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"The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia”.",
"Canadians say “sorry” so much that a law was passed in 2009 declaring that an apology can't be used as evidence of admission to guilt.",
"Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon.",
"The only letter that doesn't appear on the periodic table is J.",
"One habit of intelligent humans is being easily annoyed by people around them, but saying nothing in order to avoid a meaningless argument.",
"If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzy Bear”.",
"In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.",
"There were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves.",
"Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It's on like Donkey Kong” in 2010.",
"Calling “shotgun” when riding in a car comes from the term “shotgun messenger”.",
"The famous line in Titanic from Leonardo DiCaprio, “I'm king of the world!” was improvised.",
"A single strand of Spaghetti is called a “Spaghetto”.",
"There is actually a difference between coffins and caskets -",
"coffins are typically tapered and six-sided, while caskets are rectangular.",
"Sunflowers can help clean radioactive soil. Japan is using this to rehabilitate Fukashima. Almost 10,000 packets of sunflower seeds have been sold to the people of the city.",
"To leave a party without telling anyone is called in English, a “French Exit”. In French, it's called a “partir à l'anglaise”, to leave like the English.",
"If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you be penalized up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.",
"The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.",
"In Colorado, USA, there is still an active volcano. It last erupted about the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.",
"The first movie ever to put out a motion-picture soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.",
"If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote's signal range.",
"In order to protect themselves from poachers, African Elephants have been evolving without tusks, which unfortunately also hurts their species.",
"The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. This means “ant eating with three fingers”.",
"Originally, cigarette filters were made out of cork, the look of which was incorporated into today's pattern.",
"In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.",
"At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.",
"Iceland does not have a railway system.",
"The largest known prime number has 17,425,170 digits. The new prime number is 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, minus 1.",
"Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author, hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains worth over 1 million dollars. It still has not been found.",
"The lead singer of The Offspring started attending school to achieve a doctorate in molecular biology while still in the band. He graduated in May 2017.",
"The world's largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.",
"In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak. This strategy staved 8,000 people.",
"After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.",
"The spiked dog collar was invented by the Ancient Greeks to protect their dogs from wolf attacks.",
"Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.",
"There is a boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 that can be defeated by not playing the game for a week; or by changing the date.",
"The Roman - Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.",
"Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. He was found and stopped by his best friend Bernie Taupin.",
"If you translate “Jesus” from Hebrew to English, the correct translation is “Joshua”. The name “Jesus” comes from translating the name from Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to English.",
"Ed Sheeran bought a ticket to LA with no contacts. He was spotted by Jamie Foxx, who offered him the use of his recording studio and a bed in his Hollywood home for six weeks.",
"German Chocolate Cake is named after an American baker by the name of Samuel German.",
"The first service animals were established in Germany during World War I. References to service animals date as far back as the mid-16th Century.",
"An 11-year-old girl proposed the name for Pluto after the Roman god of the Underworld.",
"The voice actor of SpongeBob and the voice actor of Karen, Plankton's computer wife, have been married since 1995.",
"An Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain.",
"Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin - the same material that a bird's beak, and our fingernails are made of.",
"An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.",
"75% of the world's diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species.",
"The original Star Wars premiered on just 32 screens across the U.S. in 1977. This was to produce buzz as the release widened to more theaters.",
"The British government coined the slogan, “Keep Calm and Carry on” during World War 2 in order to motivate citizens to stay strong.",
"Apple paid a couple $1.7 million dollars for their plot of land, which was only worth $181,700.",
"Tirana, the capital of Albania has a lot of things in common with other European capitals - except one. It's one of two capitals without a McDonalds. The second is Vatican City.",
"Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row”. He went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.",
"The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil.",
"IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder's name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.",
"In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn't publicize it until after. This way, only those who could time travel would be able to attend. Nobody else attended.",
"Violin bows are commonly made from horse hair.",
"There are less than 30 ships in the Royal Canadian Navy which is less than most third-world countries.",
"Larry the Cable Guy's real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney. His notable Southern accent is fake - he was born and raised in the mid-west, not the South.",
"The youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX who was 11 years old at the time of election. He is also the only person to have been the Pope more than once.",
"In Svalbard, a remote Norwegian island, it is illegal to die.",
"Costa Coffee employs Gennaro Pelliccia as a coffee taster, who has had his tongue insured for £10 million since 2009.",
"Johnny Cash took only three voice lessons before his teacher advised him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.",
"During the Prohibition era, the U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.",
"People who post their fitness routine to Facebook are more likely to have psychological problems.",
"Medieval chastity belts are a myth. A great majority of examples now existing were made in the 18th and 19th centuries as jokes.",
"Nowadays, millionaires with just $1 million isn't considered wealthy anymore by most Americans. Now, the typical American sees at least $2.4 million as wealthy.",
"Hanna-Barbera pitched The Flintstones to networks for 8 weeks before it was finally picked up. It became the first ever animated show to air during primetime.",
"In 1325, two Italian city states fought over a bucket which resulted in 2,000 deaths. It started when two soldiers stole a bucket from a well from the city center.",
"There's no period in “Dr. Pepper”. It was removed because the old logo font made it look like “Di: Pepper”.",
"There is an underwater version of rugby, unsurprisingly called “underwater rugby”.",
"Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.",
"Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.",
"In World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London.",
"Playboy has been publishing braille versions of their magazines since 1970, however no pictorial representations are included.",
"When Space Invaders was created, Tomohiro Nishikado left in the lag caused by more invaders on the screen in order to create greater difficulty in the games.",
"The color red doesn't really make bulls angry; they are color-blind.",
"65% of autistic kids are left-handed, and only 10% of people in general are left-handed.",
"Herring fish communicate by using flatulence.",
"Until 2016, the “Happy Birthday” song was not for public use. Meaning, prior to 2016, the song was copyrighted and you had to pay a license to use it.",
"When mice live in the wild, they typically only live for about six months.",
"There is a punctuation mark used to signify irony or sarcasm that looks like a backwards question mark ⸮",
