or workers who felt their jobs were threatened by automation

A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon

Most Egyptians died by the time they were 30 about 300 years ago,

The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing

While watching a Merry-Go-Round from a bench in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Walt Disney was struck with inspiration for the creation of Disneyland.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin

When the Statue of Liberty was moved from France to the United States, 214 crates were used to transport it. The Statue was also reduced to 350 pieces

Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible

In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria

The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person

It took eleven years to built the Taj Mahal, (1632-1643)

In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers

Camel’s have three eyelids.

A man who was hanged for his part in the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had his skin removed, and it was used to bind a book that listed his offenses.

BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts

The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

Madagascar once was a stomping ground for lemurs which were the size of today’s gorillas.

There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers

Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.

The designated instrument for the city of Detroit is the accordion

There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two people

The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl

Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978

The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

The first crash on the Tube occurred in 1938 when two trains collided between Waterloo and Charing Cross, injuring 12 passengers.

Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year

Pinocchio is Italian for \"pine head.\"

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

In the 1980s, the founder of Pringles, Fredric Baur, requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

The human cerebrum contains more than 100 billion neurons.

The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes

The study of twins is known as gemellology

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Canada makes up 6.67 percent of the Earth's land area

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

The food that is digested in your stomach is called \"chyme.\"

The phrase \"rule of thumb\" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year

Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet

Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

Superman didn't always fly.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards

Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food

Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket

Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery

Every second, two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world

Stressed men have altered proclivities.

It’s possible to turn peanut butter into diamonds.

Lemurs use millipedes as an insect repellant and to get high.,

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

People living in the southern hemisphere see the moon upside down compared to people living in the northern hemisphere.,

It takes 72 minutes for the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower to make one revolution

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

The very first convenient Disc player was delivered in 1984.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth

Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time (think about that one!)

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the US

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's \"Born in the USA.\"

Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise, once called Anthony Daniels, or C-3PO, “the rudest man” he’s ever met.

The average adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C

If you were to take a taxicab from New York City to Los Angeles, it would cost you $8,325.

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega

The average number of guests that attend a wedding in the U.S. is 189

The movie \"Cleopatra\" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account

Families who do turn off the television during meals tend to eat healthier. This was regardless of family income, or education

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes

Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup

On average a business document is copied 19 times

On average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament

The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.

Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.

Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, a millionaire. He got the idea while joking with friends about his pet that was easy to take care of, which was a rock

Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation

The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years

Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality

The first McDonald's restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

Google receives more than 200 million search queries a day, more than half of which come from outside the United States. Peak traffic hours to google.com are between 6 a.m. and noon PST, when more than 2,000 search queries are answered a second

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

In one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year

Cricket chirping can tell the temperature outside. Counting how many times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then adding 40 to that number will approximately tell you what the temperature is in Fahrenheit

The Queen celebrates two birthdays every year.

Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth

Jupiter completes a rotation of the Sun every 11.86 years.

The leading cause of deaths for children between the ages of 1 and 4 are motor vehicle crashes

Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes

Singer Chaka Khan came out with a line of chocolates called \"Chakalates.\"

The former poet laureate John Betjeman created 'Metroland' series, a homage to the people and places served by the Metropolitan line in 1973.

IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

Princess Anne from the British royal family competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics

The oldest working Post Office in the world is located in the village of Sanquer, located in the Scottish Lowlands. It has been operating since 1712

Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it

Pretzel that have no salt on them are called \"baldies.\"

“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.”

Tootsie Rolls were used as part of the rations for World War II soldiers.

The human body is comprised of 80% water.

Feeding curry to a sheep reduces the amount of methane in its farts by up to 40%.

The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

Four out of five children recognize the Mcdonald’s logo at three years old.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is \"uncopyrightable.\"

A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians

Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

It was during World War II that clothes with elastic waists were introduced. This is because the metal used in zippers was badly needed for the war

The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market

The average human head weighs about eight pounds

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, JohnHancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma

Men sweat more than women. This is because women can better regulate the amount of water they lose

A ripe cranberry will bounce. Another name for a cranberry is bounceberry

The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas

Soil that is heated by geysers are now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland

Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.

Bats emit ultrasonic sounds to communicate with each other

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly.

In 1953, racecar driver Tim Flock raced at Nascar with a monkey in the seat beside him

There is a Guinness world record for the longest amount of time needed to create an official government – it is held by Belgium.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears. never stop growing

In the movie \"Gandhi\" 300,000 extras appeared in the funeral scene. Of the 300,000, approximately 100,000 received a small fee, and the other 200,000 did it for free

Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.

The Danish company Lego, which began in 1932, first manufactured ironing boards, and stepladders

Rainbows were called “bows of promise” in Victorian English.

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create explosion that is equal to an atomic bomb

Sharks have no bones.,

Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour

The first world leader to create a YouTube channel was the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who made his account in 2007.

The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.

The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold

There are five years in a quinquennium

According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms

In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.

28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin

At just 135 words, George Washington’s second inaugural address remains the shortest ever delivered.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

The word \"umbrella\" is derived from the Latin root word \"umbra\ which means shade or shadow

The biggest hamburger that was served was 8,266 pounds. It was made at the Burger Fest in Seymour, Wisconsin

Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in the world

Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television

There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones

The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish

In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva

Humans aren't the only species to adopt.

The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”

The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products

On average Americans spend 18% of their income on transportation

A shark is the only animal that can blink both its eyes.

Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments

The most expensive animated movie is \"Prince of Egypt\ which cost $70 million to make

There are about 6,800 languages in the world

In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated

The thumbs-up sign is believed to have originated from Chinese pilots. It was used to communicate with the ground crew before take-off.

Every photograph of the first American atomic bomb detonation was taken by Harold Edgerton

Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure

The healthiest place in the world is in Panama.

The country with the highest consumption of chocolate per capita is Switzerland, with 22 pounds per person, per year

The first known American novelist to hand in a manuscript that was typed was Mark Twain. His typewriter was a Remington No.1, which was invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.

The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high

A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack

A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin's basement.

The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo

A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.

The most common rock on Earth is basalt

The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.

The reason why milk is white is because it contains a protein called Casein, which is white. Milk also contains fat, which is also white

1 in 5 of the world's doctors are Russian.

The very first picture of a dark opening was caught in 2019.

The \"Dull Men's Hall of Fame\" is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.

15 million blood cells are destroyed in the human body every second.

The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses

On one slow news day on April 18, 1930, a BBC radio announcer blatantly said, “there is no news.”

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Hannibal, who was a soldier, had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878, they used to rely on waving a handkerchief

The revolving door was invented in 1888, by Theophilus Van Kannel.

At one time, pumpkins were recommended for removing freckles

There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake

The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839

At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel

Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash

The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres

The body of the average baby is 75% water

One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years

The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington

There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal \"markers\" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station

Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China

At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking

Botanically a rhubarb is a vegetable. It was changed to a fruit in 1947 by a U.S. Custom Court

Because snow is composed of ice, it can be classified as a mineral. Water, however, does not fall under the same classification and is not a mineral.

Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.

Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung

In old Christian art, good angels were red and Satan was blue.

It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times

The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores

On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

The average U.S. household has 300,000 things, from paper clips to ironing boards. U.S. children make up 3.7% of children on the planet but have 47% of all toys and children’s books.

Residents of Houston, Texas lead the U.S. in eating out - approximately 4.6 times per week.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones

Ancient Egyptians used the spice Thyme to help preserve mummies

The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma

When Blackbeard captured ships, many of the African slaves on board would go on to become pirates. When he died, nearly one-third of his total crew were former slaves.

Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.

Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse

The Pacific island of Tonga once issued a stamp that was banana shaped

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

Rats and horses can’t vomit.

When the Titanic sank in 1912, there were 3 dogs that survived. They had all been traveling with their owners in the First Class cabins.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, (the same stuff in pepcid AC) thus the name

In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour.

In 1946 Danon Yogurt were the first to add fruit to commercially produced yogurt in U.S

In the popular film, The Godfather, the word “mafia” is never said because the actual mafia commanded it.

The only sound Seahorses make is a small clicking or popping sound during feeding or courtship

Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat

The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

In China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables

Thirteen percent of the human population reside in deserts

In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops

There have been close to 200 coups and counter-coups in the country of Bolivia

In the Victoria era, red tulips were a declaration of love

When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor

The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines

You actually can see Russia from Alaska. Given the correct weather conditions in the Bering Sea, you can see the island of Big Diomede, Russia, from the smaller island of Little Diomede, Alaska.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named \"Sportsman of the Year\" by magazine Sports Illustrated two times

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles

Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk

When an orange is shown in any of the \"Godfather\" movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.

If an identical twin grows up without having a certain tooth, the other twin will most likely also grow up with that tooth missing

The Brontosaurus never existed.,

Georgia's state motto is \"Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.\"

The citrus soda \"7 UP\" was created in 1929. The original name of the popular drink was \"Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda\ but it got changed to \"7 UP.\"

Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.

Baby blue whales grow 200 pounds per day.

Women on average live seven years longer than men do

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The world's first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.

Seven London Boroughs are not served by the underground system, six of them being situated south of the River Thames.

The average office document gets copied 19 times

In 1955, only 330 Volkswagen Beetle's were sold at a price of $1800 each in the United States.

In 1967, the IMAX film system was invented by Canadian Ivan Grame Ferguson to premier at Expo 67.

In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries

A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that looked like a record and actually would play the Bhutanese national anthem if placed on a record player

A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it's capital

The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases

Sharks are so powerful that their bite can generate a force of up to 18 tons per square inch

The song with the longest title is \"I?m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin? Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues\" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with ?Yank? and the rest was a joke

The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year

Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of an agent or manager.

The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original \"Halloween\" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.

Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)

In a few Appalachian forests, there are fireflies that glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow.

A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years

750ml of blood pumps through your brain every minute which is 15-20% of blood flow from the heart.

Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Heavier lemons contain more and tastier juice

Every year approximately 3,000 people choke to death

The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.

The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal

A typical cough is 60 mph while a sneeze is often faster than 100 mph.

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosal air fresheners

All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st

The average human head weighs about 8 pounds.

Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails

People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples

US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.

Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went

A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.

The papaya tree is known as \"the medicinal tree\" in some cultures because it?s seeds and leaves have been used as ingredients in different medicines

Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.

In the United States there are about three million honey producing colonies

The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada

By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for seventy-two years

The Sanskrit word for \"war\" means \"desire for more cows.\"

The first flavour of a cheese ball was called \"Cheddy Blue.\"

November 17th is known as “Unfriend Day.” On this day, you should unfriend anybody who you don’t know or speak to.

The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose

In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 pm.

When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened

TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard

There are more pigs than humans in Denmark

People still cut the cheese shortly after death

Buffalo wings, got their name because the spicy chicken wings originated in Buffalo, New York

Boxing champion Gene Tunney taught Shakespeare at Yale University

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, most of it paper.

“Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.

On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

Maine is the only state that borders just one other state.

The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding

In total, Americans eat more than 45 billion sandwiches each year, while sales of custom-made sandwiches are rising 15 percent per year

It's against the law to doze off under a hair dryer in Florida/against the law to slap an old friend on the back in Georgia/against the law to Play hopscotch on a Sunday in Missouri.

Montreal has an underground city, which has over 2,000 shops and 26 kilometres of walkways. This is the largest underground network for any city

People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones

Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter

Mary Hart, the co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight, has each of her legs insured for one million dollars

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

The most established living life form on the planet is an Incredible Bowl bristlecone pine tree, assessed to be more than 5,000 years of age.

In China, September 20 is \"Love Your Teeth Day.\"

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

One in ten people live on an island.

Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates

Mosquitoes prefer children over adults

There is a place called Hell, Michigan. It is about 50 miles from Detroit, Michigan

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

Another way to say \"every 9 years\" is Novennial

Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year

In 1958, the Crayola crayon color \"Prussian Blue\" was changed to \"Midnight Blue\" by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history

The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea

The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea

There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America

There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges. This was formed to keep gift giving affordable and simple

The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world

Some perfumes actually have whale poo in them.

At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.

White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the \"The Monkees.\"

The very first site went live on August 6, 1991.

Love carrots? Don’t eat too many or you will turn orange.

The pancreas produces Insulin.

Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails.

The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle

A butterfly has to have a body temperature greater than 86 degrees to be able to fly

The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia

In Japan, Domino’s started testing pizza delivery via reindeer in 2016.

241. In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.

Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state in the USA,

Showers really do spark creativity.

Of all the days of the week, the most popular day for people to eat ice cream is Sunday

Approximately 97.35618329% of all statistics are made up

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of \"Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom.\"

Hippos can live up to 40 years in the wild

The word vaccine comes from the Latin word \"vacca,\" which means cow. This name was chosen beacause the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy

The town of Calma, Chile in the Atacama Desert has never had rain.

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5.00 bill

The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas

Kit Kat chocolate bar was introduced to the market in 1935

Oscar Wilde and his friends came up the with the word \"dude.\" It came from the words \"duds\" and \"attitude.\"

A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their hair with their saliva before curling it

A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independence. Only 2 people signed the declaration of independence on July 4. The last person signed 2 years later.

The Shawn Mendes EP reached Number 1 on iTunes in 37 minutes.

A spider's web is not a home, but rather a trap for its food. They are as individual as snowflakes, with no two ever being the same. Some tropical spiders have built webs over eighteen feet across.

The human heart beats an average of 100,000 times per day.1000 Amazing Facts.

The name Wendy was made up for the book \"Peter Pan.\"

Termites have been known to eat food twice as fast when heavy metal music is playing.

The oil that is found in poison ivy is called \"urushiol.\"

There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script.

On average, pigs live for about 15 years

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou

Battle Creek, Michigan is referred to as the \"Cereal Bowl of America.\" The city produces the most breakfast cereals than any other city in the world

On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.

Chinese police use geese squads.

Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana

Honey and items immersed in honey can be preserved for centuries. The long shelf life is due to an enzyme found in the stomachs of bees.

Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father

Teflon was accidently discovered by scientist Dr. Roy Plunkett while he was conducting a coolant gas experiment in 1938

In a pack of Skittles candy, there is an equal 20% distribution of each flavour

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The total mileage driven by all U-Haul trucks in a year is enough to move a person from the Earth to the moon five times a day for an entire year

The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”

A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night

The mother of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler was accused of being a witch

Researchers at the Texas Department of Highways in Fort Worth determined the cow population of the U.S. burps some 50 million tons of valuable hydrocarbons into the atmosphere each year. The accumulated burps of ten average cows could keep a small house adequately heated and its stove operating for a year.

There are 40 official jelly belly flavours

The Ancient Greek women made a type of cheek blush by painting their cheeks with herbal pastes which was made out of crushed berries and seeds

A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder

More than 3000 years ago children played with circular hoops made with grape vines. This toy was swung around the waist. Years later this toy was made by company called Wham-O and the Hula-Hoop was invented in 1958

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined \"crab\" as, \"A small red fish, which walks backwards.\" This definition was sent with a number of others to the naturalist Cuvier for his approval. The scientist wrote back, \"Your definition, gentlemen, would be perfect, only for three exceptions. The crab is not a fish, it is not red and it does not walk backwards.\"

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

Originally, the Eiffel Tower was going to be erected in Barcelona, but the project was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.

Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.

A woman was elected to the House of Representatives four years before women even won the right to vote.

Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek, almost quit the show after one season, but was persuaded to stay on by Martin Luther King Jr., who felt the role was important to the Civil Rights Movement.

A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks

The phrase \"rule of thumb\" is derived from an old English law whichstated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than yourthumb.

The first Life Saver flavour, which was peppermint, was invented in 1912 and it was called Pep-O-Mint

The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually

Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard left his post at Ford’s Theatre to go for a drink.

A rabbit is not able to vomit

Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining

The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days

The first-ever documented feature film was made in Australia in 1906.

Venus observa is the technical term for the "missionary position."

The typical individual has around 100,000 hairs on their head.

TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979

The Oyster card was introduced in 2003.

In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line. It is the DLR concourse at Bank, which is 41.4 metres below.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt

Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) had to change their name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) because of legal action taken by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Due to a discrepancy over border recognition between Egypt and Sudan, there is a region in Africa called Bir Tawil that belongs to no country.

The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. It can weigh several tons and grow to more than fifty feet in length

Marie Curie’s 100-year-old belongings are still radioactive.

Pretzel snacks have been around for over 1300 years. A European monk invented the snack using used leftover bread dough

“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies

Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers

The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs

Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning \"little lion.\"

American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript

The garfish has green bones

There is only one walled city in North America.

Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head

There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.

Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do

The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach

The first section of the Underground ran between Paddington (Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street. The same section now forms part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines.

The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.

According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love

Emus cannot walk backwards

The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796

An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime

Sylvia Plath was a famous poet who killed herself at age thirty-one by sticking her head into a gas oven

Oprah Winfrey was the first black woman to anchor a newscast in Nashville at WTVF-TV

Mass murderer Charles Manson recorded an album titled \"Lie.\"

Cranes are built using cranes.

US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.

Three eagles were found co-parenting three eaglets in Illinois.

Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner

In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings

The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level

The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

The most famous movie theatre is the \"Chinese Theatre\" located in Los Angeles, USA

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.

Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.

On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels

Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

The total weight of ants on earth once equaled the total weight of people.

The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces

When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it was meant to replace the activity of smoking

When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute

Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.

One in five Americans move homes every year

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

The very first recorded recipe was for a lager, tracing all the way back to antiquated Samaria.

Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet

The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737

There are more than 50 different types of pumpkins. Some of them have names such as Munchkin, Funny Face, and Spooktacular

Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. This was chosen by the founder because he wanted the company to be powerful and everlasting, like stars in the sky.

Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.

Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or straight

A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.

Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

Finland has the most metal bands per capita.

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia

In 1924, the first baby was born on the Underground, on a train at Elephant & Castle on the Bakerloo line.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Robert Wadlow is the tallest man recorded in history. He grew to be eight feet and eleven inches and weighed 490 pounds when he died

The most disliked vegetable by Americans is Brussels sprouts

About 30% of Canadians rely on getting their water from the ground for their domestic use

Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam

Yo-yos were used as weapons by warriors in the Philippines in the 16th century.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

Your skull is made up of 29 different bones.

NASA scientists have concluded that the state of California is moving north and will collide with the state of Alaska in roughly 150 million years

PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.

The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet in Iraq in 1976. The tablet has since been lost, but the text remains preserved.

From 1526 to 1707, the first six Mogul emperors of India ruled in unbroken succession from father to son

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

The London Underground is thought to be the third largest metro system in the world, in terms of miles, after the Beijing Subway and the Shanghai Metro.

A spider has transparent blood.

The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette

There is a town in Norway called \"Hell\"

The word breakfast was coined due to the fact that after sleeping for hours, we are \"breaking our fast.\"

The word \"Checkmate\" in chess comes from the Persian phrase \"Shah Mat,\" which means \"the king is dead.\"

The name of the famous snack \"Twinkies\" was invented by seeing a billboard in St. Louis, that said \"Twinkle Toe Shoes.\"

Sweat doesn't actually stink.

Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose

On the Metropolitan line, trains can reach over 60mph.

The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas

Pumpkins contain potassium and vitamin A

Greenland is the largest island in the world.

The London Underground Film Office handles over 200 requests a month.

It is possible to get high by licking a toad. The Cane Toad produces a toxin called bufotenine to ward off predators. When licked, this toxin acts as a hallucinogen

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world

Norway has a 25-year statute of limitation on murder. This means if the murder happened more than 25 years ago, they cannot be charged.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.

All polar bears are left-handed.

The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later

Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day

There is an insurance policy issued against alien abduction. Around 50,000 policies have been sold, mainly to residents of the U.S. and England.

The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.

The average cow produces about 2,305 gallons of milk each year

Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets

If sheep have long tails when they are born, the tails are cut off in order to prevent infection.

The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years

Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day

The pupils of a goat's eyes are square.

The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.

There is approximately one chicken for every human being in the world.

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day

40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet

The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey

Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals.

Kraft singles cannot be advertised as cheese because U.S. FDA standards state a food can only be identified as cheese if it contains “at least 51% real cheese”.

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S that there are real ones.

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War

The ancient Greeks had a fascination with the planet Mars. They attributed the planet to Ares, their god of war, because of its red colour

The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer

Construction on the White House began in October of 1792

Painting a house yellow or having a yellow trim helps in selling a house faster

A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body

Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean

In 1886, Coca-cola was first served at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia for only five cents a glass. A pharmacist named John Pemberton created the formula for Coca-cola

A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat

There is an immortal jellyfish.

Swiss engineer George de Mestral, who got the idea after noticing burrs were sticking to his pants after his regular walks through the woods, invented Velcro.

In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times

Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.

Penalty fares were only introduced in 1994.

The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.

The moon has moonquakes.

7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day

Post-It Notes, which are adhesive notes, were invented while looking for a way to improve the acrylate adhesive found in tapes

Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country

Peladophobia refers to the fear of bald people

Your body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.

Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse

CBS' \"60 Minutes\" is the only TV show without a theme song/music.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world'snuclear weapons combined.

Conception occurs most in the month of December.

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary \"I quit smoking tobacco.\" He died one month later.

Atari had to bury millions of unsold \"E.T.\" game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982

In the United States, ice cream is sold the most on a Sunday

To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.

The word “friends” is said in every episode of Friends.

According to a 2002 study air quality on the Underground was 73 times worse than at street level, with 20 minutes on the Northern Line having \"the same effect as smoking a cigarette\".

The \"Star Spangled Banner\" did not become a national anthem until 1931. It was designated by an Act of Congress

Aldgate Station, on the Circle and Metropolitan Lines, is built on a massive plague pit, where more than 1,000 bodies are buried.

Ed Cox from San Francisco invented the pot scrubbing S.O.S. pads in 1917. His wife came up with the name, which stands for \"Save Our Saucepans.\"

The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a year

There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee

The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.

The average medium size piano has about 230 strings

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet

In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America

In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country

The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City.

The least common day to be born is May 22nd.

The word \"nerd\" was first coined by Dr. Suess in the book \"If I Ran to the Zoo.\"

On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined

The world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches.

In Belgium, 172,000 tons of chocolate are produced in a year

Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.

The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour

In the original movie \"101 Dalmatians,\" there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on all 101 Dalmatians as they are shown in 113,760 frames of the film combined

Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

The food that people crave the most is cheese

The atomic number of zinc is 30.

Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

The man who founded Atari also started Chuck E. Cheese.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897

The original Star-Spangled Banner was sewn on the floor of a brewery in Baltimore in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Bookworms are actual insects that bore holes in books. A major book-feeding insect is a paper louse that feeds on microscopic mold in poorly kept books.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of only 24 hours.

The Sahara is the largest non-polar desert in the world. It is comparable in size to China or the United States.

Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.

Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.

The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.

The tridacna clam can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds

Four billion pounds of watermelon were grown in the United States in 1999

ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.)

During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings (The Red Vineyard)

The very first song played on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star' by the Buggles.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

In Toy Story 2, in the scene where Buzz gives a speech in front of the American flag, the flag was edited to be a globe for release in non-American countries.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

In 1888, an Egyptian peasant discovered an estimated three hundred thousand mummified cats in Beni Hassan, Egypt. Of the cats that were not stolen once, the find was made public, the remaining mummified cats were shipped to Great Britain to be used as agricultural fertilizer

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables

Most lipstick contains fish scales

On a ship a toilet is called a head

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour

Cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw

In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.

There is a mosquito named after the Tube – the London Underground mosquito, which was found in the London Underground. It was notable for its assault of Londoners sleeping in the Underground during the Blitz.

Since the death penalty was restored in 1976, the states of Washington and New Hampshire have returned to hanging as an available method of execution.

There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.

Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991. And, rightfully so

In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana

Apple seeds contain cyanide.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year

Louisiana's capital building is the tallest one of any U.S. state.

Some snails live on branches in trees

A 70-year-old woman once completed seven marathons in seven days, across all seven continents.

Peter Falk, who played "Columbo," has a glass eye.

Every acre of American crops harvested contains 100 pounds of insects.

Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence caused by beans

St James is the only Underground Station to have Grade-I protected status. It includes 55 Broadway, the administrative headquarters of London’s Underground since the 1930s.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building

Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four

There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body

Valles Marineris, a canyon on Mars, would stretch from from Los Angeles to the Atlantic coast if it were on Earth.

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

In 1281, the Mongol army of Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but were ravaged by a hurricane that destroyed their fleet

Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.

There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

In Japan, tipping at restaurants is not a norm. However, some restaurants might add a 5 - 10 % service charge to the bill

Dolphins sleep with one eye open

Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).

According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society

Only female mosquitoes bite.

The property (ID, Facts) VALUES on the Monopoly game board are the same today as they were in 1935

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!

As Princess Elizabeth, the Queen travelled on the Underground for the first time in May 1939, when she was 13 years old, with her governess Marion Crawford and Princess Margaret.

There are bananas called \"Red banana\" that are maroon to dark purple when ripe

The first time there was an instance where they had a separate toilet for women and men was in 1739 at a ball in Paris

A group of larks is called an exaltation

This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a 'fart'.

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character.

On December 17 1991, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 148-80, the largest margin of victory in an NBA game

The people of Israel consume more turkeys per capita than any other country.

In 2002, dogs have killed more people in the U.S. than the Great White shark has killed in the past 100 years

The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

The most common pear world-wide is the Bartlett. It is bell-shaped, sweet and soft with a light green colour

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.

In ancient Greece \"idiot\" meant a private citizen or layman.

In January 2005, in an attempt to alleviate a problem with loitering young people, the London Underground announced it would play classical music at problem stations.

In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car. This is ironic considering approximately 33% of the country's budget on import is spent on equipment for fuel and transportation.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins

Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined

You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973

O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore leg braces when he was a child

Bob Marley’s last words were, “Money can’t buy life.”

The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child

570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House

They NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971.

The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult

Both KitKat and Rolo are produced globally by Nestlé, except in the U.S., where it’s made by their competitor, Hershey’s.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.

There are more donut shops in Canada per capita than any other country.

The word, tattoo originated from the Tahitain word \"tattau\" which means \"to mark.\"

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full revolutions

It is illegal to sell a \"bounceless\" pickle to somebody in Connecticut.

There's a world record—and a happy ending—for the greatest distance thrown in a car accident.

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, \"therein\": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company

The London Underground manages about 10 per cent of all green spaces in London.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.

There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands

The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court

A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed Wendy’s in 2005.

The longest recorded human life expectancy was 122 years and 164 days.

Nepal is the only country that has a non-rectangular flag. It is also asymmetrical.

In 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened up in Rogers, Arkansas

Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum

The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876 that was later adapted to become the first tattoo machine in 1891.

There is an area located off the south-eastern Atlantic coast of the United States called the \"Bermuda Triangle.\" It is known for a high rate of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft, which has led some people to believe that this triangle has supernatural powers

Sea Lions have rhythm. They are the only animal able to clap to a beat.

Reports from owners of cats and dogs indicate that 21% of dogs and 7% of cats snore

A group of tigers is called a streak

The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests

Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University

U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year

US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world

The word \"lethologica\" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the \"American Pie.\" (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

JELL-O was declared The \"Official State Snack\" of Utah in January 2001

When George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and ordered a ten-day mourning period for France.

The oldest inhabited house in Scotland is the Traquair Castle. The castle has had 27 kings as visitors

Orlando Bloom has swinophobia, which is a fear of pigs!

There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996

The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908.

One man was once constipated for nearly two months.

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers

Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury

The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13 1981 and continued until September 16 1983 and lasted for 978 days

Some Ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. This type of worm can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight

The number of stations that only use escalators is 12

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise

It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star

In 1990, the largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds, by Bill Carson of Tennesse, USA

The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors

The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room

The town with the most stop signs per capita than any other in the US: LaConner, Washington

A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.

You can now no longer go around the Circle Line in a full circle. From 2009, the Circle Line terminated at Edgware Road.

The largest stadium in the world is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea. It can hold up to 114,000 spectators. It covers 51 acres and is 197 feet tall.

Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes

Robert Southey wrote the story \"Goldilocks and the Three Bears\" in 1834

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class

Males account for 60% of toy injuries that occur in the U.S

The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com

The word \"moose\" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning \"twig eater.\"

On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily

Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet

The Backpack Kid’s real name is Russell Horning.

There are more chickens than people in the world

In October 1986, Pepsi paid close to $840 million to Nabisco for the Kentucky Fried Chicken empire

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days

Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000

An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week

Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I's mother, had six fingers on one hand.

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out

Poems on the Underground was launched in 1986, the idea of American writer Judith Chernaik.

Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed

Leaving the water running while brushing your teeth can waste four gallons of water in a minute

Colonel Sanders original white suit was auctioned off for $80,000 in February 2002

A lion feeds once every three to four days

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the \"American Pie.\" (Thus the nameof the Don McLean song.)

Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap \"Ivory\" while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879

St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904

China has more English speakers than the United States.

All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873

According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper lasts about five days in the bathroom

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

The United Parcel Service shipped the killer whale Keiko (star of Disney movie \"Free Willy\") from Mexico City to Newport, Oregon in 1998

In the movie Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used for blood in the shower scene

In Australia, a common \"Boxing day\" activity is surfing

Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older

Americans consume around 150 million hot dogs on 4th of July each year.

A \"gelotologist\" is a person who studies laughter

Justin Bieber’s first tweet was at 8:27 pm on May 11, 2009.

The Twitter bird's official name Is Larry.

If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive.

Guinea pigs were once sacrificed wearing earrings and necklaces and wrapped like sushi.

The word \"diamond\" comes from the Greek word \"adamas,\" which means \"unconquerable.\"

The only difference between kosher salt and table salt is the grain size. Kosher salt is smaller, and they both come from underground salt deposits.

In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed

Mount Rushmore cost less than one million dollars to construct. It took 14 years to build – from 1927 to 1941 and took 400 workers.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!

The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when the disk is opened.

Sharkskin has tiny tooth-like scales all over.

Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

Qantas Airways once powered an interstate flight on cooking oil. This marked Australia’s first commercial flight using sustainably derived biofuel.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'

The day after Thanksgiving is called “Brown Friday” by plumbers in America because it is their busiest day of the year.

The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer.

A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood

The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics

Termites have been around for over 250 million years

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Air contamination is answerable for north of 4 million unexpected losses consistently.

An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface

The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in Harrods in London, which cost $1.6 million, has a full time security guard. The shoes are made from platinum thread and has 642 rubies in them. It took over 700 hours to produce the shoe

The KGB is headquartered at No. 2 Felix Dzerzhinsky Square, Moscow

Tommy Fitzpatrick stole a small plane in 1956 from New Jersey on a bet and then landed it on the narrow street in front of the bar where he had been drinking in Manhattan. Two years later, he did it again after someone didn't believe he had done it the first time.,

In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world

The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

A jellyfish is 95% water.

27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).

Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them

The American talk show host Jerry Springer was born at East Finchley during the Second World War: his mother had taken shelter in the station from an air raid.

The 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time

New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world

The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds

“Schnapsidee” is the German word for a ridiculous idea that only sounds good when you’re drunk.

The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was \"Spud.\"

A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them

An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog

Arctic and Antarctic trace their names to the simple meanings of “Bears” and “Opposite the Bears.”

The biggest bug in the world is the Goliath Beetle which can weigh up to 3.5 ounces and be 4.5 inches long

The top 3 health-related searches on the Internet are (in this order): Depression, Allergies, & Cancer.

In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries

Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can

Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers

Riding a roller coaster could help you pass a kidney stone.

The common idea that only 10% of the brain is used it not true as it is impossible to determine the actual percentage because of the complexity of the brain.

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

Alexander the Great was an epileptic

The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days

The original story from \"Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights\" begins, \"Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.\"

On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day

A frigate bird can sleep while it flies.

Right handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left handed people.

The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

A “jiffy” is about one trillionth of a second.

Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem

The word \"laser\" stands for \"Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation.\"

The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes

The Bermuda Triangle isn't any more likely to cause a mysterious disappearance than anywhere else.

The hottest spot on the planet is in Libya.

The longest book title contains 1,809 words.

The Chihuahua Desert is the largest desert in North America, and is over 200,000 square miles

The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long

Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones

Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households

In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach

The British Pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old. The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty.

A chicken is 75% water

Meghan Trainor has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.

About 85% or product warning labels on household products are inadequate

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Most dinosaurs walked on their toes.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In the Philippines, you can buy spaghetti at McDonald’s, where they also sell a “McDo” piece of chicken.

“Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

The dot that appears over the letter \"i\" is called a tittle

Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper in 1826. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland’s Disgrace.”

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour

When cellophane was invented in 1908, it was originally intended to be used to protect tablecloths from wine spills.

In space, you don't need welding materials to get two metals to fuse. They will do it on their own if you place them close enough together.,

Kids ask 300 questions a day.

Sweden has the least number of murders annually.

Gaming-related accidents increased by 26.5% during the first 5 months of Pokémon Go being released. This included 2 deaths and $25.5 million in damages.

The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C

A whale's penis is called a dork.

The HyperMart outside of Garland Texas has 58 check-outs.

True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets

Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance

Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper.

BuzzFeed sponsored content costs about $20,000 for five or six “articles.”

Paddington Bear has 2 birthdays (just like the Queen). Paddington celebrates his birthdays on June 25th and December 25th.

The word Lethologica describes the state of not remembering the word you want to say

The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 26 pounds

A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.

The first movie to ever cost $100 million to make is Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991

Sawney Beane, his wife, 8 sons, 6 daughters, and 32 grandchildren were a family of cannibals that lived in the caves near Galloway, Scotland in the early 17th Century. Although the total number is not known, it is believed they claimed over 50 victims per year. The entire family was taken by an army detachment to Edinburgh and executed, apparently without trial

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867

To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories

Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks.“

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.

There are seven different villages in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway with the name Å (it translates to “river” in Scandinavian languages).

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

\"Almost\" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.

In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head

Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959

Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836

The first streetlights in America were installed in Philadelphia around 1757.

Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show \"Friends\" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe

Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

California consumes more bottled water than any other product.

Before its name was changed, the African Penguin used be called the Jackass Penguin because of its donkey-like braying call

The word “MacGyvered” is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Nobel Peace prize was first awarded in 1901 to Jean Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the Swiss Red Cross

In a lifetime, an average man will shave 20,000 times

In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 milesper year.

Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.

In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums

An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5 percent silver

The fortune cookie was likely invented in the US by people of Japanese descent.,

The name for insect poop is frass

Hippopotamus milk is pink.

Riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones.

Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic

The Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

In 1902, the game table tennis was brought to the U.S. from Europe by Parker Brothers

An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining then in grown up roles

Your earlobes line up with your nipples.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Rick Astley has his own brand of beer. It was a collaboration between him and the Danish microbrewery Mikkeller; it’s a red lager with “a hint of ginger”.

