A ton of random fun facts

A massive list of random fun facts about people, animals, places and things. Odd, interesting, funny, surprising, amazing and useless tidbits of random info for easily impressed people!

Ants do not sleep.
Uranus has 27 moons.
A leech has 32 brains.
A slug has four noses.
Mosquitoes have teeth.
Slugs have four noses.
A chicken is 75% water.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
An elephant cannot jump.
Starfish have no brains.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
An owl has three eyelids.
Earthworms have 5 hearts.
Dumbest Dog: Afghan hound.
A honey bee has four wings.
Bubble gum contains rubber.
Camel’s have three eyelids.
Emus cannot walk backwards.
An octopus has three hearts.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
Only female mosquitoes bite.
Polar bears are left-handed.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
Sharks are immune to cancer.
The garfish has green bones.
98% of Japanese are cremated.
A myrmecologist studies ants.
Fido means faithful in Latin.
Most toilets flush in E flat.
Platypuses mate in the water.
Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Snake is a delicacy in China.
Women smile more than men do.
A rabbit is not able to vomit.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
Armadillos can be housebroken.
Fried spiders taste like nuts.
The pancreas produces Insulin.
There are coffee flavored PEZ.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
Over 80% of the brain is water.
The Pentagon has 284 restrooms.
There is cyanide in apple pips.
There is no tipping in Iceland.
Walt Disney had a fear of mice.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
11% of the world is left-handed.
A human eyeball weighs an ounce.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
An oyster can change its gender.
Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.
Thailand used to be called Siam.
The Beetham Tower has 47 floors.
A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.
Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
In 1681, the last dodo bird died.
Rabbits can live up to ten years.
Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.
A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes.
Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake.
An armadillo can walk under water.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
Rodent’s teeth never stop growing.
The name for insect poop is frass.
Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.
Women hearts beat faster than men.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Apples are part of the rose family.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
Girls have more tastebud than boys.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Most snakes have six rows of teeth.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
One out of 200 women is colorblind.
Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights.
Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.
The human brain is about 75% water.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
There are no snakes in New Zealand.
Water expands 9% when it is frozen.
A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
A group of crows is called a murder.
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
About 55% of all movies are rated R.
Flies jump backwards during takeoff.
Goats do not have upper front teeth.
Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Most dinosaurs walked on their toes.
On a ship a toilet is called a head.
One in ten people live on an island.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.
31% of employees skip lunch entirely.
A 2″ X 4″ is really 1-1/2″ by 3-1/2″.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of tigers is called a streak.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
An ear of corn consists of 80% water.
Cat’s urine glows under a blacklight.
Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.
Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
Pinocchio is Italian for “pine head.”
The country code for Russia is “007”.
The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly.
The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
The word Karate means, “empty hand.”.
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A turtle can breathe through its butt.
Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.
Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia.
One billion seconds is about 32 years.
One in every 9000 people is an albino.
Snake venom is ninety percent protein.
Some snails live on branches in trees.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
The human face is made up of 14 bones.
25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.
All penguins live south of the equator.
Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes.
Children grow faster in the springtime.
Every continent has a city called Rome.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Every year lightning kills 1000 people.
In America, 38% of doctors are Indians.
In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.
Mosquitoes prefer children over adults.
Most fleas do not live past a year old.
One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii.
The first TONKA truck was made in 1947.
There are five years in a quinquennium.
There is a city in Norway called “Hell”
38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday.
A “hairbreadth away” is 1/48 of an inch.
A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A newly hatched fish is called a “fry.”.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.
Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient.
Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
Emus and kangaroos can’t walk backwards.
Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
Greece’s national anthem has 158 verses.
Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year
Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
Spain leads the world in cork production
The most common rock on Earth is basalt.
The most popular grown bulbs are tulips.
The name of the Taco Bell dog is Gidget.
The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long.
The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds.
The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
There are over 58 million dogs in the US
There is a town in Norway called “Hell”.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
A group of larks is called an exaltation.
A group of whales is called a pod or gam.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
Another word for hiccups is “singultus.”.
Blue Jays can imitate the calls of hawks.
On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.
On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
Pumpkins contain potassium and vitamin A.
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Sponge Candy was invented in Buffalo, NY.
Ten radishes only contain eight calories.
The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia.
The average person laughs 10 times a day!
The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
The human body is comprised of 80% water.
The human heart weighs less than a pound.
There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower
“Kemo Sabe” means “soggy shrub” in Navajo.
1 in 5 of the world’s doctors are Russian.
A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day.
After being picked an orange cannot ripen.
Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Every 40,000 children are killed by fires.
Every second, 630 steel cans are recycled.
Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
George Washington grew hemp in his garden.
Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth.
Hawaii is the only coffee producing state.
In the U.S. 7 out of 10 homes use candles.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
Montreal is actually located on an island.
Peaches were once known as Persian apples.
Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones.
The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
The body of the average baby is 75% water.
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901.
The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.
There are about 34,000 species of spiders.
There are over 600 different pasta shapes.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
A cow has four compartments in its stomach.
A lion feeds once every three to four days.
A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger that it’s brain.
Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.
Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
Hippos can live up to 40 years in the wild.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.
Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.
The average Super Bowl party has 18 people.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert.
The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou.
The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years.
The meaning of Siberia is “sleeping land.”.
The most popular pickle is the Dill pickle.
The state of Maryland has no natural Lakes.