"During the cremation process of a 500 pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.",
"Researches have found that flossing your teeth can help your memory. Flossing prevents gum disease, which prevents stiff blood vessels, which cause memory issues.",
"When George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and ordered a ten day mourning period for France.",
"The Hobbit has been published in two editions. In the first edition, Gollum willingly bet on his ring in the riddle game.",
"For nearly 60 years, Texas didn't have an official state flag between 1879 & 1933. During that time, the Lone Star flag was the active, but unofficial flag.",
"A wildlife technician, Richard Thomas, took the famous tongue twister, “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood” and calculated a rough estimate of what the answer would actually be. It came out to be around 700 pounds.",
"Red Solo cups are a common souvenir to bring back from the United States. The novelty comes from the cups being used in many party scenes in movies.",
"Swedish meatballs originated from a recipe King Charles XII brought back from Turkey in the early 1800s.",
"Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.",
"Ben & Jerry's has an online flavor graveyard for their 10 discontinued ice cream flavors. Each one has a photo, life span, and epitaph.",
"Scientists discovered sharks that are living in an active underwater volcano. Divers cannot investigate because they would get burns from the acidity and heat.",
"There are times when Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune - one of these timelines was from 1979 to 1999.",
"There is a town in Nebraska called Monowi with a population of one. The only resident is a woman who is the Mayor, Bartender and Librarian.",
"The Ethiopian calendar is 7.5 years behind the Gregorian calendar due to the fact that it has 13 months.",
"In 1994, the company who had a patent on GIFs tried to charge a fee for using GIFS. The PNG was invented as an alternative, and the company backed down.",
"China is spending $3 billion dollars to build panda shaped solar farms in order to get more young people interested in renewable energy.",
"While hunting, stoats go crazy jumping, spinning, and twisting to get a rabbits attention. This hypnotizes the rabbit until the stoat gets close enough to attack.",
"The average American child is given $3.70 per tooth that falls out.",
"To properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.",
"The world's first motel is in San Luis Obispo. Built in 1925. When opened, it cost $1.25 for a two-room bungalow with a kitchen and a private adjoining garage.",
"Scotland was one of the few countries able to hold off being conquered by the Romans in the first century A.D.",
"I Will Always Love You was originally written and recorded in 1973 by Dolly Parton. It was written as a farewell to her mentor of seven years.",
"“Opposites attract” is a common myth. People are actually attracted to people who look like family members, or those with a similar personality type.",
"Llamas can be used as guards against coyote attacks on sheep herds. Studies have proven that just one guard llama is an effective protector and can even kill the attacking coyotes.",
"The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant oils, bacteria, and ozone.",
"Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with the urine of beavers.",
"If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.",
"The most expensive virtual object is “Club NEVERDIE” in the Entropia Universe which is worth $635,000. It was originally bought at $10,000.",
"Cruise ships have morgues that can store up to 10 bodies at once. The average amount of people that die on cruise ships per year is 200.",
"Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians, as well as the descendants of extinct dinosaurs with feathers. This makes them the only surviving dinosaurs.",
"Small as they may be, ladybugs have a unique smell that humans are incredibly sensitive to.",
"During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.",
"The Marshal Mathers foundation for at-risk and disadvantaged youth, was founded by Eminem.",
"A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.",
"Since 1955, 50% of the population of Niger is consistently under 16 years old. The total current population is 21,600,000.",
"The author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, is most responsible for the creation of Thanksgiving being a national holiday.",
"The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old.",
"Chicken Run is the highest-grossing stop motion animated film, even beating The Nightmare Before Christmas.",
"Nobody knows how the Academy Awards came to be referred to as the Oscars. The earliest mention was 1932, and was made official in 1939.",
"More tornadoes occur in the United Kingdom per square mile than any other country in the world.",
"Owners of personalized license plates in Uganda are facing a tax increase of over 300%, which will raise the tax from $1,498 to $5,992.",
"Popularized by the Shakespeare play, many people think Julius Caesar's last words were “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said “You too, my child?”",
"Times Square was originally called Longacre square until it was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly built Times Building.",
"Daniel Craig was an anonymous Storm Trooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Originally, he denied his cameo and claimed he wouldn't bother being an extra in a movie.",
"Queen Elizabeth has a personal net worth of 425 million dollars. That includes the $65 million Sandringham House and $140 million Balmoral Castle.",
"Although there is currently no drug proven to make someone tell the truth, some countries like Russia, Canada, and India use truth serums.",
"Only primates, humans, and opossums have opposable thumbs. Out of these, the opossum is the only one with no thumbnail.",
"One of the World Trade Center's was built to be 1,776 feet tall on purpose to reference the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.",
"The word “kimono”, literally means a “thing to wear”. Ki is “wear”, and mono is “thing”.",
"There is a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi. It was done as an homage to his vision for wireless communication.",
"It snows metal on planet Venus! There are two types that have been found, galena and bismuthinite.",
"Tic Tacs got their name from the sound they make when they are tossed around in their container.",
"Only official members of a federally accepted Native American tribes may legally possess or collect eagle feathers. If a normal citizen has one, it is illegal.",
"By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.",
"500 seeds of 5 different types of seeds were taken into orbit around the moon, and later planted around the U.S. as well as a few countries. They were called Moon Trees.",
"In order to protest the high tariffs enforced by a U.K. censorship board, a filmmaker sent in a 10 hour “movie” of white paint drying. They had to watch the entire film.",
"The popular LMFAO group who created the viral hit, Party Rock Anthem, is made up of an uncle-nephew duo.",
"50% of apartments in Los Angeles don't come with a fridge. This is legal, as fridges are considered an “amenity”, and therefore landlords are not required to provide one.",
"Norway has a 25 year statute of limitation on murder. This means if the murder happened more than 25 years ago, they cannot be charged.",
"Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or exaggerated.",
"Both of the drummers from Queen and Duran Duran had the same name - Roger Taylor.",
"There is a company in the U.K. that offers “being hungover” as a valid reason for calling off work. They are allotted four hungover days per year.",
"The majority of blind people in the U.S. and the U.K. cannot read braille. Statistically, less than 1% of blind in the U.K., and under 10% in the U.S.",
"It's not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw and males are more likely to be left-pawed.",
"Over 290 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.",
"There are only two countries in the world that have the color purple in their flags: Nicaragua and Dominica.",
"A bolt of lightning can reach 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit. That's 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is 10,340 degrees Fahrenheit.",
"There is a village in Russia called Tsovkra where every resident can tightrope walk. It is a tradition that dates back over 100 years but no one knows how it started.",
"When Shakira was in second grade, she was rejected for the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded like a goat.",