The phrase \hands down\ comes from horseracing. It refers to a jockey who's so far ahead that he can afford to drop his hands and loosen the reins (usually kept tight to encourage a horse to run) and still easily win.,

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out

Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.

Rolls-Royce makes the most expensive car in the world.

In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid

Humans are the only animals that blush.

The average American kid will eat approximately 1.500 peanut butter sandwiches by high school graduation

The human body literally glows.

Research has indicated that indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is \"Yensid\" (Disney backwards.)

There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.

Comets only reflect 4% of the light that falls on them, the rest is absorbed.

The total number of passengers carried during 2013/14 was 1.265 billion – making it the world's 11th busiest metro.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

At 3’7″, Eddie Gaedel was the smallest Major League Baseball player of all time. He walked in his only plate appearance.

The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people

Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.

In-vitro babies are born in Australia more than any other country in the world

People from North America prefer pickles with warts, where as Europeans prefer pickles with no warts

In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth

Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.

Crayola is a French word that means \"Oily chalk.\"

There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world

There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script.

One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple

The first commercial chewing gum was sold in 1848 by John B. Curtis, who also made the gum. He called the gum \"State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.\"

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

On August 3 2012, during the Olympic Games, the London Underground had its most hectic day ever, carrying 4.4 million passengers – but that record was beaten on Friday December 4 2015, when 4.82 million people used it.

The three most recognized Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, & Elvis Presley.

Crows can remember the faces of individual humans. They can also hold a grudge.

More people speak English in China than the United States.

There are different sizes of infinity.,

The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through

Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches, lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring

Marie Antoinette’s last words were to her executioner after accidentally stepping on his foot, saying, “Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it.”

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China

There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses

The U.S. almost went to war with Canada over a pig.

Greece's national anthem has 158 verses.

Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.

The word “PEZ” comes from the German word for peppermint – PfeffErminZ.

In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.

Abraham Lincoln loved cats and once let one eat from the table during a formal White House dinner.

The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday

You spend 92 days of your life on the toilet.

Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually

Golf courses cover 4% of North America.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day

If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.

The Comic Sans font came from an actual comic book.

More people die from eating sharks then from being eaten by them. This is due to a poison in shark meat

Proportional to their size, cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.

Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

Sharks can sense a drop of blood from a mile away

Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight

Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through their skin

The length of a human esophagus is 25 centimeters

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games--MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL--are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time

Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named “Kleopatra.”

Twinkies only have a shelf life of 45 days.,

The longest fangs of a snake are found on the Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica), and can reach over 2 inches in length

Barbie's full name is \"Babara Millicent Roberts.\"

The Tube's logo is known as “the roundel” (a red circle crossed by a horizontal blue bar)

Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog

In just one drop of liquid, 50 million bacteria can be present

Cleopatra married two of her brothers

Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it

Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one.

Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth

In twins, there is a great chance that one will be left handed

The “Lost” pilot was so expensive (over $10 million) that the Chairman of ABC was fired for green-lighting the project.

Central Park located in New York has 125 drinking fountains

The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Caterpillar means \"hairy cat\" in Old French

There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America

The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes

It takes the stomach an hour to break down cows’ milk.

A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.

Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world

The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year

The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over 50 mini-vans on their back

The longest distance between stations is on the Metropolitan line from Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer: a total of only 3.89 miles.

Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil

In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.

Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left. However, smells can be detected more accurately when made by the left nostril

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Women are attracted to the scent of Good & Plenty licorice candy and cucumber.

Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring

Tomatos were once referred to as \"love apples.\" This is because their was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them

Hair and fingernails are made from the same substance, keratin

Wildlife observed on the Tube network includes woodpeckers, deer, sparrowhawk, bats, grass snakes, great crested newts, slow worms.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like

Movies approximately make five times more from video sales than ticket sales

The thumbnail grows the slowest and the middle nail the fastest, nearly four times faster than toenails.

The most expensive spice in the world is saffron

Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot

The only animals that are capable of turning their heads 180 degrees are from the genus Galago, such as the Tarsier

The formula for Coca-cola has never been patented

A snail can sleep for three years.

Queen Elizabeth II is a trained mechanic.

Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon

1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

Soldier Field is the oldest field in the NFL

Seattle’s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.

In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

If all the gold sitting in the oceans and seas were mined, every person on this plant would get about 20 kilograms of gold each.

Bill Gates has donated nearly half his fortune.

Clarence Crane the inventor of \"Crane's Peppermint Life Savers\" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.

In 1810, Peter Durand invented the tin can for preserving food

Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

Most of the visible stars you see in the night sky are binary stars - two stars orbiting each other.,

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

The elephant is the national animal of Thailand

The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.

On average, Americans' favorite smell is banana.

Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day

It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats

The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides

Babies are physical anomalies.

Many languages have the same roots.

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

The word Thailand means \"land of the free.\"

Nevada is the driest state in the U.S.. Each year it averages 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain.

Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.

Apple Pie isn't actually American.

In the first century, people used to drink goats milk to sweeten their breath

Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.

The average price for a major league baseball game in 2004 is $19.82

Every year, 50,000,000 automobiles are produced in the world.

The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word \"poppe,\" which means \"explosive sound\"

There's a systematic lull in conversation every 7 minutes.

A spiral escalator was installed in 1907 at Holloway Road station, but linear escalators were favoured for the rest of the network. A small section of the spiral escalator is in the Acton depot.

On average, a car driver will swear or blashpheme 32,025 times in their lifetime while driving

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Approximately 71% of American chocolate eaters prefer to eat milk chocolate

When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

The General Lee cars used in the popular show The Dukes of Hazards were 1969 Dodge Chargers

It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw, and males are more likely to be left-pawed.

When we’re born, the only innate fears we have are the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. All other fears are learned.

In 1884, Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher invented the milk bottle.

Alaska is the state which produces the most serial killers.

Ginger beer is brewed and fermented with ginger, while ginger ale is merely carbonated water flavored with ginger.

Approximately 7.5% of all office documents get lost

Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday.

The blackberry bush is also called the \"bramble.\"

Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million

Throughout the South, peanuts were known as \"Monkey Nuts,\" and \"Goober peas,\" before the civil war

The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.

The Queen has some hidden hideaways.

An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.

Denver, Colorado lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Canada's forests make up nearly 9% of the world’s total forest area.,

Mr. Cherry breaks all the records you've never heard of, including the most jelly eaten with chopsticks in one minute, the most socks put on one foot in 30 seconds and the most tennis balls caught with a boxing glove in one minute.

One bushel of wheat can make enough sandwiches that you could eat three sandwiches a day for over six months

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

The skin of a shark is made up of \"tiny teeth\" which are called dermal denticles

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

It’s been said that nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

The human body has 206 bones.

There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon

The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word \"Qutun.\"

Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.

Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.

The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.

William Marston engineered one of the earliest forms of the polygraph in the early 1900's. Later he went on to create the comic strip Wonder Woman, a story about a displaced Amazon princess who forces anyone caught in her magic lasso to tell the truth

If a rooster can't fully extend its neck, it can't crow.

The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only moon known to have a fully developed atmosphere. In fact, it is about 50% denser than Earth’s.

Women see more colors than men.

Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity

Camels store water their bloodstream, not their hump which is fatty tissue.,

Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft

The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia

During the Aztec reign, a slave could be bought for 100 cocoa beans.

Following directions off the Internet and chemicals obtained from a mail order company, a team of U.S. scientists created an identical copy of the polio virus.

Elephants can’t jump.

The first German car to be built solely outside of Germany is the BMW Z3.

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.

In cockney rhyming slang, the London Underground is known as the Oxo (Cube/Tube).

Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as \"corns\" of salt

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin

If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one

It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the bloodiest war in history

Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck

Researches have discovered that eating five or more apples a week is linked to better functioning of the lungs

The world’s most costly espresso comes from civet crap.

False eyelashes were invented in 1916 when a producer wanted to enhance an actress’s eyes in a movie. The lashes were made of human hair.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

The River Westbourne was funnelled above a platform on Sloane Square in a large iron pipe suspended from girders. It remains in place today.

The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days

Slugs have four noses.

Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

There is a city in Norway called \"Hell\"

Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks

American Black bears are not just black but include bears of varying colors including blonde, cinnamon, brown, white and even silver-blue.

The Monster in Frankenstein was never actually named, although the Monster itself proposed the name “Adam.”

Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds

The voice of Stargazer in Mass Effect 3 was done by Buzz Aldrin.

The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)

You can always \"see\" your nose.

The head of a jellyfish is called the \"Bell.\"

It is illegal to play a musical instrument in the Northern Territory, Australia, for the purpose of annoying other people.

In a room with just 23 people, there’s a 50-50 chance that at least two people have the same birthday.,

THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss 'Rita Thunderbird' remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamé bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.

When double rainbows occur, the colors of the second arc are always reversed.

Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid

1912 saw the last Olympic gold medals made entirely out of gold.

PewDiePie supported his YouTube channel by selling hot dogs. His persistence paid off when in 2012, his YouTube channel garnered over one million subscribers.

It is very common for babies in New Zealand to sleep on sheepskins. This is to help them gain weight faster, and retain their body heat

In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won't flow.

Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl compared to couples that do not smoke

Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes

Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones

Navel oranges got their name because the bottom of this type of orange resembles a belly button or navel

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar

A 2\" X 4\" is really 1-1/2\" by 3-1/2\".

Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a fresh water lake. It is located in Canadian Lake Superior

A dog named Duke was the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota for four consecutive terms before retiring at 91 in dog years.,

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

The reason why bubbles are round is because this is the most efficient shape that the soap film can take for the amount of air trapped inside

It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy

Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.

The process by which bread toasts is called the “Maillard Reaction.”

Bubbles are the number one cause of damage to ship propellers.,

Humans are just one of the estimated 8.7 million species on Earth.

The tallest supported bamboo sculpture is more than 164-feet high.

About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light

A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed

English sailors were referred to as \"limeys\" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy

The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965

You have a nail in your body.

In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest

In 1929, the Coca-Cola slogan was \"The Pause That Refreshes.\"

A Harry Potter book filled with typos sold for $90,000.

\"Dreamt\" is the only English word that ends in the letters \"mt.\"

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation

An estimated half a million mice live in the Underground system.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Close to 3 billion movie tickets are sold in India every year

Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts

President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.

Oreo has made enough cookies to span five back and forth trips to the moon.

The game Monopoly has been played by approximately 500 million people in the world, and the game is available in 26 languages

A recently discovered deep-sea snail, the Scaly-Foot Gastropod, has a shell that is impressively developed. So much so that the U.S. military is trying to use its design to inspire defensive layers in military armor.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

A pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

A 26-sided shape is known as a rhombicuboctahedron.

Sea lions can dance to a beat.

Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

Playing dance music can help ward off mosquitoes.

The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online

Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body

Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.

Alongside Sudoku, chess has been named one of the best ways to improve the mind and memory.

Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.

Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn’t bark.

25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

In the 20th century, over three million people have died from earthquakes

The man who wrote Dracula never visited Transylvania.

The American Automobile association was formed in 1905 for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps

14% of all facts and statistics are made up and 27% of people know that fact.

An individual coral animal is called a polyp

The placement of a donkey's eyes in it’s' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

The first ever \"World Summit on Toilets\" was held in Singapore in November 2001

85% of weddings are held in a synagogue or church

Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game

When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise

In the United States, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year

Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

If a Donkey and a Zebra have a baby, it is called a Zonkey.

An Egyptian Pharaoh named King Pepy II commonly smothered his servants in honey to keep flies away from him.

Dinosaurs that could run using just two legs are referred to as bipeds.

During the era of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

There are five million scent receptors located in a human beings nose

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes

The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark

The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit

Detroit, Michigan has more registered bowlers than any other city in the USA

Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever

Red pandas have no living relatives – they aren’t even related to giant pandas.

Some of the other names that were thought of for the dwarfs in the Disney movie \"Snow White\" were Awful, Dirty, Shifty, Hotsy, and Jumpy

Someone paid $14,000 for the bra worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.

The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

\"Venus observa\" is the technical term for the \"missionary position.\"

The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness

All of the clocks in the movie \"Pulp Fiction\" are stuck on 4:20, an international pot-smokers hour.

Movie theaters make roughly 85% of their profit off concession stands. This is because ticket revenues have to be shared with the movie distributors.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

1 out of every 200 men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.,

The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in three months is enough to rebuild all American commercial planes

Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since

People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore. This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose

Sharkskin has tiny tooth-like scales all over.

Sweat doesn’t smell bad.

A snail can sleep for 3 years

King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.

Pope John Paul II was an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name

Eating your offspring may be a sign of good parenting in some species.

The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called \"chalazae.\"

Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.

The strongest gust of wind was recorded at the Mount Washington Observatory on April 12th, 1934, and measured 231 miles per hour.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.

Baby porcupines are called “porcupettes”.

In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called \"Spirit of Australia.\" Warby built the boat himself in his back yard

On average people fear spiders more than they do death

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

Each day Americans 15 and over spend an average of 55 minutes of driving

There is a certain species of kangaroo that is only 2.5 centimetres long when it is born

The most popular show amongst baby boomers is Star Trek.

Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; \"7\" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. \"UP\" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

There was a snail glued to a specimen card in the British Museum mid-1800s. It spent four years glued there before scientists realized it was still alive.

The first can opener wasn't invented until almost 50 years after the invention of the can.,

The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles (160,900 km) without a tree.

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle

Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days

Somebody hid an episode of South Park inside Tiger Woods 99 as an Easter egg, causing EA to do a massive recall.

A leech has 32 brains

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

During 9/11, some fighters took off without live ammo, knowing that to stop the hijackers, the pilots might have to crash their fighters into the planes.

In 2005, Frito-Lay launched Cheetos Lip Balm, but it was quickly taken off the market due to its failure.

The expression 'to get fired' comes from long ago. When clans wanted to get rid of unwanted people, they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the term 'Got fired'.

The original name for Xbox was DirectXbox, designed to show how Microsoft’s Direct X graphics could improve the console market.

The first Tube tunnel was opened in 1880, running from the Tower of London to Bermondsey.

Both Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter, U.S. presidents, were peanut farmers at one time

Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate

The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA

Some tumors can grow hair, teeth, bones, even fingernails.

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts

On average, 46.1% of Americans have less than $10,000 in assets when they die.

Close to fifty percent of Internet shoppers spend over five hours a week online

The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows

Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds

Georgia's state motto is "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation."

Cats can hear ultrasound.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

Superman The Escape rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds

The Vatican had music that was forbidden to be copied and was only played twice per year. It was secret for almost 150 years until a 14-year-old Mozart heard it and transcribed it from memory.

The first tattoo machine was invented by Samuel O'Reilly. He did this by using equipment that Thomas Edison used to engrave hard surfaces.

During the cremation process of a 500-pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.

When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born

Napoleon's penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000.

There are over 58 million dogs in the US

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated

The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water

Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.

Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight. This would be like an adult person lifting two heavy cars full of people.

Corn Flakes were invented after Will Keith Kellogg and his brother Dr. John Harvey Kellogg set about developing a nutritious cereal for the patients of a health resort in 1890

In 1948 and 1950 the oldest ears of popping corn were discovered. They were located in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. They ranged in size from smaller than a penny to approximately two inches, and were about 4,000 years old

The eighth power of a number is a zenzizenzizenzic.,

Hershey’s makes one million miles of Twizzlers every year.

The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.

Australian soldiers used the song \"We're Off to See the Wizard\" as a marching song in WWII.

The call of a Kookaburra is used as the stock jungle sound effect in many movies and shows set in the jungles of Africa or South America, even though they are only in Australia and New Guinea.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes

Pound for pound, leopards are said to be seven times stronger than humans

Before 1913 parents could mail their kids to Grandma’s – through the postal service.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The real name of Toto the dog in \"The Wizard Of Oz\" was Terry

Astronauts in space are exposed to the same amount of radiation as 150 to 6,000 chest x-rays.

When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.

Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey

Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show \"Sesame Street\" that is HIV-positive

When Sony introduced the walkman, it had a variety of different names in different countries. It was called \"Soundabout\" in the U.S., \"Stowaway\" in the U.K., and \"Freestyle\" in Australia

In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during \"high peak\" hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.

The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India

Daffy Duck's middle name is \"Dumas\"

TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.

18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation

The biggest living life form on the planet is an organism, covering the north of 2,200 sections of land in Oregon.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

In a study that was done by the University of Chicago in 1907, it was concluded that the easiest color to spot is yellow. This is why John Hertz, who is the founder of the Yellow Cab Company picked cabs to be yellow

In 1916, Charlie Chaplin was making $10,000 a week, making him the highest paid actor of his time

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources

The word \"samba\" means \"to rub navels together.\"

Grapes are grown around the world more than any other fruit

Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as on of their materials

American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed

In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is

In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts

Eighty percent of the Vanilla Beans which are used to make ice cream is grown in Madagascar

People in France own more pets in the world per person than any other country

The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

Spain leads the world in cork production

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.

Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the \"1\" encased in the \"shield\" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

In 2016, Mozart sold more CDs than Beyonce.

At 3,212 feet high, Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.

The average person takes 12 seconds to count to 24.

In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring

Peter Falk, who played \"Columbo,\" has a glass eye.

President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

Both of the drummers from Queen and Duran Duran had the same name – Roger Taylor.

German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America

St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on February 18, 1979.

Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body

The average temperature on Earth is 15 degrees celcius.

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people

The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen.

People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum

Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of 5.

The Danish flag is the oldest current flag of a sovereign state. It was adopted in 1370 or earlier. The second oldest is the Netherlands in 1572.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary, because when it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

Since 1945, all British tanks have come equipped with tea making facilities.