The study of twins is known as gemellology.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
There are 40 official jelly belly flavours.
There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.
There are some ice creams that are 75% air.
While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate 85.
Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones.”.
You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.
“You” is the second most spoken English word
A diet high in fat is said to impede memory.
A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
Caterpillar means “hairy cat” in Old French.
Cows can detect odors up to five miles away.
Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
Eating dandelions can make you urinate more.
Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one.
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
One in five Americans move homes every year.
Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The African Elephant gestates for 22 months.
The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes.
The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo.
The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men.
The human liver performs over 500 functions.
The only state to grow pineapples is Hawaii.
The state of Florida is bigger than England.
The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.
The word Spain means “the land of rabbits.”.
The word Thailand means “land of the free.”.
There are 240 dots on an arcade Pac-Man game
There are over 1,800 known species of fleas.
Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating.
Your skull is made up of 29 different bones.
A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
An individual coral animal is called a polyp.
Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.
Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.
Elephants can’t jump. Every other mammal can.
Greenland is the largest island in the world.
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks.
India has the most post offices in the world.
Mickey Mouse is known as “Topolino” in Italy.
Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky.
Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
On average, a strawberry has 200 seeds on it.
Soldier Field is the oldest field in the NFL.
Spiders have claws at the ends of their legs.
Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.
Strawberries are a member of the rose family.
The average human head weighs about 8 pounds.
The coconut is the largest seed in the world.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The most common name in Italy is Mario Rossi.
The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
The patent number of the telephone is 174465.
The toothbrush was invented in China in 1498.
The word Himalayas means the “home of snow.”.
There are 315 species of parrot in the world.
There are about 6,800 languages in the world.
There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri.
Tina Turner’s real name is Annie Mae Bullock.
Two million red blood cells die every second.
US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.
Utopia ia a large, smooth lying area of Mars.
“Pomology” is the science of growing an apple.
215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
American President John Tyler had 15 children.
An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
Brazil produces the most oranges in the world.
Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible.
Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.
Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands.
Heavier lemons contain more and tastier juice.
Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day.
Mice will nurse babies that are not their own.
More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.
No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
On average a person passes gas 14 times a day.
On average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.
One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
One out of four American households own a cat.
Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away.
Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
Sharkskin has tiny tooth-like scales all over.
Termites outweigh humans by almost ten to one.
The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.
The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach.
The food that people crave the most is cheese.
The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting.
The head of a jellyfish is called the “Bell.”.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling.
The official beverage of Ohio is tomato juice.
The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
There are over 500 different types of bananas.
Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.
You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight.
7 out of 10 people believe in life after death.
70% of the poor people in the world are female.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats.
A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches.
All babies are colour blind when they are born.
An estimated 690 million people live in Africa.
Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Four out of five brides in the U.S. have a job.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s son invented Lincoln Logs.
Hitler and Napolean both had only one testical.
In Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows.
Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Peladophobia refers to the fear of bald people.
Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
Smelling bananas can help a person lose weight.
Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.
The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia.
The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes.
The Pentagon cost $49,600,000 to build in 1941.
The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.
There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed.
Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.
Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish.
You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
66% of home based businesses are owned by women.
A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day.
A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
Another way to say “every 9 years” is Novennial.
Another word to refer to old age is senectitude.
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.
Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice.
In England, a cigarette is referred to as a fag.
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
One gallon of pure maple syrup weighs 11 pounds.
People still cut the cheese shortly after death.
Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food.
Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open.
Sweden has the least number of murders annually.
The DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat.
The elephant is the national animal of Thailand.
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937.
The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000.
The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000.
The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930.
The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
The Universe contains over 100 billion galaxies.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone.
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of for to seven weeks.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
Barbie’s full name is “Babara Millicent Roberts.”
Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed.
Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13.
Bugs Bunny was originally called “Happy Rabbit.”.
Catfish have tastebuds located on their whiskers.
Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds.
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?.
Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories.
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older.
Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe.
In China, September 20 is “Love Your Teeth Day.”.
In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers.
It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy.
Lake Ontario was originally named Lake St. Louis.
Laredo, Texas is the U.S.’s farthest inland port.
Los Angeles is the most polluted city in the USA.
Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Mules have one horse and one donkey for a parent.
Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.
Roughly 44% of junk mail is thrown away unopened.
The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon.
The average human head weighs about eight pounds.
The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks.
The average office document gets copied 19 times.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
The feet have approximately 250,000 sweat glands.
The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland.
The hump of a camel can weigh up to 35 kilograms.
The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years.
The most expensive spice in the world is saffron.
The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume.
The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987.
US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
66% of wedding cards are hand delivered by people.
85% of weddings are held in a synagogue or church.
A “gelotologist” is a person who studies laughter.
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
All of Chrysler’s PT Cruisers are built in Mexico.
Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.
Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms.
Copper is the second most used metal in the world.
Crayola is a French word that means “Oily chalk.”.
Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
Indonesia consists only of islands – 13,667 total.
It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate.
Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
New Mexico is known as the “Land of Enchantment.”.
Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg.
On average a business document is copied 19 times.
On average, a person has two million sweat glands.
One ton of grapes can produce 720 bottles of wine.
Over 40 million Americans have chronic bad breath.
Pearls are rarely found in North American oysters.
Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.
Peter Falk, who played “Columbo,” has a glass eye.
Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away.
Roughly 42% of people in the United Kingdom snore.