"Four of the top seven highest grossing films of all time were released in 2015. Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.",
"Four Nile crocodiles have been found in Florida. They are the second largest crocodile and are more dangerous than the native crocodiles and alligators in Florida.",
"Julius Caesar's only son, Caesarion, was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Even though Cleopatra swears he is Caesar's son, Caesar never officially acknowledged him.",
"The quietest room in the world in Minnesota is measured in negative decibels - so quiet that you can hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving.",
"“Tsundoku” is a Japanese word for the habit of buying too many books, letting them pile up in your house, and never reading them.",
"The Guinness World Record for the time longest spend searching for the Loch Ness Monster, is held by Steve Feltham who camped at Loch Ness for 25 years.",
"Brain fibers lose 10% of their total length every decade. They can shrink even more so under acute stress.",
"Chewing gum boosts mental proficiency and is considered a better test aid than caffeine - but nobody knows why.",
"Per capita, the happiest countries in the world also rank highest in terms of consumers of antidepressants.",
"Even though Irish is the official language of Ireland, Polish is more widely spoken.",
"There's a bar in Yukon that serves a “Sourtoe cocktail”. It consists of a shot of whisky with a human toe floating in the glass. An estimated 60,000 people have had it.",
"The Stockholm archipelago has more islands than the Pacific Ocean at around 30,000.",
"Pope Francis has been given many extravagant gifts over the years, and one of them was a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. However, rather than keeping it for his own pleasure and adventures, he sold it off and used the money to benefit homeless people.",
"In Japan, Domino's started testing pizza delivery via reindeer in 2016.",
"The motto on the United Kingdom's Royal Coat of Arms is in French. The motto is “Dieu et mon droit”, which means “God and my right”.",
"The average household income of the top 1% in the United States is $1,260,508 per year.",
"Disney sold the streaming right for the original Star Wars films in 2016 to Turner until 2024. Disney has since decided to start a streaming service and has tried asking for the rights back, but Turner refuses every time.",
"Gaming-related accidents increased by 26.5% during the first 5 months of Pokémon Go being released. This included 2 deaths and $25.5 million in damages.",
"Helen Keller was related to Robert E. Lee. Her paternal grandmother was second cousins with him.",
"During the 1908 Olympics in London, the Russians showed up 12 days late due to the fact that they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.",
"Non-violent attempts to escape Mexican prisons are not punished because “it's human nature to want freedom”.",
"The line, “Born and raised in South Detroit” in Journey's “Don't Stop Believin” actually refers to Canada, not Michigan.",
"On one slow news day on April 18th, 1930, a BBC radio announcer blatantly said “there is no news”.",
"If you cut a starfish, it won't bleed - it doesn't have blood! Rather, they circulate nutrients by using seawater in their vascular system.",
"12% of the world's total languages is found in Papua New Guinea, which has over 820 indigenous languages. There are more languages on this island than any other country.",
"The hottest temperature ever recorded in Washington state was at Ice Harbor Dam at 118 °F (47.8 °C) on August 5, 1961.",
"In efforts to undercut the Dreamcast's sales of the upcoming SEGA release, Sony announced the PlayStation 2 and exaggerated its performance capabilities.",
"Nepal has the most mathematical flag in the world. It even has an article in its constitution that details the steps of drawing the flag.",
"Mount Rushmore cost less than one million dollars to construct. It took 14 years to build - from 1927 to 1941, and took 400 workers.",
"Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. This was chosen by the founder because he wanted the company to be powerful and everlasting like stars in the sky.",
"On average, 46.1% of Americans have less than $10,000 in assets when they die.",
"While shedding, geckos will eat their skin in order to prevent predators from finding and eating them more easily.",
"Bees actually have knees. The expression comes from the fact that they store large build ups of pollen in hairy baskets on their knees.",
"Between North and South Korea lies 155 miles of no man's land where hundreds of rare animals species thrive.",
"While watching a Merry-Go-Round from a bench in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Walt Disney was struck with inspiration for the creation of Disneyland.",
"There is a Scottish tartan designed for Mars exploration. It was officially registered in 2016 to be worn during Mars science, exploration and outreach activities.",
"Santa Claus was issued a pilot's license from the U.S. government in 1927. They also gave him airway maps and promised to keep the runway lights on.",
"When you exercise, the burned fat metabolizes to become carbon dioxide, water, and energy. Meaning: you exhale the fat that you lose.",
"The word “velociraptor” comes from the Latin words “velox” which means swift, and “raptor” which means robber. Literally - speedy robber!",
"The largest stadium in the world is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea. It can hold up to 114,000 spectators. It covers 51 acres and is 197 feet tall.",
"Polar bears often hunt walruses by simply charging at a group of them and eating the ones that were crushed or wounded in the mass panic to escape. Direct attacks are rare.",
"The group of spikes at the end of stegosaurid tails are called the “thagomizer”. They had no distinct name until the term was coined in 1982 by a cartoonist.",
"There is a correlation between pulling an all-nighter and snapping out of depression. This is because the brain gets more active the longer it goes without sleep.",
"Adult cats only meow at humans, not other cats. Kittens meow to their mother but once they get a little older, cats no longer meow to other cats.",
"When shuffling a deck of cards, the number of possible arrangements is approximately 8×1067. That's more than the number of stars in the observable universe.",
"There is a United Arab Emirates' territory inside an Oman's territory that itself is inside the United Arab Emirates country. It is called Madha village.",
"Disappointment Island is an uninhabited island in New Zealand. Over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross live there. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed on the island which killed 68 people, leaving the 15 survivors waiting 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship ended up crashing there and 12 men drowned.",
"During the entire run of Gilligan's Island, it was never revealed if “Gilligan” was his first or last name.",
"When Jorge Garcia first got the part on LOST as Hurley, he lost a total of 30 pounds in weight before filming started.",
"Videogames have been found to be more effective at battling depression than therapy.",
"Bi-weekly has two different definitions: Twice a week, or once every two weeks.",
"Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, which drew more visitors to see the empty space than the actual painting.",
"There is an insurance policy issued against alien abduction. Around 50,000 policies have been sold, mainly to residents of the U.S. and England.",
"Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.",
"In 2005, Connecticut was accidentally issued an Emergency Alert to evacuate the entire state. Only about 1% of the people actually tried to leave.",
"An 18-year old with dwarfism played the 8-year-old Grinch in The Grinch (2000). He passed away two years after the film was released.",
"Rebecca Felton was the first woman to ever serve for the United States Senate - but she only served for one day.",
"Websters Dictionary accidentally had a word that didn't exist in it for five years - “Dord”.",
"Amber colored rear turn signals are statistically proven to reduce collisions by about 28%.",
"Roselle, a guide dog, lead her blind owner down 78 flights of stairs during 9/11. The descent took about an hour and they both safely made it out.",
"It is thought by Russians that eating ice cream will keep you warm.",
"Somebody hid an episode of South Park inside Tiger Woods 99 as an Easter egg, causing EA to do a massive recall.",
"Madagascar once was a stomping ground for lemurs which were the size of today's gorillas.",
"Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a million people who live in nuclear bunkers.",