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster

The word “hipster” goes all the way back to the 1930s.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste

After Christianity, the largest religious affiliation in the U.S. is Judaism.

Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world

About 26 per cent of all indoor water used by households in Sydney, Australia are for laundry

There may be 2,000 active serial killers in the U.S. right now.

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time

The official beverage of Ohio is tomato juice.

One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath

Rodent's teeth never stop growing.

While shedding, geckos will eat their skin in order to prevent predators from finding and eating them more easily.

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water

Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.

\"I am.\" is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language

Contrary to popular belief, only 45% of the London Underground is actually underground.

Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast

The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years

The last thing Elvis Presley ate before he died was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies

Using tanning beds before age 30 increases your risk of developing melanoma by 75%. Tanning beds and lamps are in the highest cancer risk category.

The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore. updated

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes

In Cambodia, rats are being trained to sniff out land mines. They can clear 200 square meters in less than 35 minutes, which usually takes 2-3 days with a de-miner.

The NYPD had a police officer follow Andre the Giant whenever he went out drinking. This was to make sure he didn’t get drunk and fall on anyone.

Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.

Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away

Pearls melt in vinegar

There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same

When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear

The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming

The cost to build the Empire State Building was $40,948,900

France is known as the perfume capital of the world

Denver, Colorado lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger.

The most popular pickle is the Dill pickle

After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study

Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away

The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time

Minnows have teeth located on a bone in their throat

The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head

The smallest frog is the \"Brazilian baby frog\ which is smaller than a dime

The TARDIS, (Dr Who’s transport) can be found outside Earl’s Court station. Or at least an old police call box can.

One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving

When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns

A chef’s toque contains 100 folds.

Dogs actually understand some English.

The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people

Because there are more molecules of air in one breath than there are breaths in the atmosphere, every breath you take likely contains at least one molecule of Newton’s last breath.,

Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands

In 1963, Mister Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister

Pantheism is the belief that God did not create the universe, but rather the universe is God.

Reindeer like to eat bananas

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

The Beetham Tower has 47 floors.

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic games while hosting the event

Earthworms have 5 hearts

Arthur Giblin was the inventor of the first \"flushable\" toilet

The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world before the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930

Over 290 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.

Indoor air contamination is liable for an expected 3.8 million unexpected losses consistently.

Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!

According to TFL, London Underground trains travel a total of 1,735 times around the world (or 90 trips to the moon and back) each year.

NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

At one time, Pumpkins were recommended for the removal of freckles and curing snake bites

The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow.

Both U.S. and Soviet militaries have trained dolphins. They can be used for rescuing lost naval swimmers and locating underwater mines.

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

Teenage suicide is the second cause of death in the state of Wisconsin

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: \"It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side.\"

Pilgrims did not eat potatoes for Thanksgiving as they thought they were poisonous

In 1894 the first big Coke sign was found on the side of a building located in Cartersville, Georgia, and still exists today

In the U.S., approximately 46% of the chicken that is eaten by people comes from restaurants or other food outlets

Bananas were discovered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. when he conquered India

The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

A group of kangaroos is called a mob

Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.

A Czech man, Jan Honza Zampa, holds the record for drinking one liter of beer in 4.11 seconds.

Despite being landlocked, Mongolia has a navy consisting of seven men and one vessel, the “Sukhbaatar III,” stationed on Lake Khövsgöl.

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?

Hannibal had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome.

Mickey Mouse is known as \"Topolino\" in Italy

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London

There is a town in Indiana called Santa Claus.

The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel

The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years

There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

The main PC mouse was made of wood.

A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute

There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats

A bolt of lightning can reach 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is 10,340 degrees Fahrenheit.

The external tank on space shuttles is not painted. It is the only part of the shuttle that is lost after launch, so it is not necessary to worry about metal corrosion.

The Sundance Kid took his nickname from the town of Sundance, Wyoming.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Even though drugs are officially illegal in the Netherlands, it is legal to be under the influence of any drug to encourage people to seek medical help.

By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.

Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke

In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks

Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

Vernor’s Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor in 1866.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word \"criminal.\" The second? William Jefferson Clinton

Almonds are members of the peach family.

The first president to ride in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt

The Bible has been translated into Klingon

The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose

The city of Argentia which is located on Newfoundland's southwest coast, is Canada's most fog-bound community. It has 206 days of fog each year.

In the movie \"Babe\ the piglet was played by over 30 different piglets they outgrew the part so quickly during the production of the film

The murder rate in the United States is about four times greater than in Japan. In Japan, no private citizen can buy a handgun legally

Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits.

The first female guest host of \"Saturday Night Live\" was Candace Bergen.

With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches

Many of the stars that were in the Poltergeist Trilogy had strange deaths

Albert Einstein had mastered calculus by the tender age of 15.

For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots

Pancakes are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Australia

The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10? inches

People that use mobile phones are 2.5 time more likely to develop cancer in areas of the brain that are adjacent to the ear they use to talk on the mobile phone

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life

A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle

In 1972, a gorilla by the name of \"Koko\" was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words

Koala is Aboriginal for \"no drink\".

According to AT&T, more collect phone calls are made on Father’s Day than any other holiday.

The first episode of \"Joanie Loves Chachi\" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where \"Chachi\" translates to \"penis\".

The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people

Punctuation wasn’t always a part of our written language.

The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money

Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.

Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.

Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.

The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate

The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

The word \"set\" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

The very first cell phone call was made in 1973.

Bulgarians are known to be the biggest yogurt eaters in the world.

Most toilets flush in E flat

The heads on Easter Island have bodies.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

'Obsession' is the most popular boat name.

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe

Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap enough for the average German working man to afford.

Elvis Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth

The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass

Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every fivemust be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips intimes ofwar or other emergencies.

Cosmic Latte is the average color of the universe.,

An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as \"the little man of Nuremberg,\" played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.

Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer

Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs

Buttermilk does not contain any butter, but is a cultured milk product which is usually made from fat free milk

In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane

As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower

As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice

Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits

There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.

Only female mosquito’s' bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

People from the United States eat the most chicken per person than anywhere else in the world

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated

You can learn the High Valyrian language from Game of Thrones with an online course.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon

Many oranges are actually green.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week!

The beeswax that is produced by Honey bees comes from eight paired glands that are located on the underside of their stomach

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.

Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a million people who live in nuclear bunkers.

Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old

Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes

In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by dogs walking on treadmills.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Chewing gum boosts concentration.

Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996

It has been estimated that humans use only 10% of their brain.

In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married

Hanson made a beer called “Mmmhops.” They give away a free song with every bottle.

Nineteen stations just use lifts.

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

According to Biblical Scholars, Jesus was more than likely born in a cave, not a stable, as the tale says.

The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood

The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.

\"Rhythm\" is the longest English word without a vowel.

The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs

Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century whose name was really Patience

The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws.

In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.

Edward VIII did not officially become the King of England as he abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee

In the 19th century, it was common practice for a Japanese woman to dye their teeth black. They believed that this enhanced sex appeal and maintained healthier teeth

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.

Neurons multiply at a rate 250,000 neurons per minute during early pregnancy.

What is called a \"French kiss\" in the English speaking world is known as an \"English kiss\" in France.

The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland

One in every 9000 people is an albino.

Cats can hear ultrasound.

During a conversation, each speaker’s “turn” averages 2 seconds, and the pause in between is only 200 milliseconds. That figure is nearly universal.

The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that tomatoes are vegetables.

Babe Ruth’s 54 home runs in 1920 were more than the total hit by 14 of 15 other MLB teams.

William Hung, made famous for his appearance on American Idol singing “She Bangs,” is a 73rd generation descendant of Confucius.

The very first email was sent in 1971 by Beam Tomlinson.

More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States

There’s a town in the Oklahoma panhandle named “Hooker,” and its slogan is “it’s a location, not a vocation.”

Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent. The twists of the pretzels are to resemble arms crossed in prayer

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%

Red, green, yellow, and orange bell peppers are all the same type of pepper with their color difference being caused by being at different stages of ripeness.,

Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.

When shuffling a deck of cards, the number of possible arrangements is approximately 8×1067. That’s more than the number of stars in the observable universe.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie

It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.

The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building

Children grow faster in the springtime.

The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Sharks can live for five centuries.

There are over one billion people that are actively involved in rice growth

There are around 16 million people alive today that are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.

Berries are simple fruits stemming from one flower. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelons, pumpkins, and avocados are berries.

Cows have best friends and they get stressed when they are separated.,

Castaways Travel, a Houston-area travel agency, offers an all-nude flight to Cancun Mexico. Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, you are allowed to take off all your clothes and roam about the cabin

Over 200 varieties of watermelons are grown in the U.S

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.

The fat that comes from sheep, which is called tallow, can also be used to produce soap and candles

In the United States, poisoning is the fourth leading cause of death among children

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, only six people were killed

The name of the Taco Bell dog is Gidget

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the \"Diner Capital of the World.\"

Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers

Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

The famous Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died

When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents

Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.

Canadian law requires citizens to answer a math question when entering sweepstakes. This is done to add some aspect of skill to the contest.

Some people start to sneeze if they are exposed to sunlight or have a light shined into their eye

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

The largest employer in Central Florida is Walt Disney World. There are approximately 50,000 people working there

In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide

Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin.

80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.

A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.

From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size

The universe is assessed to be around 13.8 billion years of age.

Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

A Greek-Canadian man invented the “Hawaiian” pizza.

The reason why golf balls have dimples on them is because it helps in the ball to move a farther distance by reducing drag

There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness

The Japanese term for a Shotgun Wedding is “Dekichatta kekkon,” which literally translates to “oops-we-did-it-marriage.”

The biggest realized star is VY Canis Majoris, which is more than 2,000 times the size of our sun.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Sir John Harington, the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, was the inventor of the toilet

Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.

All babies are born with blue eyes.

Many butterflies can taste with their feet to find out whether the leaf they sit on is good to lay eggs on to be their caterpillars' food or not.

Birds can not live in space – they need gravity to be able to swallow.

Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern.

One-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples

14% of all facts and statistics are made up and 27% of people know that fact.

The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.

There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans

Melba toast is named after an Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba

Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates

Rebecca Felton was the first woman to ever serve in the United States Senate – but she only served for one day.

Nepal has the most mathematical flag in the world. It even has an article in its constitution that details the steps of drawing the flag.

William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to prevent anyone from moving his bones.

It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines

Over the course of one year, a coffee tree only produces about 1.5 pounds of coffee

The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a \"Squirrel Day\" festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest

On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

Ants do not sleep

An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter

500,000 kids in the US live in same sex households

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes themlooks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check.

An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period

After being picked an orange cannot ripen

Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen

The Poodle is one of the cleanest breeds of dogs, making them a great choice for people with pet allergies. They don’t molt much at all, and they rarely smell, either.

A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds

In France, a five year old child can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Originally, the Pokémon Vulpix was going to be called “FoxFire.”

On average, each American consumes approximately two hundred and sixty pounds of meat in a year

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69

Soft-shelled turtles urinate through their mouth.,

While writing the famous song “Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen originally wrote 80 verses for the song, which he sometimes interchanges in and out depending on where he’s playing.

The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

The 100th anniversary of the roundel (the Tube Logo) was celebrated in 2008 by TfL commissioning 100 artists to produce works that celebrate the design.

Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

Firefighters sometimes use wetting agents to make water wetter.,

Some moths never eat anything as adults because they don't have mouths. They must live on the energy they stored as caterpillars.

The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head

The word \"sophomore\" means \"sophisticated moron.\"

On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza everyday.

One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.

Fingernails don’t grow after you die.

There are only two countries in the world that have the color purple in their flags: Nicaragua and Dominica.

On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves

Montreal was named after a local mountain \"Mont Royal.\"

The first X-rated animated movie was Fritz the Cat. It is still the most successful independent animated feature to date.

Even though red roses looks the same, there are over 900 different types of red roses

Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches

Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human

Many lipsticks contain fish scales.

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world

The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased

The first streetlights in America were installed in Philadelphia around 1757.

All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.

Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920

Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else

Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time

Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages

The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the \"Uncle Sam.\"

Over 20 million BluBlocker sunglasses have been sold since its debut in 1986. They now come in over 100 different styles

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

The all-time most nominated Grammy artist with 77 nominations is Quincy Jones

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

For every human in the world there are one million ants

The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

Some toothpastes contain antifreeze

Peaches were once known as Persian apples

Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V

Koalas have fingerprints.

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

The size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm - 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.

The hottest temperature ever recorded in Washington state was at Ice Harbor Dam at 118 °F (47.8 °C) on August 5, 1961.

The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

Queen Victoria used marijuana, to help relieve menstrual cramp pain

Will Smith owed $2.8 Million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt just before he signed the contract for The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

Whether measuring by size (0.17 sq mi) or population (1,000), Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.

Over $7 billion a year is spent on chocolates by consumers

A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side

There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China

Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.

Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.

Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one.

The vegetable that is eaten most by Americans is potatoes. On average, a person eats about 140 pounds of potatoes annually

The founder of Match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to another man she met on Match.com,

Roselle, a guide dog, led her blind owner down 78 flights of stairs during 9/11. The descent took about an hour, and they both safely made it out.

People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs

The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove

The stage were the television sitcom \"Friends\" is shot on is said to be haunted

“Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet (91 m) long in just one night.

Jack Gilinsky is Jewish.

Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an opponent using only a single finger

Napoleon’s penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000.

The only predator that polar bears have are humans

The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles (160,900 km) without a tree.

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches

At the 1908 Olympics, the Russians showed up 12 days late because they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.

The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella

For the blockbuster movie \"The Terminator,\" O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers did not choose him as they thought he would not be taken seriously

The toothbrush was invented in China in 1498.

The last manually operated doors on Tube trains (replaced by air-operated doors) were phased out in 1929.

Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60

People in low-income homes spend 50% more time playing video games than people in high-income homes

Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for the creation of the Panama Canal

It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

The study of ants is called Myrmecology

The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly.

There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

A baby kangaroo is called a joey

One female mouse can produce up to 100 babies a year

Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary.

In a day 34,000 children die every day from causes that are related to poverty and hunger

According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year

When Jay-Z was 12, he shot his older brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. He later referenced it in a song titled “You Must Love Me.”

Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I's mother, had six fingers on one hand.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the large intestine and the feces become dry

Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom

Many mammals, including cats and dogs, walk on their toes in contrast to humans, who walk on the soles of their feet.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new

The human body produces approximately 25 million new cells every second.

The first translation of the Bible into English was in 1382 A.D., by John Wycliff

About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines

Sailfish can leap out of the water and into the air at a speed of 50 miles (81 km) per hour.

The cartoon character Popeye was actually based on a real person named Frank \"Rocky\" Fiegel who was a tough guy who was quite similar to Popeye physically

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

The human liver performs over 500 functions

The most prepared acknowledged human progression is the Sumerian turn of events, which follows as far as possible back to around 4000 BCE.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Armadillos have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex

The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed

By applying even pressure to an egg, it is nearly impossible to break the shell by squeezing it.

The very first flag promotion was made in 1994.

Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is 3,670,050,000 miles.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames

Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team

Ravens know when someone is spying on them

The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil

Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!

When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.

Captive tigers in the U.S. alone outnumber the amount of wild tigers worldwide.

On average, a man spends about five months of his life shaving

The rarest coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak, which is found in Indonesia. It cost about $300 a pound

While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called \"Traff-O-Data.\" It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia

Frozen food can be just as nutritious as fresh food

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

The modern salute is believed to be derived from the way in which French Knights would greet each other by lifting the visors of their helmets.

Worcestershire sauce in essentially an Anchovy Ketchup.

The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C

In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year

Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make

More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude.

The only real person to ever to appear on a pez dispenser was Betsy Ross.

Talc was used by cavemen 15,000 years ago as an ingredient added to make paint

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter \"T.\"

The \"pound\" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

The average person laughs 10 times a day!

An armadillo can walk under water

It takes longer to drown in saltwater than in freshwater. Because of this, around 90% of drownings occur in freshwater.

There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada

When possums are playing 'possum', they are not \"playing.\" They actually pass out from sheer terror.

A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

In the 1830s, the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, wanted to disassemble the Giza Pyramids and use them as pre-cut building materials. Thankfully, the Quantity Surveyor for the project fudged the figures and made it look like it would cost too much to save them.

\"Goodbye\" came from \"God bye\" which came from \"God be with you.\"

Tube trains travelled 76.4 million kilometres last year.

Shirley Temple was considered to play the role of Dorothy in \"The Wizard of Oz.\"

In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners

Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.

Octopuses only touch in situations of mating or aggression. Female octopuses sometimes do both, strangling and eating the male after mating.

The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet

Tasmania, Australia has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.

The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern.

The human brain can zero in on each thing in turn.

To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times

Sharks are immune to cancer

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.

The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

The shortest escalator is Stratford, with a vertical rise of 4.1m.

Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years

Most people break up on Mondays.

The verb \"cleave\" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

There are only two tube station names that contain all five vowels: Mansion House, and South Ealing.

Your nostrils work one at a time.

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

Rodent's teeth never stop growing.

There was once a country called Prussia. After World War II, it was divided among Poland, Germany, and the USSR

Since 1990 the United States has added more acres of forest than it has lost, with almost 20 million new acres of forest land added in the last 2 decades.

Jim Bristoe, an American, invented a 30-foot-long, 2-ton pumpkin cannon that can fire pumpkins up to five miles.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The world’s smallest mammal, a Bumblebee Bat, weighs about the same as a U.S. dime. Native to Myanmar and Thailand, these bats are endangered.

There’s very little evidence the TSA has ever stopped a terrorist or found a real bomb. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time.