Sharks can sense a drop of blood from a mile away.
Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces.
The Beetham Tower cost over £150 million to build.
The blackberry bush is also called the “bramble.”.
The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells.
The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds.
The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C.
The formula for Coca-cola has never been patented.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.
The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day
The length of a human esophagus is 25 centimeters.
The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis.
The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.
The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma.
The word “sophomore” means “sophisticated moron.”.
The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare.
The world camel population is close to 19 million.
There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.
There are more than 640 muscles in the human body.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.
They NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.
Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.
“I” is the most spoken word in the English language
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
500,000 kids in the US live in same sex households.
A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.
A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days.
A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.
About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds; dogs only have 10.
Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes.
Elvis Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth.
Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.
Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.
For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states.
Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour.
Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation.
The Eiffel Tower weight is approximately 9441 tons.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
The largest member of the dolphin family are orcas.
The lifespan of a rhinoceros is generally 50 years.
The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
The only predator that polar bears have are humans.
The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb.
There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.
There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.
There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario.
Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
A man’s beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.
An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
Approximately 7.5% of all office documents get lost.
Black pepper is the most popular spice in the world.
Earl Dean developed the bottle design for Coca-Cola.
Eating a banana at night can help in falling asleep.
Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people.
France is known as the perfume capital of the world.
Frozen food can be just as nutritious as fresh food.
Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails.
Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent.
If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one.
In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.
In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water.
In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch.
In Australia, a dust-devil is called a “willy-willy.
In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries.
In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.
It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey.
James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world.
Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.
No president of the United States was an only child.
No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH”.
One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
Only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date.
Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
Rice is thrown at weddings as a symbol of fertility.
Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds.
Termites work 24 hours per day — they do not sleep.
The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.
The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs in it.
The average medium size piano has about 230 strings.
The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
The founder of JC Penny had the middle name of Cash.
The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound.
The name of the squiggly line “~” is called a tilde.
The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle.
The official state mammal of Texas is the armadillo.
The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”
The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.
There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world.
“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.
44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.
A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.
A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands.
Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog.
Chedder cheese is the best selling cheese in the USA.
Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands.
Every 25 miles a car produces one pound of pollution.
Every year approximately 3,000 people choke to death.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years.
In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers.
In France, the Big Dipper is called the “casserole.”.
In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.”.
Minnows have teeth located on a bone in their throat.
Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world.
One female mouse can produce up to 100 babies a year.
Quasars are the most distant objects in the Universe.
Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.
Termites have been around for over 250 million years.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.
The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
The fastest growing tissue in the human body is hair.
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.
The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”.
The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.
The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.
There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.
There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas.
Women on average live seven years longer than men do.
18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation.
98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.
99% of pumpkins that are sold are sold for decoration.
A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow.
A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed.
A housefly will regurgitate its food and eat it again.
A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood.
Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world.
An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5 percent silver
Baby donkeys or baby mules are also known as “Foals.”.
Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence.
Britons eat over 22,000 tonnes of french fries a week.
Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do.
Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds.
For every ‘normal’ webpage, there are five porn pages.
From all the vegetables, beets contain the most sugar.
Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes.
In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America.
In a lifetime, an average man will shave 20,000 times.
In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls.
In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts.
In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats.
It takes the stomach an hour to break down cows’ milk.
Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls.
Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight.
Men are able to read fine print better than women can.
More germs are transferred shaking hands than kissing.
Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
Respiratory Disease is China’s leading cause of death.
Teflon is the most slipperiest substance in the world.
The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days.
The first email was sent out by Ray Tomlinson in 1971.
The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.
The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day.
The largest galaxies contain a million, million stars.
The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry.
The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam.
The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.
The surface of the human skin is 6.5 square feet (2m).
The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.
The word tulip comes from the Turkish word for turban.
There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.
There are some bananas that are red instead of yellow.
There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.
90% of those who die from hurricanes die from drowning.
A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A skunk’s smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes.
Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.
Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
Each person sheds 40lbs of skin in his or her lifetime.
Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I.
On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
On average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping.
Over 200 varieties of watermelons are grown in the U.S.
Passion fruits have a tranquilizing effect on the body.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin.
The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year.
The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days.
The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four.
The average person changes their career every 13 years.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
The average temperature on Earth is 15 degrees celcius.
The earliest wine makers lived in Egypt around 2300 BC.
The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
The markings that are found on dice are called “pips.”.
The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella.
The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665.
The U.S. bought Alaska for 2 cents an acre from Russia.
There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.
There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.
There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.
Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac.
Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979.
Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world.
Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.
Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day.
Each rubber molecule is made of 65,000 individual atoms.
Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
Ever year, Americans spend close to $25 billion on beer.
Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.
Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill.
For every human in the world there are one million ants.
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.
In Australia, a common “Boxing day” activity is surfing.
In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale.
In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained.
In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow.
Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918.
It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
Light would take .13 seconds to travel around the Earth.
Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different!
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Milk and cheese can aid in the reduction of tooth decay.
Montreal was named after a local mountain “Mont Royal.”.
Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine.
Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
Pretzel that have no salt on them are called “baldies.”.
The “Mexican Hat Dance” is the official dance of Mexico.
The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height.
The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.
The most popular show amongst baby boomers is Star Trek.
The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is “Salarymen.”.
The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.
The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
There is a Hamburger hall of fame in Seymour, Wisconsin.
Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.
Two out of five people end up marrying their first love.
Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.
Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.
When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.
“dous”:tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria.
315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year.
A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day.
An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
Approximately 97.35618329% of all statistics are made up.
Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple.
Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day.
Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
Construction on the White House began in October of 1792.
Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day.
Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S.
Eskimos have over 15 words for the English word of ‘Snow’
Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.
In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone.
In 1884, Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher invented the milk bottle.
In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built.
In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents.
In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
It took eleven years to built the Taj Mahal, (1632-1643).
Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different.
Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
On average, an American relocates 11 times in their life.
One ounce of chocolate has about 20 mg of caffeine in it.
Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
Reptiles do not perspire, and do not have any oil glands.
Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk.
The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
The best selling chocolate syrup in the world is Hershey.
The cheetah is the only cat that can’t retract its claws.
The Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects.
The first Olympic games only had one event – a foot race.
The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone.
The largest cultivated crop in the United States is corn.
The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette.
The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.
The Olympics were originally held for the Greek god Zeus.
The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.
The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can’t fly.
The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.
The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word “Qutun.”.
The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.
Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer.
Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.
1,800 cigarettes are smoked per person each year in China.
55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute.
A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour.
A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school.
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.
An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
Annually Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving.
Annually, British people eat more than 15 pounds of beans.
Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.
Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct.
Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in the world.
Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
Georgia’s state motto is “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards.
In 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened up in Rogers, Arkansas.
In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles.
In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas.
In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
It’s illegal to spit on the sidewalk in Norfolk, Virginia.
Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world.
More people speak English in China than the United States.
More than 90% of the Nicaraguan people are Roman Catholic.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
On average it takes a shark seven days to replace a tooth.
On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves.
On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.
Owen Falls Lake is the largest man-made lake in the world.
People who studies laughter are called a “gelotologists.”.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks.
Seven percent of a humans body wieght is made up of blood.
Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”.
Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”
Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years.
Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake.
The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a year.
The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.
The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes.
The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.
The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.
The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903.
The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 26 pounds.
The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour.
The hottest chili in the world is the Tezpur chili pepper.
The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days.
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
The ocean sunfish can produce thirty million eggs at once.
The oil that is found in poison ivy is called “urushiol.”.
The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe.
The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”.
The Simpsons is the longest running animated series on TV.
The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour.
The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.
The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company.
There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
Badminton originates from a sport in India called “poona.”.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records.
Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891.
Bats emit ultrasonic sounds to communicate with each other.
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.
Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.
General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army.
George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory.
In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House.
In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario.
In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day.
In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it.
In the Victoria era, red tulips were a declaration of love.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats.
It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean.
Japan uses the most energy per year than any other country.
Kit Kat chocolate bar was introduced to the market in 1935.
More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
Ninety percent of the population has an innie belly button.
Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania.
On average, a beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.
On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day.
Over $7 billion a year is spent on chocolates by consumers.
Over 50% of the wedding in the U.S. occur in the afternoon.
Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.
Sharks have upper and lower eyelids, but they do not blink.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!
The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel.
The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground.
The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries.
The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare.
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.
Thirteen percent of the human population reside in deserts.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
After 8 months, babies are more likely to get a diaper rash.
An American chews an average of 300 sticks of gum in a year.
An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
An ant can detect a movement through 5 centimeters of earth.
An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home.
An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year.
Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter.
By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved.
Canada is an Indian word meaning “village” or “settlement.”.
Central Park located in New York has 125 drinking fountains.
Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning “little lion.”.
Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.
Desert snails can stay in their shell for up to three years.
Dogs can be trained to detect an upcoming epileptic seizure.
Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet.
EPCOT stands for “Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow.”.
Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
Grapes are grown around the world more than any other fruit.
In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.
In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza.
In ancient Greece “idiot” meant a private citizen or layman.
In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.
It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates.
Males account for 60% of toy injuries that occur in the U.S.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
On average, Americans spend $1300 on utility bills annually.
One in seven workers in Boston, Massachusetts walks to work.
Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa.
The “pound” key on your keyboard () is called an octotroph.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years.
The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.
The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about 400 years.
The cost to build the Empire State Building was $40,948,900.
The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.
The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius.
The dot that appears over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max.
The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel.
The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.
There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script.
There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world.
Thirty percent of all bingo players are under the age of 35.
40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
A cockroach can change directions up to 25 times in a second.
Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000.
An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface.
Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico.
Apple seeds are poisonous as they contain a cyanide compound.
At one time, pumpkins were recommended for removing freckles.
At the equator the Earth spins at about 1,038 miles per hour.
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
Englishman Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass in 1250.
Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA.
Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of snot.
Every year, 50,000,000 automobiles are produced in the world.
Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize.
Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate.
Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca
If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
In 1876, the first microphone was invented by Emile Berliner.
In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960 possible hands.
In Belgium, 172,000 tons of chocolate are produced in a year.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters.
In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
In the United States, ice cream is sold the most on a Sunday.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
Mass murderer Charles Manson recorded an album titled “Lie.”.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout.
On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred.
Only 23% of New Zealand families have more than two children.
Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples.
The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles.
The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online.
The average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime.
The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days.
The best selling Crayola crayon box is the set of 24 crayons.
The first American astronaut in space was Alan B. Shepard Jr.
The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin.
The first flavour of a cheese ball was called “Cheddy Blue.”.