"The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese's mouse is Charles Entertainment Cheese.",
"The American roulette wheel is different from the European wheel. The American one has 2 green spaces while the European one only has 1. Although on both, if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, you will get 666.",
"The day after Thanksgiving is called “Brown Friday” by plumbers in America because it is their busiest day of the year.",
"The wife of Anthony Perkins, the original Norman Bates, Berry Berenson died as a result of being a passenger on one of the 9/11 planes.",
"The thumbs up sign is believed to have originated from Chinese pilots. It was used to communicate with the ground crew before take-off.",
"In Toy Story 2 in the scene where Buzz gives a speech in front of the American flag, the flag was edited to be a globe for release in non-American countries.",
"The tallest mountain in our solar system, Olympic Mons, is 3 times taller than Mount Everest.",
"Batman and Predator exist in the same fictional universe. Since 1991, they have been featured together in three comic books.",
"A study from Harvard University finds that having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking. Both effect levels of a blood-clotting protein.",
"In South Dakota, you can get a driver's permit at age 14 with parental consent. Once you turn 16, you can get your license.",
"The Backpack Kid's real name is Russell Horning.",
"In 2017, Adidas sold over 1 million pairs of shoes made from recycled ocean plastic, each pair taking 11 plastic bottles to make.",
"The British Pound is the world's oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old. The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty.",
"The world's smallest mammal, a Bumblebee Bat, weights about the same as a U.S. dime. Native to Myanmar and Thailand, these bats are endangered.",
"As of December 2018, The Itchy & Scratchy Show that takes place within The Simpsons, has 107 episodes.",
"Will Smith owed $2.8 Million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt, just before he signed the contract for The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.",
"The Great Pyramid of Giza actually has eight sides, rather than four. All of the other pyramids have just four sides.",
"English is not native to the British Isles. It was brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th Centuries by German, Danish, and Dutch settlers.",
"When we're born, the only innate fears we have are the fear of falling, and the fear of loud sounds. All other fears are learned.",
"In Korea, there is a breed of dog called a Sapsali which was originally thought to banish ghosts and evil spirits.",
"Qantas Airways once powered an interstate flight on cooking oil. This marked Australia's first commercial flight using sustainably derived biofuel.",
"Berries are simple fruits stemming from one flower. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelon, pumpkins, and avocados are berries.",
"One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th Century.",
"The Leaning Tower of Piza is tilted because of the soft soil that it's built on - which has also protected it from at least 4 powerful earthquakes.",
"All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.",
"All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.",
"While dinosaurs roamed the earth, they lived on every continent including Antarctica.",
"The blue whale's heart is the size of a VW Beetle and weighs up to 1,000 lbs (453 kg).",
"One of the most widely used symbols for medical assistance is actually the Swiss flag, and not a medical symbol.",
"Until 2007, slavery was legal in Mauritania. Even still, 1-4% of the population is still living as slaves.",
"A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed a Wendy's in 2005.",
"The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386, and still stands today.",
"Before finally being accepted, J.K. Rowling's original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 publishers.",
"The Japanese term for a Shotgun Wedding is “Dekichatta kekkon”, which literally translates to “oops-we-did-it-marriage”.",
"Garlic is known to attract leeches.",
"In 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard. They washed up around the world for the next 20 years.",
"There is a company in Japan that has schools that teach you how to be funny. The first one opened in 1982. About 1,000 students take the course each year.",
"Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane, who unknowingly disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed everyone on board.",
"It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once.",
"A 26 sided shape is known as a rhombicuboctahedron.",
"Mob boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York in his bath robe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture.",
"The military has used silly string to detect trip wires in Iraq. Before entering a room, they can squirt it inside. If it hangs in the air, it may have revealed a wire.",
"By applying even pressure on an egg, it is nearly impossible to break the shell by squeezing it.",
"So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last of rinderpest was in 2001.",
"A recently discovered deep sea snail, the Scaly-Food Gastropod, has a shell that is impressively developed. So much so, that the U.S. military is trying to use its design to inspire defensive layers in military armor.",
"There are over 6,000 known species of grass.",
"The total weight of all air on Earth is 11 quintillion pounds.",
"“Time anxiety” occurs in a person when they are perpetually afraid of being late, or of others being late.",
"Ant queens can live for up to 30 years.",
"In 2014, Princeton researches determined that Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2017.",
"Orlando Bloom has swinophobia, which is a fear of pigs!",
"Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha's.",
"Meghan Trainor has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.",
"Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. The wave was 78 feet tall.",
"The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a “gaur”.",
"In Bruges, Belgium, there an underground pipeline that runs 2 miles to transfer beer from a brewery to the bottling plant.",
"The collective group of lemurs is called a conspiracy.",
"The first Primark store opened in Dublin in June 1969 under the name Penney's.",
"Ron Swanson's character on Parks and Recreation is based off a real person - a woman who works in a high bureaucratic position who is also anti-government.",
"Captive tigers in the U.S. alone outnumber the amount of wild tigers worldwide.",
"The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.",
"Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash.",
"The first X-Rated animated movie was Fritz the Cat. It is still the most successful independent animated feature to date.",
"Roughly 33% of cats are not effected by catnip. The euphoric reaction commonly associated with catnip is hereditary.",
"Facebook will track and record nearly everything you do if you browse the web while logged in to your Facebook account.",
"Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.",
"The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat home.",
"MIT, often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.",
"Albert Einstein had mastered calculus by the tender age of 15.",
"Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck and the island was christened to the name in 1500.",
"Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks“.",
"The number of stars on the EU flag doesn't represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and for a symbol of unity.",
"High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.",
"Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.",
"Cats which have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.",
"The manager of Guinness started the Guinness Book of World Records when he got annoyed that he couldn't find out what the fastest game bird was ever recorded.",
"Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald's, State Farm and BandAids.",
"One of the smartest bird species is the magpie. They can even recognize themselves in mirrors.",
"The tongue is the only muscle in one's body that is attached from one end.",
"The atomic number of zinc is 30.",
"The tall chef's hat is called a toque.",
"There's very little evidence the TSA has ever stopped a terrorist or found a real bomb. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time.",
"In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That's one for every day of the week!",
"Whenever Charles Dickens was away from home, he would always realign the bed he was sleeping in to face Northwards, as he felt that this fostered and unlocked his creativity.",