The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max

The first toilet ever seen on television was on \"Leave It To Beaver\".

In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.

The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called \"chad.\"

When Michael Emerson was cast for the major television show Lost, he was only intended to be on for three episodes. However, the producers were so impressed with him that they promoted him to a series regular.

The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922

The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together

On average, a strawberry has 200 seeds on it

A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

A group of hippos is called a “bloat.”

Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday.

About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus

January 17th is known as “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day.”

Dogs have a total of 42 teeth when they are fully grown.

Male sea horses are the ones that get impregnated rather than the females. Males have a pouch on their belly that provides incubation for the female?s eggs and they can have up to 1500 babies at one time

The average human blinks their eyes 6,205,000 times each year.

The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles

The Faberge, \"Winter Egg\" was sold in 1994 for $5.6 million. This is the most expensive decorative egg that has ever been sold

The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night

The largest member of the dolphin family are orcas

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House

A red blood cell takes only about 20 seconds to make a complete circuit through your body.

Rabbits can’t puke.

As per the Shark Tank contract, if you mention the name of any company you own, then Shark Tank automatically owns 5% of that company or gets 2% of the lifetime profits.

Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste

The cross bow was invented by the Chinese and records of its usage goes back to as far as the Three Kingdom Period (220 a.d.-280 a.d.).

In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States

Cans of diet soda will float in water but regular soda cans will sink.

An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year

Camel’s have three eyelids.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on \"Leave It To Beaver\"

A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds

Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries

Walt Disney holds the world record for the most Academy Awards won by one person, he has won twenty statuettes, and twelve other plaques and certificates

The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear

Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.

And trees weren't always biodegradable.

There were claims the first baby born on the Underground was called Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor (so that her initials would have read TUBE) but this story later proved false – her actual name was Marie Cordery.

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever

In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip

All polar bears are left-handed.

898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.

Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth

The London Passenger Transport Board was nationalised and became the London Transport Executive in 1948.

Some farmers in Japan have learned to grow their watermelons into a square shape. They did this to conserve shelf space

An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day

The only English place that has a name that ends with an exclamation mark is \"Westward Ho!\"

The Northern line has the highest maximum number of trains required for scheduled peak period service: 91.

Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, thereby setting a new world's record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101.

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

Native Indians have been known to paint their doors blue, which they believe keeps the bad spirits out

The average computer user blinks seven times a minute, the normal rate is twenty times per minute.

The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles

Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999)

Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. He was found and stopped by his best friend Bernie Taupin.

While filming Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey had his crown temporarily removed – that chipped tooth is real and a result of a childhood fight.

The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii

The music group Simply Red got its name from band member Mick Hucknall, who has red hair

It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation

It’s impossible to tickle yourself.

In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.

From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain

The people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is

The suggested day to day admission of water is 8 cups each day.

Allergy season is getting longer and more intense each year.

It's legal for anyone over 5 years old to drink alcohol in the UK.,

A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour

In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway.

The U.S. bought Alaska for 2 cents an acre from Russia.

The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting

Medical errors are the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In the U.S. 7 out of 10 homes use candles

The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old

In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game

According to research, the most productive workday is Tuesday and the least productive is Friday

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

In the United States, six tubs of Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, are sold every second

During World War II, there was not enough sugar in the U.S. to make candy as it was sent to the troops overseas. At this time, popcorn was consumed three times more than its usual amount

Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime

The first music video ever played on MTV Europe was by Dire Straits, \"Money For Nothing.\"

Most snakes have six rows of teeth

\"dous\":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

Coca-Cola was first served in 1886. At that time, only 9 colas were served on an average day, 3,285 a year. Today, 19,400 Coke products are consumed every second.

There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem

Butte County, South Dakota is the geographical center of the U.S.

Butterflies taste with their feet

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

The Hubble telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light at a dime that is two hundred miles away.

Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.

Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age ofthe Rolling Stones: 50.6.

Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food

The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.

The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as twenty-five minutes

Angelina Jolie performed her own stunts whilst filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat

Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color

One ton of grapes can produce 720 bottles of wine

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile

The Underground helped over 200,000 children escape to the countryside during the Second World War.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

The word Spain means \"the land of rabbits.\"

A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow

The average Hostess Twinkie is 68 percent air as measured by volume according to university researchers

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a \"Friday the 13th.\"

Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has such severe dyslexia that he didn’t read his first novel until he was 38.

In 1986, one year after Steve Jobs resigned as chairman, Apple launched a clothing line called “The Apple Collection”.

Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph

Fried spiders taste like nuts

In a year, the average Americans eats approximately 18 pounds of Turkey

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres

Most fleas do not live past a year old

The term “soccer” comes from the UK, where it was derived from a short form of “Association Football.”

The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day

A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945

When the are in danger, kangaroos will beat the ground loudly with their hind feet

The U.S. Supreme Court has its own private basketball court. It’s been nicknamed, “The Highest Court in the Land”.

It takes light from the Sun 8 minutes to reach Earth.

The largest NFL stadium is the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap

Movie trailers got their name because they were originally shown after the movie.

The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war

During World War II, Queen Elizabeth II, then an 18-year-old princess, trained in London as a mechanic and military truck driver.

After the war, the deep level shelter at Clapham South housed immigrants from the West Indies.

Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.

The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.

The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.

The New York Yankees have appeared in the World Series a league leading 38 times and won 26 titles

A pound of houseflies contains more protein than a pound of beef

While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

The fastest bird in the world is the Peregrine Falcon, which can reach speeds in excess of two hundred miles per hour

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

In Britain, one out of every four potatoes is eaten in the form of french fries

NASDAQ stand for, \"National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.\"

The Food and Drug Administration says the most common injury from cosmetics comes from scratching the eye with a mascara wand

Spain leads the world in cork production

High heeled shoes were originally created for men.

In his youth, United States president George W. Bush used to play for the Midland (Texas) Central Little League. He played the position of the catcher

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.

Lord Byron allegedly kept a pet bear in his dorm room while studying at Cambridge University.

The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.

In Australia, a dust-devil is called a \"willy-willy

The "pound" key on your keyboard () is called an octotroph.

In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

Every year, Burger King restaurants prepare over 950,000 pounds of bacon for their breakfast customers

$283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

Shakespeare invented the word \"assassination\" and \"bump.\"

Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.

Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims

A pound of houseflies contains more protein than a pound of beef

In Greece, the climate is so warm that many of the cinemas do not even have roofs

The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters

Sharks are capable of going at least 6 weeks without eating; the record observed in an aquarium is 15 months by a species of shark known as the swell sharks)

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia

Your small intestine is the largest internal organ in your body.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is \"screeched.\"

The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665

66% of wedding cards are hand delivered by people

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas

Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.

The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

The American Airlines Sports Center, in Dallas, has most toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the USA

Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century. During that time it was provided in the form of a drink and since drinking wine during lent was a sin, so was drinking chocolate

Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races

In Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows

15 million blood cells are destroyed in the human body every second.

Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear

In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water

There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases

Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men

A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet

Kentucky has more bourbon than people.

Spam mail got its name from the canned meat after a Monty Python skit that made fun of Spam as tasting “horrible and being ubiquitous and inescapable.”

On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth

There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.

Mules have one horse and one donkey for a parent

In WWII, when allied armies reached the Rhine River the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it). Gen. Patton had himself photographed in the act

After he retired, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s secret service code name became “Scorecard” because of his affinity for golf.

It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times

Cats’ urine glows under a black light.

Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000

Nearly all species to have ever existed on Earth are extinct.

Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in

Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

Walt Disney had a fear of mice

On average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church

India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century

One in seven workers in Boston, Massachusetts walks to work.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.

The human nose can distinguish north of 1 trillion unique fragrances.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper right-hand corner of the \"1\" encased in the \"shield\" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner

A female oyster produces 100 million young in her lifetime, the typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year, and it is possible for one female cat to be responsible for the birth of 20,736 kittens in four years. Michelle Druggar holds the record for largest human family, having given birth to 17 children.

Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States

More than half the time spent in United States courts is cases that involve automobiles

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH.”

About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight in case of war or emergency, they could be used as airstrips.

Deliberately infecting people with malaria has been used to cure different viral infections. The high fever will strengthen the immune system and fight the virus. In recent times this has been considered as a treatment to HIV

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

The most common name in world is Mohammed.

Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence

The first American astronaut in space was Alan B. Shepard Jr

Ed Sheeran has a ketchup bottle tattooed on his arm.

Centuries ago in India, a person could get their nose chopped off for breaking the law

The famous jewelry store Tiffany & Co. was established on September 18, 1837 in New York City. The amount of sales that were made the first day were $4.98

The only nation whose name begins with an \"A\ but doesn't end in an \"A\" is Afghanistan.

The meaning of Siberia is \"sleeping land.\"

Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw

55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year

The cast of Friends still earns around $20 million each year.

Every second, 630 steel cans are recycled

Passion fruits have a tranquilizing effect on the body

A group of crows is called a murder

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

If all the insects in the world were put on a scale, they would out weigh all creatures

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

The Lion King is the top grossing Disney movie of all-time with domestic gross intake of $312 million

One single teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.

Giant flying foxes, which are a type of bat, that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter \"A\".

In America, approximately 20% of children between the ages of 2 - 7 have televisions in their rooms

There are some ice creams that are 75% air

The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet

A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist

The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair

In Australia, there are nearly twice the amount of kangaroos as there are humans.

The most difficult Chinese character requires 62 total strokes to write. The word itself, “biang” holds no meaning.

85% of Valentine’s Day Cards are bought by women.

The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, \"Mary had a little lamb.\"

In England, a cigarette is referred to as a fag

The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia

In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.

Cats have over 100 vocal sounds; dogs only have 10.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order

In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said \"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.\"

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

A slug has four noses

In the original Psycho movie, the blood in the famous shower scene was actually chocolate syrup.

In Korea, there is a breed of dog called a Sapsali, which was originally thought to banish ghosts and evil spirits.

The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter \"X,\" they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas

Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit

The town of Calma, Chile in the Atacama Desert has never had rain.

The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year

The first telephone call from the White House was from Rutherford Hayes to Alexander Graham Bell

“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

The Amazon Forest is the largest natural rainforest in the world. At 2.7 million square miles, it covers 40% of South America.

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours

Lasting only 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 is generally considered to be the shortest war in history.

There is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. In a group of 367 people, it is a 100% chance. But only 70 people are required for a 99.9% chance.

Barbie's full name is "Babara Millicent Roberts."

Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump

William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel

In 1905, the first pizzeria in the U.S. opened in New York City

In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.

It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate

The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the \"Land of the Midnight Sun\" is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep

The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933

Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk or cafe au lait on cereal for breakfast

Those metal studs on your jeans have a purpose. They’re placed on certain spots to add extra support where the denim is more likely to wear out and rip.

An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home

If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc

Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida

On average, a person has two million sweat glands

Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

Blueberries have more antioxidents than any other fruit or vegetables

3.9% of all women do not wear underwear.

To \"testify\" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

An adult \"Gold Frog\" measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length

The surface of Mars is covered in rust, making the planet appear red.

The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years

One in seven workers in Boston, Massachusetts walks to work.

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

In the game of Monopoly, the most landed on properties are B&O Railroad, Illinois Avenue, and \"Go.\"

Approximately 200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die each day

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females

The toothbrush was invented in China in 1498.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours

Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).

Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party

In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of for to seven weeks

Frisbee got its name from William Russel Frisbee, who was a pie baker. He used to sell his pies in a thin tin pan, which had Frisbee written on it. When Walter Frederick Morrison thought of the idea of making saucer like disks to play catch, he visited the campus of Yale and noticed people there were using the pie pan to play catch so he therefore renamed his invention to Frisbee

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

Seniors who drink a cup of coffee before a memory test score higher than those who drink a cup of decaffeinated coffee

Nicki Minaj is acrophobic, meaning she is afraid of heights.

The lifespan of a rhinoceros is generally 50 years

There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.

In 2002, the most popular car color in North America was silver.

In the past 60 years, the groundhog has only predicted the weather correctly 28% of the time. The rushing back and forth from burrows is believed to indicate sexual activity, not shadow seeking

Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids

40 percent of the almonds in the world are used by manufacturers of chocolate

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years

The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.

On average, there is about three molecules of ozone for every 10 million air molecules.

Gases that build up in your large intestine cause flatulence. It usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes for these gases to pass through your system

A person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor neurone disease

There are a million ants for every person on Earth.

Mice will nurse babies that are not their own

A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.

The largest ice cream sundae was made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream, was 12 feet high and had 7000 pounds of toppings on it. This was made in Anaheim, California in 1985

Most laughter isn't because things are funny.

If you multiply 1089 x 9, you get the exact reverse, 9801.

Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of snot

Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun

The closest world to our Smooth Way is the Andromeda system, which is 2.5 million light-years away.

Coca-Cola was originally green

The theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters is \"Sweet Georgia Brown.\"

In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened

Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics

On a bottle of brandy VSOP stand for \"Very Special Old Pale.\"

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

Enamel is hardest substance in the human body

Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.

Women hearts beat faster than men

In efforts to undercut the Dreamcast’s sales of the upcoming SEGA release, Sony announced the PlayStation 2 and exaggerated its performance capabilities.

\"You\" is the second most spoken English word

Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by astronauts.

The most common name in Italy is Mario Rossi.

Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha’s.

The Great Pyramid of Giza actually has eight sides rather than four. All of the other pyramids have just four sides.

Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second

The world camel population is close to 19 million

One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day

The medical term for a gurgling stomach is “borborygmus”.

Brompton Road (now disused) on the Piccadilly, Line was apparently used as a control room for anti-aircraft guns.

Dogs like squeaky toys for a dark reason.

King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

During the Prohibition era, the U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.

Rice is thrown at weddings as a symbol of fertility

A diet high in fat is said to impede memory

The Christmas season begins after sunset on December 24th and lasts until January 5th. This is also known as the Twelve Days of Christmas

The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history

The first Primark store opened in Dublin in June 1969 under the name Penney’s.

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells

Termites do more damage in the U.S. ever year than all the fires, storms and earthquakes combined. They do an average of $750 million in damage annually

The London Underground trains were originally steam powered.

A lion in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year.

The TV show \"Saturday Night Live\" made its debut on October 11, 1975

Although the outsides of a bone are hard, they are generally light and soft inside. They are about 75% water

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan

The fictitious station of Walford East, which features in the long-running soap opera Eastenders, is supposed to be on the District Line.

In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later

The average distance travelled by each Tube train annually stands at around 114,500 miles.

4% of an apples is made up of minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up of water

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

A standard 12oz jar of honey takes 864 bees to produce.

In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks

Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed \"wickies\" because they tended the lamps wick

Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Studies indicate that listening to music is good for digestion

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts

Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to stuff a pillow

\"I am.\" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Dolphins hear by having sound waves transmit through their skull to their inner ear region

The word \"maverick\" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick

The reason why locusts swarm are because when they are in groups, a \"hot-spot\" behind their hind legs is stimulated, which in turn causes their destructive nature. A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn in a day

Children grow faster in the springtime.

Hugh Jackman often will tell the paparazzi where he is when he goes home to Australia so they can get their photos, then leave him alone for the rest of his visit.

Czechs are the biggest consumers of beer per male in the world.

In an episode of the 1962 cartoon The Jestons, Jane Jetson is talking through a video phone. The phone number of The Jetsons was VENUS-1234

Termites outweigh humans by almost ten to one.

The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women

Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep

In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch

Americans eat an estimated 13 billion hamburgers each year.

The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919

There’s a village in Norway called Hell, and it freezes over every winter.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day

Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.

You can be fined up to $1,000 for whistling on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Copper door knobs are self-disinfecting.

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears

Batman and Predator exist in the same fictional universe. Since 1991, they have been featured together in three comic books.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario

The Chihuahua was named after the Mexican state where they were discovered

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's \"Its A Wonderful Life.\"

Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.

Astronomers once believed a planet named Vulcan existed between Mercury and the Sun

In 1984, Ronald Reagan declared the month of July to be \"National Ice Cream Month.\"

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

In Alabama, it is illegal to participate in shooting, hunting, gaming, card playing, or racing on Sundays. The fine ranges from $10 to $100.

Paper was invented early in the second century by Chinese eunuch.

Only 23% of New Zealand families have more than two children

Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin

The song \"Strawberry Fields Forever\" sung by the Beatles refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Doug Engelbart created the very first computer mouse from wood in 1964.

Mr. and Mrs. originated from using the words master and mistress.

People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for foods that taste bitter

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

Poland is the \"stolen car capital of the world\".

The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.

Roughly 33% of cats are not affected by catnip. The euphoric reaction commonly associated with catnip is hereditary.

There are 14 journeys between stations that take less than a minute on average.

On Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:55 AM, the attack on Pearl Harbor commenced

In 1998, Ten Speed Press publishing company published a book, \"The Eat A Bug Cookbook\" by David George Gordon that contains over 33 bug recipes

Researchers have shot footage of Orcas (killer whales) attacking and killing great white sharks

Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, andBudweiser, in that order.

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I

The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.

The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit

The Waterloo and City Line has the fewest stations (no intermediate stations)

There’s a city called “Rome” on every continent except Antarctica.

Bees actually have knees. The expression comes from the fact that they store large build-ups of pollen in hairy baskets on their knees.

Armadillos can be housebroken

Originally, cigarette filters were made out of cork, the look of which was incorporated into today’s pattern.

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, which is seventy straight days

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, butnochannel 1.

Don’t like mosquitoes? Get a bat. They could eat 3,000 insects a night.