The food that is digested in your stomach is called “chyme.”.
The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The most disliked vegetable by Americans is Brussels sprouts.
The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water.
The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.
Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.
Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet.
“Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter.
A lion in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year.
A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
About 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
Amtrak is the combination of the words “American” and “Track”.
Another name for licorice is “Sweet Wood” or “Spanish Juice.”.
Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple.
California consumes more bottled water than any other product.
Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States.
Close to 3 billion movie tickets are sold in India every year.
DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.
Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth.
Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world.
Fourteen people die each day from asthma in the United States.
Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet.
In 1929, the Coca-Cola slogan was “The Pause That Refreshes.”.
In 1980, Saddam Hussein received a key to the city of Detroit.
In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce.
In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.
In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests.
In the United States, turkeys are mostly raised in California.
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
On a bottle of brandy VSOP stand for “Very Special Old Pale.”.
On average, the rainfall across the Amazon is 7 feet annually.
People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing.
Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as on of their materials.
Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.
The average human blinks their eyes 6,205,000 times each year.
The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team.
The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar.
The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years.
The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.
The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
The real name of Toto the dog in “The Wizard Of Oz” was Terry.
The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee.
There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes.
There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.
There were 240 pedestrian fatalities in New York City in 1994.
1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible.
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet (91 m) long in just one night.
Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner.
Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have ran a red light.
Arthur Giblin was the inventor of the first “flushable” toilet.
At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.
Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve.
Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than ceiling fans.
Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago.
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.
Czechs are the biggest consumers of beer per male in the world.
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year
Every second, two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 – 70 days.
Hair and fingernails are made from the same substance, keratin.
Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.
In 1810, Peter Durand invented the tin can for preserving food.
In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar.
In 1963, Mister Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.
In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year.
In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
In China, there is a species of yam that is used to make a dye.
In just one drop of liquid, 50 million bacteria can be present.
In twins, there is a great chance that one will be left handed.
Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.
Mangos are known throughout the world as the “King of Fruits.”.
Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.
Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum.
On average, a man spends about five months of his life shaving.
On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day.
President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.
Russians generally answer the phone by saying, “I’m listening”.
Sports Illustrated has the largest sports magazine circulation.
Studies indicate that listening to music is good for digestion.
The “Dull Men’s Hall of Fame” is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.
The average cow produces about 2,305 gallons of milk each year.
The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics.
The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages.
The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming.
The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week.
The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The largest stamp was issued by China and measured 210 x 65 mm.
The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas.
The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday.
The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year.
The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.
The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world.
There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.
There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
There are only four words in the English language which end in.
There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru.
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?).
Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
“Go.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States.
A pound of houseflies contains more protein than a pound of beef
Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.
Ancient Egyptians used the spice Thyme to help preserve mummies.
Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year.
Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second.
Approximately two gallons of water are used to brush your teeth.
Atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of the water.
Barney, the famous dinosaur that entertains kids is from Dallas.
Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours.
Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for “Douglas Commercial.”.
Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer.
Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
In 1905, the first pizzeria in the U.S. opened in New York City.
In 2002, the most popular car color in North America was silver.
In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th.
Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world.
Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris.
On February 10, 1964 the first self-adhesive stamps were issued.
Rugby, North Dakota is the geographical center of North America.
Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
Since 1950, over 230 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold.
Taco Bell serves over 35 million consumers each week in the USA.
Tasmania, Australia has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.
The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head.
The first lighthouse built in the USA was in Boston, MA in 1716.
The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons.
The largest apple pie ever baked was forty by twenty three feet.
The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles.
The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mamba snake is over 95%.
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
The thyroid cartilage is more commonly known as the adams apple.
There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart.
Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”
“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks.
A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old.
A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons.
All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosal air fresheners.
An average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V.
Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen.
Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah.
Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.
Butte County, South Dakota is the geographical center of the U.S.
Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.
Denver, Colorado lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger.
Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
In 1657, the first chocolate house was opened in London, England.
In the Great Fire of London in 1666, only six people were killed.
In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time.
Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938.
NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
On average Americans spend 18% of their income on transportation.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
One pound of maple syrup can make eight pounds of candy or sugar.
Pancakes are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Australia.
Paper was invented early in the second century by Chinese eunuch.
Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour.
The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years.
The most sensitive cluster of nerves is at the base of the spine.
The mother of Michael Nesmith of “The Monkees” invented whiteout.
The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson.
The short-nosed Bandicoot has a gestation period of only 12 days.
The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
The word “toy” comes from an old English word that means “tool.”.
There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic.
When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in igloo building.
A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.
Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually.
Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
At one time the group “Grateful Dead” were called “The Warlocks.”.
Boxing champion Gene Tunney taught Shakespeare at Yale University.
Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
Bulgarians are known to be the biggest yogurt eaters in the world.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.
Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
Dead cells in the body ultimately go to the kidneys for excretion.
Eating 11 pounds of apples will make you gain one pound of weight.
Elvis Presley used to be a truck driver before he started singing.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one.
In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.
In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood.
In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year.
Louisiana’s capital building is the tallest one of any U.S. state.
Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.
Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week.
Mexican jumping beans jump because of moth larvae inside the bean.
Milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland by David Peter in 1876.
Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.
One grape vine produce can produce about 20 to 30 glasses of wine.
Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year.
Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell.
Sugar Bear (the mascot for Golden Crisps cereal) was born in 1963.
The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation.
The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness.