"The Shawn Mendes EP reached Number 1 on iTunes in 37 minutes.",
"Since 1990 the United States has added more acres of forest than it has lost, with almost 20 million new acres of forest land added in the last 2 decades.",
"There is a liquid that you can breathe in called perfluorohexane. Animals can be submerged in a bath of perfluorohexane without drowning.",
"Feeding curry to a sheep reduces the amount of methane in its farts by up to 40%.",
"During a conversation each speaker's “turn” averages 2 seconds, and the pause in between only 200 milliseconds. That figure is nearly universal.",
"Cold showers have more health benefits than hot or warm showers. These include improving circulation, stimulating weight loss, and easing depression.",
"Despite being landlocked, Mongolia has a navy consisting of seven men and one vessel, the “Sukhbaatar III“, stationed on Lake Khövsgöl.",
"During the Second World War, German tank drivers would drive their vehicles over camel droppings, thinking it would bring them good luck.",
"In Alabama, it is illegal to participate in shooting, hunting, gaming, card playing or racing on Sundays. The fine ranges from $10 to $100.",
"Originally, bumper cars were not supposed to hit each other. Drivers were actually supposed to avoid crashing in spite of chaotic driving. The first company to patent a bumper car was in 1920 named Dodgem.",
"A woman was elected to the House of Representatives four years before women even won the right to vote.",
"In the Netherlands version of Sesame Street, instead of Big Bird, they have a blue bird named Pino. He was later established as Big Bird's cousin.",
"The full Bible has been translated into over 3,000 languages. Among those include fictional languages like Elvish, Klingon and Na'vi.",
"The voice of Stargazer in Mass Effect 3 was done by Buzz Aldrin.",
"The first 4th of July celebration was in 1777.",
"Justin Bieber's first tweet was at 8:27pm on May 11, 2009.",
"Snakes and lizards both molt out of their old skin as they grow. Investigators have come to the conclusion that dinosaurs may have also molted.",
"Zebras have only one toe on each foot.",
"Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000BC, which makes dentists one of the oldest professions.",
"Originally, the Pokémon Vulpix was going to be called “FoxFire”.",
"The first ever documented feature film was made in Australia in 1906.",
"Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the screams of human pain.",
"William Hung, made famous for his appearance on American Idol singing “She Bangs“, is a 73rd generation descendant of Confucius.",
"From 1937 to 1953, NBC's Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.",
"Because snow is composed of ice, it can be classified as a mineral. Water, however, does not fall under the same classification, and is not a mineral.",
"Of the 9,000 Blockbuster stores that existed in the early 1990s, at least 10 Blockbusters are open across the U.S. Seven of those are in Alaska.",
"There is a geocache on the International Space Station placed in 2008. It has since been visited four times by other astronauts.",
"The Vatican had music which was forbidden to be copied and was only played twice per year. It was secret for almost 150 years until a 14-year-old Mozart heard it and transcribed it from memory.",
"Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.",
"Octopuses only touch in situations of mating or aggression. Female octopuses sometimes do both, strangling and eating the male after mating.",
"Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper in 1826. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland's Disgrace”.",
"A French general gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator. Adams kept it in one of the White House bathtubs and enjoyed showing it off.",
"In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check.",
"In the Philippines, you can buy spaghetti at McDonald's, where they also sell a “McDo” piece of chicken.",
"Though most think it's Italian, pepperoni is an American invention. The first use of the word dates back to 1919.",
"The pumpkin is a member of the cucurbit family, which are gourds, such as cucumbers and squashes.",
"Any prime number higher than three, when squared and subtracted by one, will always turn out to be a multiple of 24.",
"When dogs are first born, they are completely blind & cannot hear anything. The first sense which they develop is the sense of touch.",
"Margherita Pizza uses tomato, mozzarella, and basil toppings to represent the Italian national flag. It was originally to honor the Queen of Italy in 1890.",
"Sudan has more pyramids than any country with 255. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by twice the amount.",
"The money for the Statue of Liberty came from fundraising from auctions, a lottery, and boxing matches in Europe and the U.S. The Statue cost the French about $250,000, which today would be over $5.5 million dollars.",
"Not all hamsters are small. Although some hamsters are as small as 2-4 inches, the largest ones are approximately 13 inches long.",
"The hand and footprints in front of the Chinese Theater tradition started accidentally when silent film actress, Norma Talmadge stepped on wet cement.",
"Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.",
"Soviet Russia needed lighthouses on their uninhabited Northern Coast, so they built automated lighthouses powered by small nuclear reactors.",
"Animal's yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.",
"Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.",
"Approximately 1 in every 2,000 babies already has a tooth when they are first born.",
"The Young America Township in Minnesota has a population of less than 1,000, but more than 20 zip codes.",
"The United States Department of Agriculture says the official definition of a sandwich is: “at least 35 percent cooked meat and no more than 50 percent bread”.",
"Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.",
"The original name for Xbox was DirectXbox designed to show how Microsoft's Direct X graphics could improve the console market.",
"In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.",
"Walter Hunt, a man from America, invented the safety pin back in 1849.",
"The highest recorded fall without a parachute happened in 1972 at 33,333 ft. The victim, Vesna Vulović was in the hospital for 16 months after the fall.",
"A mason in 1700's Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can't be moved without the agreement & permission of six different Christian leaders.",
"Eminem's mother filed an $11 million defamation lawsuit against him because of his lyrics about her. She settled for $25,000 and $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer.",
"San Marino is the fifth smallest country in the world (and the third smallest in Europe).",
"A woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York.",
"The Postal Service got its name based on the fact that they originally used USPS to send each other music tracks because of conflicting schedules.",
"December 3rd is known as “Roof Over Your Head Day” - a day to be grateful of what we have in life!",
"Alaska is the only state in America that can be typed on one row of a traditional English QWERTY keyboard.",
"Michael Jackson's shiny glove was actually just a modified golf glove.",
"The Lego Group is the world's most powerful brand. There are more Lego minifigures than there are people on Earth.",
"Mr. and Mrs. originated from using the words master and mistress.",
"The only difference between kosher salt and table salt, is the grain size. Kosher salt is smaller, and they both come from underground salt deposits.",
"Invented in 1923, Q-Tips were originally called Baby Gays; then Q-Tip Baby Gays, then finally just Q-Tips. The Q stands for quality.",
"1912 saw the last Olympic gold medals made entirely out of gold.",
"Every 10 years, the human skeleton repairs and renews itself. Essentially, you have different bones now than you did 10 years ago!",
"The first game to be played in space was Starcraft - Daniel Barry took it with him in 1999 on the Space Shuttle mission STS-96.",
"Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. As of 2010, 43.8% is Latino, 25.6% is White, 23.1% is Black, and 6% is Asian.",
"May 29th is “National Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day“. It is celebrated in Europe & USA to bring luck & wealth to the household.",
"When water freezes to ice cubes, it will take up 9% more volume.",
"The little piece of paper sticking out of a Hershey's Kiss is called a niggly wiggly.",
"As a child, Jet Li performed with the Chinese National Wushu Team for President Nixon. Nixon asked him to be his personal bodyguard, but he declined.",
"Eating grapefruit can restrict the effects of 43 different kinds of medications.",