Seventy-one percent of households report they have at least one snorer. Forty-five percent of those surveyed admit they snore, 35% said their partner snores, 12% said their child snores and 9% reported their pet snores

In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet

In 1942 the Jello company introduced Cola flavored jello, which only lasted a year

Julius Caesar’s only son, Caesarion, was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Even though Cleopatra swears he is Caesar’s son, Caesar never officially acknowledged him.

Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.

At one time the group \"Grateful Dead\" were called \"The Warlocks.\"

One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th Century.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on \"Leave It to Beaver.\"

African heart-nosed bats can have such a keen sense of sound that they can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand from six feet away

Between 1997-2002, there was an increase of 228% in cosmetic procedures in the United States

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The Smooth Way system is assessed to contain between 100 billion and 400 billion stars.

A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.

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One-quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet.

The word \"comet\" comes from the Greek word \"kometes\" meaning long hair and referring to the tail

When the historic Plaza Hotel in NYC opened in 1907, a room cost $2.50 per night, the same as $64.26 today. The Plaza now charges over $1,000/night.

Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles

There's an entire town under a rock.

Due to sugar shortages to make candy during World War II, movie theatre owners turned to popcorn, which is now the best selling snack at movie theatres today

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Eating parsley after eating an onion can help in getting rid of onion breath

Space smells like seared steak.

Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world

The word “barbarian” originally referred to people who don’t speak Greek. The Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying “bar bar bar” all the time.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow.

Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people

The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis

Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth

During the war, some stations (now mostly disused) were converted into government offices: a station called Down Street was used for meetings of the Railway Executive Committee, as well as for the War Cabinet before the Cabinet War Rooms were built.

Sports Illustrated has the largest sports magazine circulation

Ron Swanson’s character on Parks and Recreation is based on a real person – a woman who works in a high bureaucratic position who is also anti-government.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

99% of the blueberries that are produced in the United States are produced in the state of Maine

One third of all cancers are sun related.

Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898

Back in 1953, it took 27 hours to make one Marshmallow Peep. Now it takes only six minutes

A myrmecologist studies ants

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

King's Cross St Pancras tube station is served by more Underground lines than any other station on the network.

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command \"go hang yourself.\"

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Honey is the only natural food made without destroying any life.

In New York State, it is illegal to but any alcohol on Sundays before noon.

To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked

Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads or online apps for dating are already married.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby

A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day

In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.

Studies indicate that weightlifters working out in blue gyms can handle heavier weights

The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England

The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days

Some Maryland residents are taxed for the rain.

A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why

Calling “shotgun” when riding in a car comes from the term “shotgun messenger.”

Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

The most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular

The name of the award given to honor the best sites on the Internet is called \"The Webby Award.\"

The “dot” over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.

The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs

Danes once bred a pig to look like the flag.

The largest living organism in the world is a fungus. It is in Oregon, covering 2,200 acres and is still growing.

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

There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand

Cats once delivered mail in Belgium.

The human heart weighs less than a pound

The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.

A Connecticut Toy maker, Herobuilders, sells action figures of President George W. Bush, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which are all major figures tied to the September 11, 2001 WTC attacks

In the early 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (like two-way radios in taxis) but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.

Dragonflies are capable of flying sixty miles per hour, making them one of the fastest insects. This is good since they are in a big hurry, as they only live about twenty-four hours.

You can sail all the way around the world at latitude 60 degrees south.

There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas

The feet have approximately 250,000 sweat glands

On September 3, 1970, a hailstone was found in Coffeyville, Kansas that was eight inches in diameter and weighed 1.67 pounds.

Chocolate maker Cadbury uses more than sixty thousand tonnes of cocoa each year, in the United Kingdom alone

The average Super Bowl party has 18 people

Printed on the tablet being held by the Statue of Liberty is July IV, MDCCLXXVI

The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death

The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie \"Barbarella.\"

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

Mr. Butts invented the game SCRABBLE. The game was originally called \"Criss Cross Words.\"

In 1958 the United States sent three mice into space named, Mia, Laska and Benji

The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.

The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert

Chili Powder was invented in the 19th century in the American Southwest

In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak. This strategy saved 8,000 people.

98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

Sting and Paul McCartney are both rumoured to have busked on the Underground in disguise.

It takes the stomach an hour to break down cows’ milk.

Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

There's a textbook written entirely by an AI author.

Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.

There is a doggy disco held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday

The total number of episodes for the sitcom \"I Love Lucy\" was 180

In 1986 Congress & President Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-359, which changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. It was estimated to save the nation about 300,000 barrels of oil each year by adding most of the month April to D.S.T.

Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.

The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year

The 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was able to write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time

The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger

Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other in their mother’s womb before they are even born.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

The amount of blood a female mosquito drinks per serving is five millionths of a liter

When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours

The first recipe for a lasagna type dish was found to be from a British cookbook in the 14th century. Therefore, Italians were not the first ones to come up with the popular dish as believed

Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.

The chances of getting a cavity is higher if candy is eaten slowly throughout the day compared to eating it all at once and then brushing your teeth

Gary, Indiana is the murder capital of the U.S. - probably the world.

A drink used to be made by the Aztecs for the gods which had the ingredients of ground cocoa mixed in with spices and corn

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight, and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Skippy Peanut Butter is sold more in the world than any other peanut butter

The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced

Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy

Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went

Bees have 5 eyes.

The average lifespan of an eyelash is five months.

After three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had previously been using only two letters simply added an X.

The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."

A French general gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator. Adams kept it in one of the White House bathtubs and enjoyed showing it off.

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms oftheir hands.

Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie \"Chicago.\" Richard Gere ended up playing the role

There were 240 pedestrian fatalities in New York City in 1994.

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

The serial number of the first MAC ever produced was 2001.

The only state to grow pineapples is Hawaii

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

In 1976, fourteen banks merged to form a bank credit card called \"Mastercharge.\" This was later renamed to what is now know as \"Mastercard.\"

There's a giant fish with a transparent head.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

McDonald restaurants serve food and drink to an amazing 43 million customers on a daily basis

In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year

Porcupines can float in water.

The very first computerized camera was made in 1975.

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means \"apple sauce\" in Japanese

Beaver bum goo is occasionally used to enhance vanilla flavorings.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away

Lack of sleep can affect your immune system and reduce your ability to fight infections

On average, an American relocates 11 times in their life

Rhode Island might be the smallest state in terms of land area, but Wyoming is the least populated.

Every Pixar movie contains a reference to the Pixar movie that comes after it.

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites

101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .

The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism

The majority of Americans choose dogs over love.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sportsgames (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after theMajorLeague All-Star Game.

The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia

Only two mammals like spicy food: humans and the tree shrew.

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th.

With an average height of about 13,000 feet and stretching for 4,300 miles, the Andes Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter

Nintendo has existed as a company since 1889,

The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

The Central Line has the most tube stations with no surface building (Bank, Bethnal Green, Chancery Lane, Gants Hill, Notting Hill Gate)

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Bees sometimes sting other bees.

There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”

A Czech man, Jan Honza Zampa, holds the record for drinking one liter of beer in 4.11 seconds.

Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year

The smallest park in the world is a circle in a street 2 feet across.,

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

The \"naked recreation and travel\" industry has grown by 233% in the past decade

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Other than London, Liverpool is the most filmed British city, and was used to film more than 140 films in 2002

People used to answer the phone by saying “ahoy” instead of “hello.”

Wonder Woman has a black sister, Nubia. She was sculpted from black clay-like Diana was sculpted from white clay.

About 55% of all movies are rated R.

Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!

Dieting can cause bad breath since less saliva is produced which leads to dry mouth

Scatologists are experts who study feces. (aka. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc.)

In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.

The best selling Crayola crayon box is the set of 24 crayons

English accounts for 50% of visited webpages, even though the amount of English users is only 26%. Russian accounts for the 2nd most visited pages at only 6%.

Roughly 30% of the Earth’s remaining mineral resources can be found in Africa.

During the first live iPhone presentation, Steve Jobs had to frequently switch phones behind his desk. Otherwise, it would run out of RAM and crash.

Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories

Per capita, the happiest countries in the world also rank highest in terms of consumers of antidepressants.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

Research has indicated that approximately eleven minutes are cut off the life of an average male smoker from each cigarette smoked

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed

A person would have to drink more than 12 cups of hot cocoa to equal the amount of caffeine found in one cup of coffee

For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America

The first 4th of July celebration was in 1777.

All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

You can now get a headstone with a QR code. Called “Living Headstones,” they show pages with photos, video biography, and comments from loved ones.

The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception

Manatees can get frostbite in water below 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20°C). Their fat is not designed to insulate them from the cold.

In a year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur in the U.S

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

The list of ingredients that make up lipstick include fish scales

Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.

Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!

Mangos are valued for their reputation as an aphrodisiac in countries such as Guatemala and India

1 in 5 of the world's doctors are Russian.

Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13

A Brussels airline flight to Vienna was aborted because the pilot was attacked in the cockpit. The attacker was a passenger’s cat.

Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S

The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items.

Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips

One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds

The US Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that a tomato is a vegetable and not a fruit.,

Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Frank Wathernam was the last prisoner to leave Alcatraz prison on March 21, 1963

World Tourist day is observed on September 27.

When you exercise, the burned fat metabolizes to become carbon dioxide, water, and energy. Meaning that you exhale the fat that you lose.

98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius

New Jersey had 4 Governors in the span of 8 days in early 2002. The shortest term of those was served by John Farmer Jr. for 90 minutes.

There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use

The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower

The A.D. and B.C. system was not proposed until 525 A.D. by a monk. However, it was not widely used until the 9th Century.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.

The hump of a camel can weigh up to 35 kilograms

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!

The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels

The Underground has the oldest section of underground railway in the world, which opened in 1863.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion

There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.

President Ulysses S. Grant was arrested while in office. He was charged, booked, and released for speeding on a horse and had to pay a fine.

Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah

Crabs have very small hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to help detect water currents and vibrations

Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley who died at birth

The highest toll paid by a ship to cross the Panama Canal was by the Crown Princess on May 2, 1993 in the amount of $141,349.97 U.S. funds

Scientists can identify the brain waves that signal someone is having an angry dream.

Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed

The most popular grown bulbs are tulips

Toy Story helped sell the Etch-a-Sketch.

In 1755, the first Canadian post office opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fist Deputy Postmaster General was American inventor Benjamin Franklin who was later dismissed for sympathizing with the American revolutionary cause

When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.

The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world

In the wild, the poinsettia flower can reach a height of 12 feet, and have leaves that are eight inches across.

Maine is the only state that has borders with only one other state.

14% of Americans have skinny-dipped with a member of the opposite sex at least once.

A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs… but not downstairs.

Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men

The surface of the human skin is 6.5 square feet (2m).

On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls

Jupiter’s red spot is getting taller and smaller at the same time.

There's a Scottish term for hesitating when introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.

The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.

You can sneeze faster than a cheetah can run.

The pumpkin is a member of the cucurbit family, which are gourds, such as cucumbers and squashes.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

7 out of 10 people believe in life after death

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

The word tulip comes from the Turkish word for turban

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge

The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate

Another word to refer to old age is senectitude

In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers

The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare

Margherita Pizza uses tomato, mozzarella, and basil toppings to represent the Italian national flag. It was originally to honor the Queen of Italy in 1890.

Dalmatian puppies do not have any spots on them when they are born. They actually develop them as they get older

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper

Serial killer Ted Bundy once received a commendation from the Seattle Police Department for chasing down a purse snatcher.

The word “velociraptor” comes from the Latin words “velox” which means swift, and “raptor,” which means robber. Literally – speedy robber!

There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon

The first television show to show any portion of a toilet was on \"Leave it to Beaver.\" After fighting for ten weeks to show the toilet, CBS would only allow the producers to show the toilet tank, and not the whole toilet

Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period

On average, a whole chicken from the grocery store weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces

“Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico

President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.

In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada

The official state mammal of Texas is the armadillo

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water

Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 times/day, making the average child more optimistic, curious, and creative than the adult.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.

On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs

Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

Deforestation is answerable for the deficiency of 18 million sections of land of woodland consistently.

98% of Japanese are cremated.

There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars

The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

During the Second World War, part of the Piccadilly line (Holborn - Aldwych branch), was closed and British Museum treasures were stored in the empty spaces.

Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die Hard when he was in his 70s.

The largest hamburger cooked in the world weighed in at 6,040 pounds

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum

The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60,000 taxis.

The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.

The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling

The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a week without water

Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946

Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.

The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA

The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches

There is a certain type of Hawk Moth caterpillar from Brazil that inflates its thorax, which makes its head look like a head of a snake when it feels it is in danger or alarmed

96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

Silk was developed in China were it was kept a secret for more than two thousands years. Anyone found trying to smuggle silkworm eggs or cocoons out of the country was immediately put to death

The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

People of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured gelatin Jell-O in the United States

Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months

In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

When spliced together, there are 26 minutes of quiet staring in the Twilight film series.

The word Karate means, \"empty hand.\"

Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

There are over 600 different pasta shapes

The average person spends 12 weeks a year 'looking for things'.

A restaurant in New York employs grandmas as chefs.

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Olives, which grow on trees, were first cultivated 5,000 years ago in Syria

About 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out weird sexual positions per year.

To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

During the holiday season, approximately $220 million worth of Poinsettias are sold

Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill

The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

The football team Green Bay Packers comes from a meat packing company called Acme Packing

The Kool Aid Man used to be known as \"Pitcher Man\" when he was first introduced in 1975

On average, 97 chickens are killed every 0.05 seconds worldwide.

Pepsi got its name from the ingredient pepsin, which is said to aid in digestion, however, it is not known

A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat.

People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack

The KKK headquarters were purchased by the Catholic Church and then turned into a church.

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations

One acre of wheat can produce enough bread to feed a family of four people for about ten years

Despite their names, Iceland isn’t covered in ice and Greenland isn’t very green.

Every year, more than one million miles of Twizzlers licorice is made

In 2001, the five most valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia

The most used hashtags on Instagram are #love, #instagood, #me, #cute and #follow.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer's disease.

King Henry VIII had a “Groom of the Stool”, whose job was to monitor and assist in the King’s bowel motions. The role remained in existence until King Edward VII abolished it in 1901.

The Tube carried one billion passengers in a year for the first time in 2007.

Our European ancestors were cannibals.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator.

A standard slinky measures 87 feet when stretched out.

Two out of five people end up marrying their first love

Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups

The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908.

The station with the most platforms is Baker Street with 10 (Moorgate also has 10 platforms but only six are used by Tube trains - others are used by overground trains).

On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred.

Forgiveness is the number one trait linked to happiness in humans.

California consumes more bottled water than any other product.

The record for visiting all the stations on the London Underground network – known as the Tube Challenge – is currently held by Ronan McDonald and Clive Burgess of the United Kingdom, who completed the challenge in 16 hours, 14 minutes and 10 seconds on February 19, 2015

The country code for Russia is \"007\".

There are only two countries in the world that use the color purple in their flag.,

Although dingoes are about the same size as a Springer Spaniel, they are brave enough to target an adult kangaroo when hunting in packs.

Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the Niagara River

In France, the Big Dipper is called the \"casserole.\"

In 1657, the first chocolate house was opened in London, England. The cost of chocolate was about 13 shillings per pound and was a drink that only the elite enjoyed

Two million red blood cells die every second

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

In 1908, the first machine to make lollipops opened for business in New Haven, Connecticut

New Mexico is known as the \"Land of Enchantment.\"

The total spend on adult Halloween costumes each year in America is $1.5 billion.

There are 10 times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand in the world’s deserts and beaches.

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The first ever air-conditioned, walk-through Underground train ran on the Metropolitan line in 2010.

In 18th Century England, having a pineapple was a symbol of wealth because of high import fees. They would be used as displays instead of being eaten.

There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle

Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold

In the 1920's, Q-Tips were invented by Leo Gerstenzang who got the idea after watching his wife clean their baby's ears with cotton stuck onto a toothpick.

Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from \"Clifford The Big Red Dog.\"

An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to give speeches like other MPs.

Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.

Honey is the only food which does not spoil.

Statues in parks: If the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

The name for Oz in the \"Wizard of Oz\" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z; hence the name \"OZ.\"

The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.

The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing \"melanin\" which gives the hair colour

Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

The Apollo astronauts’ footprints on the Moon could stay there for 100 million years.

The thyroid cartilage is more commonly known as the adams apple.

Earl Dean developed the bottle design for Coca-Cola

The word \"super\" to a beekeeper refers to the hive box where the honey is stored

The song \"Happy Birthday\" brings in about $2 million in licensing revenue to Warner Communications who hold the copyright to the song

The average speed on the Underground is 20.5 miles per hour including station stops.

The most popular recipient of Valentine cards are school teachers

George Washington grew hemp in his garden

Redheads aren't actually going extinct.

Common Cobra venom is not on the list of top 10 venoms yet it is still 40 times more toxic than cyanide.

Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario

Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus

Dolphins have been trained to be used in wars.

Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.

Mardi Gras means \"Fat Tuesday.\" This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year

In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone

Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

The phrase \"Mind the gap\" dates back to 1968. The recording that is broadcast on stations was first done by Peter Lodge, who had a recording company in Bayswater.

Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.

Venus spins the wrong way compared to other planets.,

An average person laughs about 15 times a day

In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letteris uncopyrightable.

Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.

Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their fingerprint.

Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.

The Olympics were originally held for the Greek god Zeus

The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel

Rhythm is the longest English word without a vowel.

Of the stations that have stairs, Hampstead Station has the most steps (320 in total).

Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998

The average person laughs 10 times a day!