The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches.
The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams.
The first president to ride in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt.
The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
The list of ingredients that make up lipstick include fish scales.
The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food.
The most popular recipient of Valentine cards are school teachers.
The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia.
The revolving door was invented in 1888, by Theophilus Van Kannel.
The total number of episodes for the sitcom “I Love Lucy” was 180.
The town of Calma, Chile in the Atacama Desert has never had rain.
The word “vamp” is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe.
There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA.
Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns.
A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times more sensitive than a humans.
A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins
All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st.
An adult “Gold Frog” measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length.
Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans used it for paint.
Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced.
Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice.
Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978.
Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer.
Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth.
From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas.
Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.
It can take up to a month for a rattlesnake to re-supply its venom.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Maine is the only state that has borders with only one other state.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
More twins are born in the Western world than in the Eastern world.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
On average, 35 meters of hair fibre is produced on the adult scalp.
On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day.
Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison.
Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton.
Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body.
Stinging insects kills approximately 25 people annually in the U.S.
The designated instrument for the city of Detroit is the accordion.
The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon.
The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses.
The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death.
The most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn.
The ostrich has two toes on each feet which gives it greater speed.
The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called “chalazae.”.
There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same.
There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year.
“Venus observa” is the technical term for the “missionary position.”
15 million blood cells are destroyed in the human body every second.
98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set.
A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist.
Americans eat approximately 20 pounds of pasta per person each year.
Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away.
At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.
Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery.
Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke.
Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries.
Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173.
During the era of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips.
Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells.
Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.
Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors.
In France, a five year old child can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar
In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
In one minute, the heart of a giraffe can pump 160 gallons of blood.
In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year.
In the United States, every year about 15 people die from dog bites.
Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years.
It is common in Israel and Egypt to eat watermelon with feta cheese.
Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.
Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites.
Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator.
Microbial life can survive on the cooling rods of a nuclear reactor.
Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth.
No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946.
Popeye is 34 years old, weighs 158 lbs, and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Queen Victoria used marijuana, to help relieve menstrual cramp pain.
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
Some desert snails have been known to sleep for three to four years.
The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.
The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.
The word “diastema” is the word for having a gap between your teeth.
There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada.
To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.
Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote in 1869.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips.
Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I’s mother, had six fingers on one hand.
Arnold Palmer was the first player to win $1 million on the PGA Tour.
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships. new.
Every hour the Universe expands by a billion miles in all directions.
Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
Gary, Indiana is the murder capital of the U.S. – probably the world.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then
Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc.
It’s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female.
On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials.
Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus.
Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope.
Sex acts like a natural antihistamine, in can clear up a stuffy nose.
Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well.
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk.
The Amazon is the world’s largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.
The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.
The average price for a major league baseball game in 2004 is $19.82.
The Bible was written by over 40 authors over a period of 1500 years.
The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver”.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It to Beaver.”
The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.
The largest hamburger cooked in the world weighed in at 6,040 pounds.
The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA.
The temperature in Antarctica plummets as low as -35 degrees celsius.
The theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters is “Sweet Georgia Brown.”.
The TV show “Saturday Night Live” made its debut on October 11, 1975.
The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald’s Big Mac bun.
There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world.
There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark.
A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians.
A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.
A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds.
Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
Before 1928, yo-yos used to be called bandalores in the United States.
Blueberries have more antioxidents than any other fruit or vegetables.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like.
Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph.
Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom.
Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys.
Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.
Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE.
Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.
Every year, more than one million miles of Twizzlers licorice is made.
Gorilla gorilla gorilla is the scientific name for the animal gorilla.
Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear.
In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted.
In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk.
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.
In a year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur in the U.S.
In gangster slang, a boxing match that is fixed is called a “barney.”.
In Japan, watermelons are squared. It’s easier to stack them that way.
In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops.
In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day.
In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen.
Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.
Lightning strikes the Empire States Building about seven times a year.
Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%.
Proportional to their size, cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.
Spartacus led the revolt of the Roman slaves and gladiators in 73 B.C.
The average number of guests that attend a wedding in the U.S. is 189.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”.
The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England.
The only animal, besides humans that can get leprosy is the Armadillo.
The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
The word “America” comes from the European explorer “Amerigo Vespucci.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
There are five million scent receptors located in a human beings nose.
True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.
Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.
When sharks take a bite, their eyes roll back and their teeth jut out.
While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature.
A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side.
A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.
A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight.
A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.
Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.
Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.
Elmer Smith was the first player to hit a grand slam in a World Series.
From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals.
Hannibal had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome.
Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc.
IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
In 1933, Mickey Mouse is believed to have received 800,000 fan letters.
In 1938, Cliquot Club ginger ale was the first soft drink to be canned.
In 1952, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato Head.
In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water.
In their lifetime, house cats spend approximately 10,950 hours purring.
JELL-O was declared The “Official State Snack” of Utah in January 2001.
Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months.
Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years.
Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old.
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female.
On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels.
Over 600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic.
Polar bears have been known to swim more than 60 miles without resting.
President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day.
Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars.
Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Stewardesses is one of the longest words typed with only the left hand.
Teenage suicide is the second cause of death in the state of Wisconsin.
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
The best selling game in history for coin-operated machines is Pac-Man.
The largest desert in the world, the Sahara, is 3,500,000 square miles.
The largest NFL stadium is the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.
The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.
The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room.