"Dinosaurs would swallow large rocks which stayed in their stomach to help churn and digest food.",
"The word robot comes from the Czech “robota”. This translates into forced labor, or work.",
"During 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure. It lasted less than 3 months.",
"Abraham Lincoln loved cats and once let one eat from the table during a formal White House dinner.",
"The Canadian government isn't sure when Canada became a sovereign state. Its Supreme Court ruled that sovereignty occurred sometime between 1919 and 1931.",
"On April 1st, 2005, NASA pulled an April Fool's prank telling the world that they had found water on Mars.",
"There's a town in the Oklahoma panhandle named “Hooker” and its slogan is “it's a location, not a vocation”.",
"Japan is facing a ninja shortage. There is a high demand for “ninja shows”, but it is a dying tradition and companies have trouble time finding properly trained ninjas.",
"New Jersey had 4 Governors in the span of 8 days in early 2002. The shortest term of those was served by John Farmer Jr. for 90 minutes.",
"George Miller - the person who created Mad Max is the same person who created Happy Feet.",
"Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.",
"There were only 9 developers on the team for GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64, and only one of them had ever worked on a video game before.",
"When cellophane was invented in 1908, it was originally intended to be used to protect tablecloths from wine spills.",
"A Dutch start-up company have been able to start training wild crows so that they pick up cigarette butts and put them in bins for a peanut as a reward.",
"We feel “hangry” because it's harder for us to control our emotions when our brains are low on glucose.",
"The mayor of a historical district in Alaska is a cat named Stubbs. Mayor Stubbs drinks catnip laden water from a wineglass every afternoon, at a local restaurant.",
"Spam mail got its name from the canned meat after a Monty Python skit that made fun of Spam as tasting “horrible and being ubiquitous and inescapable”.",
"Humans specifically have eyes that face forward for the purpose of seeing in 3D. On the other hand, vegetarian dinosaurs such as the Triceratops, had eyes that looked out to the side so they could stay vigilant watching for danger as they ate.",
"In the 1980's, the founder of Pringles, Fredric Baur, requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.",
"You can now get a headstone with a QR code. Called “Living Headstones”, they show pages with photos, video biography's, and comments from loved ones.",
"While filming Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey had his crown temporarily removed - that chipped tooth is real and a result of a childhood fight.",
"Ginger beer is brewed and fermented with ginger, while ginger ale is merely carbonated water flavored with ginger.",
"During the first live iPhone presentation, Steve Jobs had to frequently switch phones behind his desk. Otherwise, it would run out of RAM and crash.",
"In Mississippi, it is considered a federal offense to Dine-n-Dash on a check that is over $25. In California, it is only a petty theft.",
"The NYPD had a police officer follow Andre the Giant whenever he went out drinking. This was to make sure he didn't get drunk and fall on anyone.",
"In the popular film, The Godfather, the word “mafia” is never said because the actual mafia commanded it.",
"The only window that opens on the presidential car is the driver's window, to pay tolls. It also has no keyholes, and only the Secret Service know how to open the doors.",
"Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876 that was later adapted to become the first tattoo machine in 1891.",
"Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries that “proved” mermaids exist. So many people thought it was real that the U.S. government issued an official statement about it.",
"In 18th Century England, having a pineapple was a symbol of wealth because of high import fees. They would be used as displays instead of being eaten.",
"Marvel's Deadpool issue #27 holds the Guinness World Record for the most comic book characters on one cover.",
"Instead of an agent Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number where you can leave a message for him if you want to cast him for a movie or event.",
"When written down, the word “almost” is the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order.",
"The black-footed cat is the smallest wild cat, at just 20 inches long.",
"The world's most remote ATM is run by Wells Fargo in the Antarctic. The ATMs serve around 1,200 residents at the U.S. scientific facility.",
"The first Game Boy could run for a staggering 30 hours on only two AA batteries!",
"Hershey's chocolate syrup, Ritz Crackers, DumDums, and Oreos are all suitable for vegans.",
"The sound of a Star Wars lightsaber was created by paring together the sound of an idle film projector and the buzz from an old TV set.",
"Your tonsils can grow back if there was tissue left behind during the removal process. Sometimes it's accidental, other times it's left on purpose.",
"Greenland voted to leave the European Union in 1985 and have not rejoined since.",
"Every second, the human eye moves about 50 times.",
"There's a reply to the saying “Liar, liar, pants on fire” - It's “I don't care, I don't care, I can buy another pair”.",
"Only 2% of the world's population has green eyes.",
"The A.D. and B.C. system was not proposed until 525 A.D. by a monk. However, it was not widely used until the 9th Century.",
"Daniel Radcliffe had the same stunt double for the first six Harry Potter movies - until the double was paralyzed from an accident on set during filming of the 7th movie.",
"“Tater Tots”, a registered trademark, originally failed because people thought the product was too cheap. Popularity rose after the price was raised.",
"Movie theaters make roughly 85% of their profit off concession stands. This is because ticket revenues have to be shared with the movie distributors.",
"By mixing nonoplatelets from carrots and other root vegetables, concrete mixtures can be significantly strengthened, meaning less cement is needed to achieve the same effect.",
"Honey, and items immersed in honey, can be preserved for centuries. The long shelf life is due to an enzyme found in the stomachs of bees.",
"Credit card EMV chip technology has been around since 1986. It was first implemented in France, with Germany following shortly after.",
"The odds of being born on 29th February are 1 in 1461.",
"People who donate blood in Sweden are sent a text message each time their blood saves a life.",
"In the U.S., around ¾ of all houses possess at least 1 jar of peanut butter.",
"30 of the first 31 popes were murdered. Most of them were martyred, but not all causes of their deaths are known.",
"The average U.S. household has 300,000 things, from paper clips to ironing boards. U.S. children make up 3.7% of children on the planet but have 47% of all toys and children's books.",
"The commonly known phrase “to a T”, means something that fits just right. Interestingly enough, this expression derives from a similar phrase “to a tittle”, which is a small mark that is used in spelling norms, like the dots of i's or j's, or an accent mark.",
"Both Motel 6 and Super 8 got their names from the original prices of the rooms. Motel 6 started at $6 in 1962, and Super 8 at $8.88 in 1974.",
"About 25% of all blood from the heart goes into the kidneys.",
"In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach.",
"Rednex, the band who remixed and popularized Cotton Eye Joe, is not Southern, but Swedish. They all have Southern sounding stage names.",
"BuzzFeed sponsored content costs about $20,000 for five or six “articles”.",
"Comets only reflect 4% of the light that falls on them, the rest is absorbed.",
"The name for the shape of Pringles is called a “Hyperbolic Paraboloid”.",
"Writing down your worries before taking an exam can help combat test anxiety, improve performance and boost your test scores.",
"The highest body count in film history goes to “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” with 836 on-screen deaths.",
"There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.",
"While filming Rocky IV, Lundgren hit Sylvester Stallone for real and he ended up in the hospital for nine days.",
"For almost 15 years, Vermont was technically its own country before joining the United States in 1791. It had its own coins and postal service.",
"An adult's kidney weighs about 5 ounces (142 grams) and is the size of a fist.",
"Without saliva, humans are unable to taste food.",
"The German Autobahn has no speed limits because Western Germany saw them as a Nazi relic. This became effective in 1972.",