The hormone replacement drug \"Premarin\" is made from the urine of pregnant horses

On average, PewDiePie receives around 2 million YouTube views on each video after only 24 hours of uploading them.

At one point, 50% of the CDs produced worldwide had an AOL logo on them. The cost for the marketing campaign was in the billions – and it worked.

Cats urine glows under a black light.

The patent number of the telephone is 174465.

A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.

In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1

The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long

Ironically, watermelons, which are 92% water, originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa

IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.

A group of whales is called a pod or gam

It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

There are over 1,800 known species of fleas

Bats can detect food up to 18 feet away and what type of insect the food may be using their sense of echolocation

The average bank teller loses about $250 every year

Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell

Every day, the Hubble telescope transmits enough data to fit 10,000 standard computer disks

Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old

A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men admit to coloring their hair

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.

The name for Oz in \"The Wizard of Oz\" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence \"Oz.\"

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was \"Rock the Casba\" by the Clash.

Keeping your car tuned up is a good way to save on gas. A car that is tuned up is 9% more efficient on gasoline.

Writing down your worries before taking an exam can help combat test anxiety, improve performance and boost your test scores.

In the United States birds and planes collided more than 22,000 times between the years of 1990 and 1998

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws.

A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour

Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world

The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth

It's illegal to spit on the sidewalk in Norfolk, Virginia.

An ear of corn consists of 80% water

The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack, but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.

The Underground was first used for air raid shelters in September 1940.

In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour

August 21st is Senior Citizen’s Day – a day to honor the older generation.

The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in the movie \"Silence of the Lambs.\" She turned down the role because she found it too scary

Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards

In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark

There have been 191 coops in Bolivia since it became a sovereign country in 1825

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is \"screeched.\"

Sleeping through summer is called “estivation.”

Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago

Aulophobia is an exaggerated or irrational fear of flutes.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

A series of animal shapes have also been highlighted in the London Underground map, first discovered by Paul Middlewick in 1988. They're created using the tube lines, stations and junctions of the London Underground map.

The average human heart beats 3.6 million times a year.

The largest scrambled eggs ever made weighed nearly 3.5 tons.

Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses

In 1996, toy company Mattel released a \"Harley Davidson\" Barbie. This dolls distinctive feature is a birth mark on her face that changes position with every new release of the doll

The typical focusing ability a human is something like 8 seconds.

Eating 11 pounds of apples will make you gain one pound of weight

Ant queens can live for up to 30 years.

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

S.O.S. does not stand for anything. It was created as a universal distress signal because it is a simple, unmistakable message when sent via Morse Code.

Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well

3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria

Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva

The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.

The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it \"Epsicle.\" The name was later changed to Popsicle

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

The name for the shape of Pringles is called “Hyperbolic Paraboloid.”

The company \"Sony\" was originally called \"Totsuken.\" They felt the name \"Sony\" would be easier to pronounce. The name was invented by a cross between the name \"sonus\" and \"sonny.\" The name sound and sonic are derived. Sonny was used to represent a young man or boy, which would show a energetic young company

Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise located in Paris is the most visited cemetery in the world. The cemetery opened in 1805 and has over one million people buried there, including rock star Jim Morrison

Some people say that when the black bands on the Woolybear caterpillar are wide, a cold winter is coming.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

The fire hydrant patent was lost in a fire.

On average it takes a shark seven days to replace a tooth

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The value of Pi will be officially \"rounded down\" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.

Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes

All of Chrysler's PT Cruisers are built in Mexico.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

Finnish folklore states that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead

“Rap God” by Eminem packs 1,560 words into a 6-minute 4-second song. It holds the world record for most words in a hit single.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country

The Jubilee Line was the only Underground Line to connect with all the others until the East London line ceased to be part of the Underground in 2007 (now the Central Line does too).

Mike Nesmith's (the guitarist of The Monkeys) mom invented White Out.

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.

Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

An interactive novel has been published, set on the London Underground. You can read it here.

By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors

About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.

Bees can communicate with other bees by dancing. Their dance can alert other bees as to which direction and the distance nectar and pollen is located

500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris

In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses

Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year

The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs

Roughly 42% of people in the United Kingdom snore

Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and saved over 77 lives

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac

Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock.

There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

There are about 34,000 species of spiders

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.

There are only four words in the English language which end in \"dous\": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The idea of Christmas cards was invented by Englishman Henry Cole in 1843

In Germany, people help toads cross the road.

Jupiter has over 70 moons.,

Heinz first started making ketchup in 1876 and the recipe has remained the same ever since

St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity

It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, andchocolate.

There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone

A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

Spiders have claws at the ends of their legs

The average person changes their career every 13 years

Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.

The Amazon River Dolphin’s brain capacity is 40 percent larger than humans'.

The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined

On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.

February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis

The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants

There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

During World War II, Russians used dogs strapped with explosives to blow up German tanks. They trained the dogs to associate the tanks with food and ended up destroying about 25 German tanks using this method

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

Acetaminophen, one of the most popular painkillers, restrains masculinity and dulls emotions. It was rejected in 1887 for its side effects, then approved in 1955.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more than 40 million Americans that have \"chronic halitosis,\" which is bad breath that never goes away

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half-caused cancer in rats

For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for 'General Purpose' vehicle.

Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators.

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.

Apples are part of the rose family

In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.

In 1936, the first practical helicopter was invented. It was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61.

James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang

Beethoven used to take hay baths to remedy the swelling he used to get in his legs

A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up

There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.

British scientists have found evidence that heart attacks increase significantly for people who watch soccer penalty shoot-outs

When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover

The nut \"filbert\" got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

The first television broadcast of the Oscars took place in 1953, hosted by Bob Hope on NBC

44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep

More than 100 professional cyclists participate in the Tour de France every year and the race is over 3,200 kilometers

Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have ran a red light

The whole Harry Potter series contains 199 chapters, 4,224 pages, and 1,090,739 words and has been made into 19 hours and 39 minutes of the film.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.

There is a fish with legs. It’s called the Pink Frogmouth.

More than 90% of the Nicaraguan people are Roman Catholic.

One of the levels in Tomb Raider 3 is set in the disused Aldwych tube station, featuring scenes of Lara Croft killing rats.

The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana

Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands

Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced

In 1999, a three headed turtle was discovered by Lin Chi-Fa in his pond in Southern Taiwan

The main space name at any point enlisted was symbolics.com.

An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more

On average, you would need 12.5 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream

The District Line has the most stations: 60.

Every 10 years, the human skeleton repairs and renews itself. Essentially, you have different bones now than you did 10 years ago!

\"Dreamt\" is the only English word that ends in the letters \"mt.\"

The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months.

A cockroach can change directions up to 25 times in a second

DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for \"Douglas Commercial.\"

Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in February, 1959.

Another word for hiccups is \"singultus.\"

The chewing gum Juicy Fruit has 10 calories. This is approximately the same as a bite of whole wheat bread

The surface of the human skin is 6.5 square feet (2m).

An elephant cannot jump

As of December 2018, The Itchy & Scratchy Show that takes place within The Simpsons has 107 episodes.

The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot

In ancient Rome, lead poisoning was a prevalent disease amongst the wealthy because of their extensive use of lead. Many Roman women died because of lead poisoning caused by the use of make-up that contained lead

In 2009, Scottish scientists searching for the Loch Ness Monster found 100,000 golf balls instead.

In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day

The following sentence: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.' Contains the nine different pronunciations of \"ough\" in the English Language.

Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units

A bull can inseminate 300 cows from one single ejaculation.

Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.

Tornados used to be called “twirlblasts” and “twirlwinds” in the 18th century.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

A glockenspiel is a musical instrument that is like a xylophone. It has a series of metal bars and is played with two hammers

Thailand used to be called Siam

Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green

Between 25% and 33% of the population sneeze when exposed to light.

The tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called a “Brannock Device.”

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

The only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by a Western Power is Thailand

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

London Underground has been known as the Tube since 1890 due to the shape of the tunnels.

Cats which have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War

The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre

Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

One in every 9000 people is an albino.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a 6 foot-tall human jumping the length of 7 football fields

Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players

Ketchup was used medicinally in the early 1800s.

Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.

The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.

Invented in 1923, Q-Tips were originally called Baby Gays; then Q-Tip Baby Gays, then finally, just Q-Tips. The Q stands for quality.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.

On November 29, 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an \"Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.\"

Residents of Houston, Texas lead the U.S. in eating out - approximately 4.6 times per week.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart

During World War II, Kit Kat was unavailable due to milk shortages, so the chocolate bar was made without milk

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush

Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

There are over 58 million dogs in the US

You would likely “mutate” in space without a spacesuit.

The world's longest snake (by reliable documentation) is the reticulated python, with a maximum length of, perhaps, 30 feet.

French astronomer Adrien Auzout had once considered building a telescope that was 1,000 feet long in the 1600s. He thought the magnification would be so great, he would see animals on the moon

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.

Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet

Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake

The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.

The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the \"gross.\"

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

In the United States, 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were done in the year 2001

Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China

Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.

You can send a postcard from Hell. There is a small town located in the Cayman Islands called \"Hell.\" They even have a post office

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning \"containing arsenic.\"

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become pale.

A snail can sleep for three years.

The longest town name in the world has 167 letters

There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants

New Jersey grows two-thirds of the world’s eggplants.

Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize

The suffix -stan is Persian for “place of” or “country”, which explains why so many countries end with it.

The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts

Eating grapefruit can restrict the effects of 43 different kinds of medications.

When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy

An octopus has three hearts

Ian Fleming named his character \"James Bond\" after real-life ornithologist and author

A Hungarian named Ladislo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.

People eat insects – called "Entomophagy"(people eating bugs) – it has been practiced for centuries throughout Africa, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and North, Central and South America. Why? Because many bugs are both protein-rich and good sources of vitamins, minerals and fats.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space

Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.

At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a piece of music in half an hour

By mixing nonoplatelets from carrots and other root vegetables, concrete mixtures can be significantly strengthened, meaning less cement is needed to achieve the same effect.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

Girls have more tastebud than boys

Prairie dogs say “hello” by kissing.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, \"Well, are you there?\". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase \"number please?\"

There are more than 7,000 different Caribbean islands, but only about 2% of them are inhabited.

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag

August 17th is known as Black Cat Appreciation Day.

The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing

The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

May 29th is “National Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.” It is celebrated in Europe & USA to bring luck & wealth to the household.

Stewardesses is one of the longest words typed with only the left hand

The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily

The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.

The Tube Challenge record did not appear in the Guinness book of records until its eighth edition in 1960, when it stood at 18 hours, 35 minutes.

In 1785, the city of Paris removed bones from cemeteries to ease the overflow of dead people. They took these bones and stacked them in tunnels now known as the Catacombs. You can visit these tunnel attractions and work your way along long corridors, which are stacked with skulls and bones

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

The name Aspirin was invented from \"A\" in acetyl chloride. The \"spir\" comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the \"in\" was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with \"in.\"

It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.

General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army

The average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. Which is the equivalent of walking about 5 times around the Earth, right on the equator.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.

Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress

In an average lifetime, people spend four years traveling in cars and six months waiting for red light to turn green

The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)

The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye

Witchcraft means \"Craft of the Wise Ones.\"

The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years.

The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants!

Scotland has over 400 words for \snow\,

During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times

The first computer was invented in the 1940s.

Filming on location in the Underground costs £500 per hour (plus VAT) unless you have a crew of less than five.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named \"Jesus Christ.\"

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

The human brain is about 75% water.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

The largest apple pie ever baked was forty by twenty three feet

Montreal is actually located on an island

The most usually polished off drink on the planet is water.

Snails eat with a rasping mouth called a \"radula,\" which has thousands of teeth

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

The average person has four to six dreams a night.

Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.

Walt Disney World would fit inside Canada 81,975 times.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.

The record for the longest Monopoly game played in a bathtub is ninety-nine hours

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960 possible hands

Logan was the most complained about movie in the U.K. in 2017 as viewers felt that the movie was too violent for its 15 rating.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Helen Keller was related to Robert E. Lee. Her paternal grandmother was second-cousins with him.

The appliance that uses the most use of water in the home is the toilet

When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves

The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain.

The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is Denmark

A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph

Over 436,000 U.S. Troops were exposed to depleted uranium during the first Gulf war

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg inthe air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horsehasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie

The oldest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar is Henry Fonda. He was 76 when he won it

When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart

In 1796, Napoleon was only 26 years old when he took command of the French Army of Italy

A small section of the old London Wall survives in the trackside walls of Tower Hill station at platform level. One of the largest pieces of the wall also stands just outside this station.

The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird

Scientists have discovered a way to make biodegradable plastic from plants by using genetic engineering.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure

Every year Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes, 1,000 of which measure above 3.5 on the Richter scale

In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders

Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake

In the Netherlands, there are special traffic lanes for bicycles. There are approximately 17,000 kms of cycle lanes with special bicycle traffic lights.

U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram

The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928

The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a “gaur.”

Four out of five brides in the U.S. have a job

The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider’s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.

There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.

McRib sandwiches contain about 70 ingredients.

The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time. new

Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do

Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia

The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating arealready married.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies

Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.

The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology

If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium.

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left

Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female

The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

28 is the atomic number of Nickel and the atomic mass of Silicon.

The total number of carriages in London Underground's fleet, as of January 2013, was 4,134.

The average amount of time spent kissing for a person in a lifetime is 20,160 minutes

In 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard. They washed up around the world for the next 20 years.

Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk)

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Bi-weekly has two different definitions: Twice a week or once every two weeks.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.

The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces

Kellogg?s started selling their most famous product, Corn Flakes, in 1906

Octopuses and squid have three hearts.

Edward Johnston designed the font for the London Underground in 1916. The font he came up with is still in use today.

In ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain of arthritis

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

English is not native to the British Isles. It was brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th Centuries by German, Danish, and Dutch settlers.

Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight

A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.

On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg

The mother of Michael Nesmith of "The Monkees" invented whiteout.

In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.

38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday

There are over three trillion craters on the moon, with some being having a diameter over three feet

An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day

The expression \"Tying the Knot\" comes from an old Roman custom where the brides clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots

The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

London Underground transferred from the control of the Government to Transport for London (TfL) on July 15, 2003.

Pamela Anderson Lee is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence.

Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

The tunnels beneath the City curve significantly because they follow its medieval street plan.

Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.

“Military Grade” is a marketing ploy. In the actual military, “military grade” is defined as “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least.”,

It is common in Israel and Egypt to eat watermelon with feta cheese

10,000 Dutch cows pass through the Amsterdam airport each year.

A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder

During World War II, the 2nd Polish Corps had a brown bear named Wojtek, who helped move boxes of ammunition during the battle of Monte Cassino

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)

While most people think of Neil Patrick Harris as an actor, he is also a writer, producer, comedian, singer, and even amateur magician!

The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items

The name of the girl on the statue of liberty is Mother of Exiles.

Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from \"navel\" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah

A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds

Cheetahs don't roar.

Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891

Tarantulas can live up to 30 years

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point inColorado.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

In 1876, the first microphone was invented by Emile Berliner.

The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon

The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear

Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years

Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet

The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court

Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

The mother of Michael Nesmith of \"The Monkees\" invented whiteout.

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is \"Salarymen.\"

The ocean sunfish can produce thirty million eggs at once

The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away

The most sensitive cluster of nerves is at the base of the spine.

$283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

Researchers have developed odourless socks. The sock fabric is made by attaching molecules that contain chlorine called halamines to textile fibers

The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.

Approximately 87% of dog owners say that when they watch T.V. their dog curls up beside them or at their feet

Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world.

Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.

Roman emperors ate flamingo tongues which were considered a delicacy. Also parrotfish livers, and pheasant brains were feasted on

A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9

Romans used to believe that walnuts could cure head ailments during the Renaissance, since their shape was similar to that of a brain

In February 1878, the first telephone book was published in New Haven, Connecticut. The book was one page long and had fifty names in it.

The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965.

Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago

The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.

During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo

Sponge Candy was invented in Buffalo, NY

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression \"to get fired\"

Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years.

Wombat poop is square.,

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten

The sweat drops drawn in cartoon comic strips are called pleuts.

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States

In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello

The word \"America\" comes from the European explorer \"Amerigo Vespucci

The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.

A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day

Amtrak is the combination of the words \"American\" and \"Track\"

No word in the English language rhymes with \"MONTH\".

Reindeer are one of the only mammals that can see UV light.

In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies including their eyebrows and eyelashes

Respiratory Disease is China's leading cause of death.

Eskimos have over 15 words for the English word of 'Snow'

Laredo, Texas is the U.S.'s farthest inland port.

Ever year, Americans spend close to $25 billion on beer

In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)

Bee hummingbirds are so small they get mistaken for insects.

The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

It is estimated that by the end of 2000, there has been 142,600 tonnes of gold mined in the world

An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes

40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

In 1890, there was no sunshine for the whole month of December in Westminster in London.

The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool

Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie

Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations

If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple

An average home creates more pollution than does the average car

Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays.

\"Go.\" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

In 1958 Entomologist W.G. Bruce published a list of Arthropod references in the Bible. The most frequently named bugs from the Bible are: Locust: 24, Moth: 11, Grasshopper: 10, Scorpion: 10, Caterpillar: 9, and Bee: 4.

The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.

Greenland voted to leave the European Union in 1985 and has not rejoined since.

For the movie \"Tootsie\" actor Dustin Hoffman thought of the title. His mother used to call him that as a child

The largest cultivated crop in the United States is corn

The eastern extension of the Jubilee line is the only Underground line to feature glass screens to deter \"jumpers\".

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Taco Bell was named after its owner, Glen Bell.