The Pacific island of Tonga once issued a stamp that was banana shaped.
The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels.
The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism.
The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.
There are more donut shops in Canada per capita than any other country.
There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.
Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.
Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya.
Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.
“Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
A Hungarian named Ladislo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.
A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.
Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
Armadillos have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex.
Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new.
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named “Jesus Christ.”
Chili Powder was invented in the 19th century in the American Southwest.
Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world.
Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period.
Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds.
Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has.
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
In a year, the average Americans eats approximately 18 pounds of Turkey.
In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall.
In Belgium, 94% of children under the age of fourteen own LEGO products.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it’s illegal to catch mice without a huntinglicense.
In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home.
In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.
Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
Lipogram refers to writing that does not have certain letter or letters.
Melba toast is named after an Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
Pitcher Darold Knowles once pitched all seven games of one World Series.
Robert Southey wrote the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” in 1834.
Smiling releases endorphins in the body, which makes people feel better.
Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.
The appliance that uses the most use of water in the home is the toilet.
The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin.
The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.
The first company to mass produce teddy bears was the Ideal Toy Company.
The first female guest host of “Saturday Night Live” was Candace Bergen.
The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair.
The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.
The first toilet tank ever seen on television was on Leave it to Beaver.
The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women.
The name for the sign “&” which represents the world “and” is ampersand.
The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.
There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.
There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996.
Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.
“I am.” is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language.
$283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar.
About 85% or product warning labels on household products are inadequate.
Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years.
Antarctica is the only continent on which no Lepidoptera have been found.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
Cashew nuts contain oil in the shell that is very irritating to the skin.
Each day Americans 15 and over spend an average of 55 minutes of driving.
Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide.
Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid.
Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat.
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
Koalas sleep an average of 22 hours a day, two hours more than the sloth.
Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second – 86 million each day.
More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year.
Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints.
On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime.
Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl.
Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever.
Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk.
The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.
The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
The average number of people that go to a party for the Super Bowl is 17.
The Earth is 4.56 billion years old the same age as the Moon and the Sun.
The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA.”
The first German car to be built solely outside of Germany is the BMW Z3.
The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.
The Montreal Canadians hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups with 24.
The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm.
The most popular American city for Kool-Aid sales is St. Louis, Missouri.
The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was “Spud.”.
The origin of apples traces back to the Middle East over 4,000 years ago.
The people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.
The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system.
The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history.
The word “walkman” was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986.
There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.
There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.
500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris.
A British term for slot machine is “fruit machine” or “one-armed bandit.”.
A ripe cranberry will bounce. Another name for a cranberry is bounceberry.
About 25 percent of all the energy consumed in the US is from natural gas.
Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday.
An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more.
Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War.
Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.
Four billion pounds of watermelon were grown in the United States in 1999.
In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as a cold cream remover.
In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.
In 5 billion years the Sun will run out of fuel and turn into a Red Giant.
In the 20th century, over three million people have died from earthquakes.
Incas used to create pots in the shape of peanuts that were highly prized.
Kellogg?s started selling their most famous product, Corn Flakes, in 1906.
LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus.
Many of the stars that were in the Poltergeist Trilogy had strange deaths.
More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States.
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body.
Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
One-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples.
People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.
Pound for pound, leopards are said to be seven times stronger than humans.
Singer Chaka Khan came out with a line of chocolates called “Chakalates.”.
Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows.
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.
The idea of Christmas cards was invented by Englishman Henry Cole in 1843.
The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
The most popular meal ordered at restaurants in the U.S. is fried chicken.
The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle.
There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink.
To escape the Earth’s gravity a rocket need to travel at 7 miles a second.
To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute.
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.
A healthy person has 6,000 million, million, million haemoglobin molecules.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7.
Brain damage will only occur if a fever goes above 107.6 degrees farenheit.
Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times.
Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste.
Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836.
Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months.
If you spray an antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple.
In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed.
In New York State, it is illegal to but any alcohol on Sundays before noon.
In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 pounds of grass.
In the 13th century, quality standards for paste were assigned by the Pope.
In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie.
It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach.
Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour.
Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998.
Ten percent of the Russian government’s income comes from the sale ofvodka.
The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.
The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds.
The Chihuahua was named after the Mexican state where they were discovered.
The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to the eye by a mascara wand.
The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
The tridacna clam can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.
The turkey was once nominated to be the official bird of the United States.
There are over 100 styles of BluBlocker sunglasses available on the market.
Ticks can be as small as a grain of rice and grow to be as big as a marble.
When in danger, kangaroos will beat the ground loudly with their hind feet.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races.
Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.
Approximately 71% of American chocolate eaters prefer to eat milk chocolate.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season.
Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.
Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings.
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don’t have eyes.
Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, andchocolate.
From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain.
In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin.
In Albania, nodding your head means “no” and shaking your head means “yes.”.
In Britain, there are approximately 50,000 pubs with 17,000 different names.
In Ontario, an average household income of a golfer is greater than $60,000.
In the United States there are about three million honey producing colonies.
It has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
More pollution is emitted from the average home compared to the average car.
Olives, which grow on trees, were first cultivated 5,000 years ago in Syria.
One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for “Profiles in Courage”.
Psychokinesis refers to the ability of moving objects through psychic power.
Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie “Braveheart.”.
Saturday is the most popular day for people to eat out in the United States.
Sex is biochemically no different from eating large quantities of chocolate.