"If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning. This would be a mixture of too much protein and an absence of fat in the diet.",
"The loudness of a monkey is relative to the size of its testicles. Researchers found that the smaller the testicles, the louder the monkey.",
"Every Pixar movie contains a reference to the Pixar movie that comes after it.",
"Sour Patch Kids are from the same manufacturer as Swedish Fish. The red Sour Patch Kids are the same candy as Swedish Fish, but with sour sugar.",
"There exists a plankton, Dinoflagellates, which if consumed, reverses your feeling of hot and cold - as well as hallucinations. Symptoms can last from weeks to years.",
"Red pandas have no living relatives - they aren't even related to giant pandas.",
"After Christianity, the largest religious affiliation in the U.S. is Judaism.",
"Ewok Jerky was a popular snack across the Outer Rim in the Star Wars Universe.",
"Italy built an entire courthouse to prosecute the Mafia. They charged 474 members in a trial that lasted from 1986-1992. To date, it was the biggest trial in the world.",
"Doug Engelbart created the very first computer mouse from wood in 1964.",
"The smallest thing ever photographed is the shadow of an atom.",
"Despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the warmest planet.",
"There are no visual difference between male and female herons.",
"Cranes are built using cranes.",
"In the popular 2014 movie “Godzilla“, the Godzilla portrayal was only seen for about 8 minutes in the entire film.",
"In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.",
"It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18th February 1979.",
"PewDiePie supported his YouTube channel by selling hot dogs. His persistence paid off when in 2012 his YouTube channel garnered over one million subscribers.",
"Approximately 1,000,000 dogs in the U.S. are named as the heirs of their owners' wills.",
"It takes longer to drown in saltwater than in freshwater. Because of this, around 90% of drownings occur in freshwater.",
"Employees at MillerCoors get three free cases of beer each month, in addition to having access to beer and cider on location after a work day.",
"Steven Spielberg was executive producer of The Animaniacs.",
"Kanye West's song “Hey Mama” was dedicated to his mother, who died in 2007 after complications with plastic surgery.",
"More than 90% of survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks delayed evacuation to save their work, shut down computers, change shoes, or visit the bathroom.",
"Queen Elizabeth saved up post-war clothing ration coupons in order to pay for her wedding dress in 1947.",
"Sweden has the most islands in the world, with 221,800 islands.",
"Although dingoes are about the same size as a Springer Spaniel, they are brave enough to target an adult kangaroo when hunting in packs.",
"If you keep smelling something that is not really there, you may be experiencing the earliest symptoms of schizophrenia.",
"A cluster of bananas is called a “hand”. Along that theme, a single banana is called a “finger”.",
"Since the death penalty was restored in 1976, the states of Washington and New Hampshire have returned to hanging as an available method of execution.",
"Even though drugs are officially illegal in the Netherlands, it is legal to be under the influence of any drug to encourage people to seek medical help.",
"The first world leader to create a YouTube channel was the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who made his account in 2007.",
"Rick Astley has his own brand of beer. It was a collaboration between him and the Danish micro-brewery Mikkeller; it's a red lager with “a hint of ginger”.",
"The total spend on adult Halloween costumes each year in America is $1.5 billion.",
"When double rainbows occur, the colors of the second arc are always reversed.",
"Bookworms are actual insects that bore holes in books. A major book feeding insect is a paper louse which feeds on microscopic mold in poorly kept books.",
"3 inches of ice can support one person, on foot. 4 inches can support a group of people, single file. 36 inches can support up to 110 tons of weight.",
"January 17th is known as “Ditch New Year's Resolution Day”.",
"Dinosaurs that could run using just two legs are referred to as bipeds.",
"Russia has the most man-made satellites in orbit with 1,324. There is a total of 2,271 and U.S. is in second place at 658.",
"The most difficult Chinese character requires 62 total strokes to write. The word itself, “biang” holds no meaning.",
"Fruit stickers are edible, though the same with any fruit, washing prior to eating is recommended. The glue used for them is regulated by the FDA.",
"A certain type of box jellyfish's venom will make you feel a strong sense of anxiety and sense of impending doom, and possibly thoughts of suicide. These symptoms can last up to two weeks.",
"The island in Lake Bled is the only natural island in Slovenia.",
"In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10pm.",
"If sheep have long tails when they are born, the tails are cut off in order to prevent infection.",
"The name for a collective group of rhinoceroses is called a crash.",
"Because of the Electoral College, a presidential candidate can win with only 23% of the popular vote.",
"There was a snail glued to a specimen card in the British Museum mid-1800s. It spent four years glued there before scientists realized it was still alive.",
"August 21st is Senior Citizen's Day - a day to honor the older generation.",
"William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to prevent anyone from moving his bones.",
"Acetaminophen, one of the most popular pain-killers, restrains masculinity and dulls emotions. It had been rejected in 1887 for its side effects, then approved in 1955.",
"The Twenty One Pilots fan base is known as the Skeleton Clique.",
"A man who was hanged for his part in the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had his skin removed and it was used to bind a book that listed his offenses.",
"Valentine's Day in South Korea is a little different. Only women give gifts, not men.",
"Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 total",
"During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo",
"People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain",
"The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA",
"Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning",
"898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.",
"The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word 'poppe,' which means 'explosive sound'",
"The food that is digested in your stomach is called 'chyme.'",
"Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life",
"The sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' uses everyletter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twxcommunications)",
"The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare",
"The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sportsgames (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after theMajorLeague All-Star Game.",
"In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured",
"Lack of sleep can affect your immune system and reduce your ability to fight infections",
"All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago",
"It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation",
"Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own 'Parma ham' and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)",
"With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches",
"A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.",
"Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies",
"In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10",
"The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling",
"The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception",
"In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch",
"Edward VIII did not officially become the King of England as he abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee",
"The book 'Little Red Riding Hood' was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it",
"The reason why golf balls have dimples on them is because it helps in the ball to move a farther distance by reducing drag",
"Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world",
"Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe",
"To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages",
"Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice",
"Most fleas do not live past a year old",
"It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean",
"Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them",
"Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable",