October 19th is “Evaluate Your Life Day” – a day to think about your situation in life & wonder how it could be improved. Be sure to weigh the good and bad!

With 94% identical DNA, Chimpanzees are the closest living relatives to humans.

If the sun dies, it'll take about 8 minutes before we realize it has.

The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses

The green ring that is formed around the yolk of eggs that have been cooked too long is formed by the chemical reaction from the iron in the yolk and the sulphur in the white part of the egg

The flea can jump 350 times its body length.

In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday

Lipogram refers to writing that does not have certain letter or letters

The word \"Nazi\" is actually an abbreviation for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which refers to the National Socialist German Workers Party

Atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of the water

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

Since 1950, over 230 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold

The windiest place in the world is Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA. The highest wind was on April 12, 1934 when it reached 231 mph.

Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world

A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes

A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

Canada is an Indian word meaning \"village\" or \"settlement.\"

The word \"lethologica\" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

A study revealed that men that were born with a low birth weight were less likely to get married

A snail can sleep for three years.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without beingable tomake change for a dollar.

27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is \"a meaningless existential hell.\" (big surprise, eh?)

In the summer of 1858, the smell of the sewage in the Thames River in London was so bad that the Members of Parliament had to leave from the chamber of the House of Commons. This was a result of two million people dumping all their sewage into the river

High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.

Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world

Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

A horse’s canter is a 3-beat gait. On the second beat, opposite front and rear legs hit the ground at the same time. After the third beat is a “rest”, or suspension, when all three legs are off the ground.

A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon

The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly

Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.

The chainsaw was originally created to aid in childbirth.,

The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds

The best selling chocolate syrup in the world is Hershey

Scientists have partially revived disembodied pig brains.

In many of the milk ads that are shown, a mix of thinner and white paint is used instead of milk

The word \"dexter\" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.

One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds

13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.

Laredo, Texas is the U.S.'s farthest inland port.

Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later

German cockroaches can survive for up to one month without food and two weeks without water

Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s, State Farm, and BandAids.

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne

Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed

You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different

The markings that are found on dice are called \"pips.\"

The largest sand castle in the world was built in Germany and was over 54 feet high. It took 168 trucks over a week to deliver enough sand.

The busiest Tube station is Waterloo, which was used by around 95 million passengers in 2015. In 2014 Oxford Circus took top spot, in 2009 it was Victoria, and in 2005 it was King's Cross,

The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards

The human body has north of 600 muscles.

When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly

The six official languages of the U.N. are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

The state of Florida is bigger than England.

Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel

The U.S. military operates 234 golf courses

1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible

There are over 100 styles of BluBlocker sunglasses available on the market

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear

The DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest

7-Eleven was the first convenience store to have television advertising. The animated commercial ran in 1949 and had a singing rooster and owl

Chocolate ice cream has been proven to significantly reduce emotional and physical pain.

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

In the U.S., the sport that causes the most injuries among the age group of 15-24 is basketball

From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals

There was a book written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic happened titled \"Futility\" by Morgan Robertson. This book was remarkably similar to the tragedy that happened to the Titanic in 1912

One billion seconds is about 32 years

Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.

A cow has four compartments in its stomach

The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to the eye by a mascara wand

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km

Volkswagen owns Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati, and Porsche.

According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year

Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.

When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey

Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida.

The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years

Up to 12 million Dum Dums are made every single day.

The only commercial aircraft that is able to break the sound barrier is the Concorde.

Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player.

Los Angeles' full name 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula' is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation 'L.A.'.

In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system

Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

Some desert snails have been known to sleep for three to four years

The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.

The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada

The most common name in the world is Mohammed

Every 40,000 children are killed by fires

Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system

In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money

The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation

The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor got though of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, \"All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad.\"

The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles

The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world

An owl has three eyelids

Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.

Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie \"Braveheart.\"

The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

The average human head weighs about 8 pounds.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him

Pluto technically isn't even a year old.

Cows can walk up stairs but not down them.

The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

In Canada, the $1 and $2 come in the form of coins. The $1 is nicknamed a \"loonie\" because it contains a loon on it and the $2 is nicknamed the \"twonie\" because it is the equivalent of two \"loonies.\"

In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

Children grow faster in the springtime.

The London Underground is the third busiest metro system in Europe, after Moscow and Paris.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes, located in the ear.

It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.

People living on the east coast prefer creamy peanut butter, while people living on the west coast prefer chunky peanut butter

Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Approximately two gallons of water are used to brush your teeth

People who donate blood in Sweden are sent a text message each time their blood saves a life.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

Desert snails can stay in their shell for up to three years

Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world

Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

A literal translation of a standard traffic sign in China: \"Give large space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway.\"

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere

In the year 2000, there were approximately 11,000 injuries that were treated in a hospital in the U.S. that resulted from fireworks

Milton Bradley originally wanted to name the game Twister, Pretzel; but he could not since the name was copyrighted

All the Krispy Kreme donut stores collectively could make a doughnut stack as high as the Empire State Building in only 2 minutes

In Britain, there are approximately 50,000 pubs with 17,000 different names

The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old

Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys

Rabbits can live up to ten years

The word witch comes from the word \"wicca\" which translates to the \"wise one.\"

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair

“Darth Vader” is derived from Old Dutch, meaning “Dark Father.”

In 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior

Sailfish can leap out of the water and into the air at a speed of 50 miles (81 km) per hour.

The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers

The dot over the lower case “i” or “j” is known as a “tittle.”

In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built

Three years after a person quits smoking, there chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never smoked before

Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.

The most popular gift that teachers receive in the United States from their students is chocolate

Female and male black bears cannot tolerate being around each other except when they breed

There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.

The word \"Denim\" comes from the French phrase \"serge de Nimes\" which is a fabric made in a town located in southern France

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.

The Jubilee Line was named to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 – but the line did not open until 1979.

There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic

Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green colour

The total number of stations served on the network is 270.

Bats sleep during the day and feed at night. The place that bats sleep in is called the \"roost.\"

Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine

Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 total

The 6th largest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shops in the Memphis Pyramid. At 32 stories tall, it also has the tallest freestanding elevator in the U.S.

On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Most people have an above-average number of arms.,

Hitler had a flatulence problem.

The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward

It’s a myth that people are either “left-brained” or “right-brained.”

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Queen Elizabeth II’s cows sleep on waterbeds.

The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four

66% of home based businesses are owned by women

“Time anxiety” occurs in a person when they are perpetually afraid of being late or of others being late.

Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist

Cotton crops can be sprayed up to 40 times a year making it the most chemical-intensive crop in the world

A giraffe and a human have the same number of bones in their necks.,

Adult cats only meow at humans, not other cats. Kittens meow to their mother, but once they get a little older, cats no longer meow to other cats.

The incidents of immune system diseases has increased over 200% in the last five years

70% of the poor people in the world are female

Karoke means \"empty orchestra\" in Japanese.

In humans, the epidermal layer of skin, which consists of many layers of skin regenerates every 27 days

It’s been estimated that a new baby can rob parents of anywhere between 400-750 hours of sleep in the first year.

In a year, about 90 million jars of Skippy Peanut Butter are sold. This works out to three jars sold every second

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes

The first female guest host of Saturday Night Live was actress Candace Bergen

Prosopagnosia refers to the inability to identify people by their faces. In severe cased prosopagnosia a person may not be able to identify themselves in a mirror

While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate 85.

Burger King restaurants serve over 400 million ounces of orange juice annually

Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”

Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on

Marvel’s Deadpool issue #27 holds the Guinness World Record for the most comic book characters on one cover.

In 1945, the first \"floating ice cream parlor\" was built for sailors in the western Pacific. This \"floating ice cream parlour\" could produce ten gallons of ice cream every seven seconds

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times

One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old

Slinkies are 82 feet long.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

Broccoli was first introduced into France during the royal marriage of Catherine de Medici to Henry II of France

A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.

The amount of Kit Kat chocolate bars that are made at the York factory every 15 minutes are enough to outstack the Eiffel Tower

The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day

Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes

The state of Florida is bigger than England!

An American chews an average of 300 sticks of gum in a year

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

In one minute, the heart of a giraffe can pump 160 gallons of blood

Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked

Maine is the toothpick capital of the world

Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis

Webster’s Dictionary accidentally had a word that didn’t exist in it for five years – “Dord.”

Slinkys were invented by an airplane mechanic; he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use of one of the springs

Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

In California, you can get a ticket if you’re driving too slowly.

The average human blinks their eyes 6,205,000 times each year.

The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

It can take up to a month for a rattlesnake to re-supply its venom

Playing the accordion was once required for teachers in North Korea.

The Pentagon cost $49,600,000 to build in 1941

Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth

One man once survived two atomic bombs.

The sentence \"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\" uses every letter in the english language

Most collect calls are made on father’s day.

The number \"four\" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as \"death\".

Some planets produce diamond rain.

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

The famous Lacoste crocodile symbol was created in 1933 and was the first designer logo ever.

Daniel Radcliffe identifies as Jewish, and his mother is Jewish too.

The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".

The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore

The world’s longest place name has 85 letters & is located in New Zealand.

Hawaii is the only coffee producing state.

Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales

The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh)

The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week

The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

One out of four American households own a cat

Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000BC, which makes dentists one of the oldest professions.

The Nike swoosh was invented by Caroline Davidson back in 1971. She received $35 for making the swoosh. The first shoe with the swoosh was introduced in 1972

Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).

Former U.S. President William Taft converted the White House stable into a four car garage in 1909

George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory

The national anthem of Greece originally had 158 verses.

There was no punctuation until the 15th century

Studies have shown that by putting on slow background music it can make a person eat food at a slower rate

US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean

The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

Crows holds grudges.

Camels originated in North America.,

The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race

The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.

When sharks take a bite, their eyes roll back and their teeth jut out.

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!

The number of dimples on a regulation golf ball is 336 dimples.

There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world

A British term for slot machine is \"fruit machine\" or \"one-armed bandit.\"

Eating dandelions can make you urinate more

Instead of an agent, Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number where you can leave a message for him if you want to cast him for a movie or event.

Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 180,000 deaths per year

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people

Milk and cheese can aid in the reduction of tooth decay

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball

The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.

The average stay for a prisoner on Alcatraz, when it was used as a prison, was five years

Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships. new

A woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York.

400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.

There are no visual differences between male and female herons.

American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters

The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height

The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour

China owns nearly all of the pandas in the world, even the ones you see at zoos. They rent them out for about $1 million a year.

The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.

Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia

The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once wore a Nazi uniform while acting in a film during his Hollywood days. The name of the movie was \"Desperate Journey,\" which was filmed in 1942

In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency because of the shortage of coins

In the movie \"The Matrix Reloaded\" a 17 minute battle scene cost over $40 million to produce

In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water

A Singapore singing group by the name of \"The Oriental Singers,\" sang non-stop for 74 hours and five minutes

Some arthritis medications contain gold salts, which is used as an anti-inflammatory

When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart.

In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepterix rhamni) has the longest lifetime of the adult butterflies: 9-10 months.

In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey

Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.

Liberty Island, the home of the Statue of Liberty, might belong to New York City, but it is surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, and is actually closer to the New Jersey mainland.

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie \"Psycho.\"

The board game Scrabble was originally called \"Criss Cross Words\" by inventor Alfred Butts

Only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date

One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet

A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.

Pigs have no sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses

Sharks are capable of surviving on average six weeks without eating. The record observed in an aquarium is fifteen months by a species of shark known as the \"swell shark.\"

The single worst accident in terms of fatalities on the Underground occurred on February 28, 1975 at Moorgate, when 42 people died.

In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach.

There are 240 dots on an arcade Pac-Man game

Turtles can breathe through their butts

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king fromhistory. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne;and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose

There is a part of Yellowstone National Park where a person could theoretically get away with murder due to a loophole.,

A human eyeball weighs an ounce

The couple in the painting \American Gothic\ are actually father and daughter and not husband and wife.,

Cats are not able to taste anything that is sweet.

Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world

In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds

During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles

There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

Russia has the most man-made satellites in orbit, with 1,324. There is a total of 2,271, and the U.S. is in second place at 658.

The word \"walkman\" was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986

The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavor space shuttle from Sept 12-20, 1992

Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.

Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours

Ben & Jerry’s has an online flavor graveyard for their 10 discontinued ice cream flavors. Each one has a photo, life span, and epitaph.

Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements

The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches

More people are afraid of spiders than death. Amazingly, few people are afraid of Champagne corks even though you are more likely to be killed by one than by a spider.

\Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo\ is a grammatically correct sentence.,

About 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue

Maine is the closest state to Africa.,

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

Pitcher Darold Knowles once pitched all seven games of one World Series

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

Olive oil can help in lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart complications

Nutmeg can be fatally poisonous.

A \"hairbreadth away\" is 1/48 of an inch

The most common password is “123456.”

In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.

The average number of people that go to a party for the Super Bowl is 17

Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk

Another station that is believed to be haunted is Farringdon. The so-called Screaming Spectre is believed to have been a milliner.

Hawaii is the only coffee producing state.

The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm

All of the clocks in the movie \"Pulp Fiction\" are stuck on 4:20.

There are 32 muscles in a cat’s ear.

The blue whale is the loudest animal on the earth. Its whistle can reach up to 188 decibels

Black pepper is the most popular spice in the world

Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system

In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake mustache that could cause laughter in the church

For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.

In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Pinocchio is Italian for \"pine head.\"

Over 80% of the brain is water

In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.

In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.

Japan has approximately 200 volcanoes and is home to 10% of the active volcanoes in the world

Baby donkeys or baby mules are also known as \"Foals.\"

The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes

Shridhar Chillal from India is known to have the record for the longest fingernails in the world, which were each at least three feet long

An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham

The worst civilian death toll on the Underground occurred at Bethnal Green Tube tragedy in 1943, when 173 people died. It is the largest loss of life in a single incident on the London Underground network.

Whale sharks have teeth on their eyeballs.,

Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped

Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters

Every year, surgical tools are left in approximately 1,500 patients in the USA. Fatter patients are more prone to having a surgical tool left inside of them due to the additional amount of space in their bodies

The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

In Mississippi, it is considered a federal offense to Dine-n-Dash on a check that is over $25. In California, it is only petty theft.

There is cyanide in apple pips

The \"Mexican Hat Dance\" is the official dance of Mexico

Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds

Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary \"Peter Rabbit\" children's stories in 1902.

WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through \"the whole 9 yards\ hence the term.

Eating a banana at night can help in falling asleep

French artist, Michel Vienkot, uses cow dung as paint when he creates his pictures

Sharks existed before trees.

Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Stinging insects kills approximately 25 people annually in the U.S

An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.

There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.

An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment

A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada

In 1681, the last dodo bird died

Actress Debra Winger helped to perform the voice of E.T. in the movie ?E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982).\"

In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago

The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart

There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952

The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted peoplewithout killing them used to burn their houses down - hence theexpression \"toget fired.\"

No other animal gives us more by-products than the hog. These by-products include pig suede, buttons, glass, paint brushes, crayons, chalk, and insulation to name a few

Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour

The youngest pope was 11 years old

The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones

To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed

Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat

Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book \"Green Eggs and Ham\" because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words

Sex is biochemically no different from eating large quantities of chocolate.

\"Kemo Sabe\" means \"soggy shrub\" in Navajo

India has the most post offices in the world

Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

More than 90% of the Nicaraguan people are Roman Catholic.

In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl

Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years

Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.

Ninety percent of the population has an innie belly button

Present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

80% of people that are on weight loss programs exercise on average three times a week

The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia

Apple seeds, cherry apricot, and peach pits contain cyanide, but it takes a large amount of each to actually make you sick or kill you.

There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk

The word \"toy\" comes from an old English word that means \"tool.\"

Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought.

Tasmania, Australia has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc

\"Pomology\" is the science of growing an apple

The earliest trains run from Osterley to Heathrow on the Piccadilly line, starting at 4.45am.

There are only four words in the English language which end in\"-dous\": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

Psychokinesis refers to the ability of moving objects through psychic power

The inventor of Pringles is buried in a Pringles can.

To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service – hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.

Australia exports camels to the Middle East.,

Amber-colored rear turn signals are statistically proven to reduce collisions by about 28%.

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

A fragrance known as Madeleine was trialled at St. James Park, Euston, and Piccadilly stations in 2001, intended to make the Tube more pleasant. It was stopped within days after complaints from people saying they felt ill.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density

John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

11% of the world is left-handed.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The Central African raffia palm is known to have the longest leaves. The leaves can measure up to 82.5 feet long.

Pineapples were first called \"anana\ which is Caribbean for \"excellent fruit.\"

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon

The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.

Goats do not have upper front teeth

The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.

The sun shrinks five feet every hour

During the chariot scene in \"Ben Hur,\" a small red car can be seen in the distance.

\"I\" is the most spoken word in the English language

The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17

The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as \"Hollywoodland.\"

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!

The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

In China, there is a species of yam that is used to make a dye

The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

Weatherman Willard Scott was the first original Ronald McDonald.

The the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia is the world’s deepest hole. It is 7.5 miles deep, but interestingly, only 9 inches wide.

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

In 1916, Jeanette Rankin became the first female member of Congress in America, four years before women were given the right to vote.

From 1937 to 1953, NBC’s Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.

Gene Autry is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (film, television, music, radio, and live performance).

A Chinese Scientist discovered that the Earth is round during the Han Dynasty by measuring the sun and moon's path in the sky. He recorded this fact down in the imperial records but went unnoticed until it was unearthed recently but Chinese archaeologists.

The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.

Reptiles do not perspire, and do not have any oil glands

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.