Skippy Peanut Butter is sold more in the world than any other peanut butter.
The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl.
The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception.
The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
The first McDonald’s restaurant in Canada was in Richmond, British Columbia.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer.
The first penny candy to be wrapped in America was the Tootsie Roll in 1896.
The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945.
The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800’s.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point inColorado.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair.
The people of Israel consume more turkeys per capita than any other country.
The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands.
There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee.
There are over one billion people that are actively involved in rice growth.
To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories.
Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.
14% of all facts and statistics are made up and 27% of people know that fact.
570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House.
A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
A typical hurricane produces the nergy equivalent to 8,000 one megaton bombs.
A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet.
Detroit, Michigan has more registered bowlers than any other city in the USA.
Eating parsley after eating an onion can help in getting rid of onion breath.
Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley who died at birth.
Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state.
Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through their skin.
In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world’s first chewing gum factory.
In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones – Bhutan.
In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.
In America, approximately 25% of kids aged 6-14 have a magaznie subscription.
Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.
May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months.
More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.
Movies approximately make five times more from video sales than ticket sales.
Neurons multiply at a rate 250,000 neurons per minute during early pregnancy.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse.
On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day.
On average, a whole chicken from the grocery store weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces.
On Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:55 AM, the attack on Pearl Harbor commenced.
Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin.
Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies.
Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims.
Some African tribes refer to themselves as “motherhoods” instead of families.
Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure.
The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years.
The first streetlights in America were installed in Philadelphia around 1757.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults.
The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market.
The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.
The mother of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler was accused of being a witch.
The name “Lego” came from the Danish word LEg Godt, which means “play well.”.
The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.
The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.
The smallest frog is the “Brazilian baby frog”, which is smaller than a dime.
The USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes.
Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
40 percent of the almonds in the world are used by manufacturers of chocolate.
A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque.
A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.
About 70 percent of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.
Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from “Clifford The Big Red Dog.”.
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand.
Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team.
Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange.
Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America.
In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States.
In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour.
In the first century, people used to drink goats milk to sweeten their breath.
In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds.
Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates.
On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime.
People in France own more pets in the world per person than any other country.
Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers.
Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.
Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system.
The all-time most nominated Grammy artist with 77 nominations is Quincy Jones.
The average Japanese household watches more than 10 hours of television a day.
The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool.
The caterpillars of some Snout Moths (Pyralididae) live in or on water-plants.
The fastest speed a raindrop had reached when falling is seven miles per hour.
The females of some moth species lack wings, all they can do to move is crawl.
The first female guest host of Saturday Night Live was actress Candace Bergen.
The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.
The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.
The first synthetic human chromosome was constructed by US scientists in 1997.
The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie “Psycho.”.
The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers.
The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.
The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.
The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood.
The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it.
The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.
The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
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75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.
Baseball was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Burger King restaurants serve over 400 million ounces of orange juice annually.
Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).
Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk.
In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll.
In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring.
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
In-vitro babies are born in Australia more than any other country in the world.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed “wickies” because they tended the lamps wick.
Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world.
On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk.
On average, an American family sends and receives 28 Christmas cards each year.
One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day.
People of Ancient China believed that swinging your arms could cure a headache.
Pepsi originally contained pepsin, (the same stuff in pepcid AC) thus the name.
Pigs have no sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
Talc was used by cavemen 15,000 years ago as an ingredient added to make paint.
The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an orange.
The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.
The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.
The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls.
The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington.
The volume of the earth’s moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
The word witch comes from the word “wicca” which translates to the “wise one.”.
There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.
There are bananas called “Red banana” that are maroon to dark purple when ripe.
There have been close to 200 coups and counter-coups in the country of Bolivia.
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.
There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.
There was once a fish caught in Delaware Bay with a watch still ticking inside.
To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets.
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 milesper year.
Yo-yos were used as weapons by warriors in the Philippines in the 16th century.
A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
A quarter of the world’s plants are threatened with extinction by the year 2010.
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket.
Alaska got its name from the Aluet word “Alyeska” which means “The Great Land.”.
Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants.
Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747.
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein’s brain was 15% wider than normal.
Close to fifty percent of Internet shoppers spend over five hours a week online.
Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.
Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America.
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.
Humans are the only primates that don’t have pigment in the palms oftheir hands.
If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest star would be 445 miles away.
In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane.
In a pack of Skittles candy, there is an equal 20% distribution of each flavour.
In Britain, one out of every four potatoes is eaten in the form of french fries.
In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones.
In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak.
Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.
Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system.
Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking.
On average, you would need 12.5 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream.
Over 100,000 birds and sea animals are killed every year due to plastic garbage.
Painting a house yellow or having a yellow trim helps in selling a house faster.
Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes.
Pineapples were first called “anana”, which is Caribbean for “excellent fruit.”.
Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green.
Printed on the tablet being held by the Statue of Liberty is July IV, MDCCLXXVI.
Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing.
Snails eat with a rasping mouth called a “radula,” which has thousands of teeth.
St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904.
The “naked recreation and travel” industry has grown by 233% in the past decade.
The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.
The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles.
The first ever “World Summit on Toilets” was held in Singapore in November 2001.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.
The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.
The stage were the television sitcom “Friends” is shot on is said to be haunted.
There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly.
There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants.
There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America.
There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger.
Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.
40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet
95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona.
Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.

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