"The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off",
"There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York",
"Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day",
"Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun",
"There is a certain species of kangaroo that is only 2.5 centimetres long when it is born",
"In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring",
"The real name of Toto the dog in 'The Wizard Of Oz' was Terry",
"Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin",
"It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey",
"Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.",
"The largest hamburger cooked in the world weighed in at 6,040 pounds",
"The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C",
"Heinz first started making ketchup in 1876 and the recipe has remained the same ever since",
"The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people",
"The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max",
"Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil",
"The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada",
"The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total construction time of 40 months to complete at an original cost of $63 million",
"The 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was able to write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time",
"The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate",
"In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles",
"A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres",
"In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings",
"Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission",
"A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches",
"In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated",
"A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks",
"An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment",
"The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius",
"Ten radishes only contain eight calories",
"Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico",
"Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people",
"Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920",
"Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000",
"One female mouse can produce up to 100 babies a year",
"Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states",
"Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.",
"The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days",
"The monogram 'RR' for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.",
"People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin",
"Fido means faithful in Latin",
"Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character",
"A group of kangaroos is called a mob",
"Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.",
"Every three seconds, a new baby is born",
"More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.",
"The only predator that polar bears have are humans",
"Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight",
"The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas",
"Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12% is used again or recycled",
"A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes",
"A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes",
"The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war",
"There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world",
"The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels",
"Post-It Notes, which are adhesive notes, were invented while looking for a way to improve the acrylate adhesive found in tapes",
"Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours",
"Odontophobia is the fear of teeth",
"The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.",
"In Johannesburg, the average car will be involved in an accident once every four years.",
"The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old",
"The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb",
"According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper lasts about five days in the bathroom",
"Almonds are members of the peach family",
"The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy",
"A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats",
"The largest member of the dolphin family are orcas",
"In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria",
"The hormone replacement drug 'Premarin' is made from the urine of pregnant horses",
"TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979",
"Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards",
"People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for foods that taste bitter",
"In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers",
"Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands",
"On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily",
"Copper is the second most used metal in the world.",
"Milton Bradley originally wanted to name the game Twister, Pretzel; but he could not since the name was copyrighted",
"According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms",
"If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London",
"St. Patrick never really drove out any snakes from Ireland. This story was an analogy of how he drove paganism out of Ireland",
"Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth",
"The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts",
"People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples",
"Montreal was named after a local mountain 'Mont Royal.'",
"Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991. And, rightfully so",
"In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.",
"A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle",
"Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I",
"The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, which is seventy straight days",
"The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C",
"Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk)",
"A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair",
"In 1992, when EuroDisney first opened in France, the public beat some of the park characters because at the time most people had been against the park being built",
"A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.",
"There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show 'Sesame Street' that is HIV-positive",
"There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness",
"The oldest working Post Office in the world is located in the village of Sanquer, located in the Scottish Lowlands. It has been operating since 1712",
"Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church",
"Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second",
"In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily",
"Every person has a unique tongue print",
"Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet",
"In 1890, there was no sunshine for the whole month of December in Westminster in London.",
"Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms",
"The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert",
"Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state",
"Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs",
"In China, there is a species of yam that is used to make a dye",
"Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort",
"The Chihuahua Desert is the largest desert in North America, and is over 200,000 square miles",
"Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE",
"Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War",
"The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson",
"Researches have discovered that eating five or more apples a week is linked to better functioning of the lungs",
"Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747",
"The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food",
"Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal",
"If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction",
"The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan",
"The theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters is 'Sweet Georgia Brown.'",
"27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras",
"To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories",
"In 1969, the American side of Niagara Falls was stopped completely for several months",
"The name for insect poop is frass",
"A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar",
"Montreal is actually located on an island",
"There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America",
"The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat",
"Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen",
"The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C",
"There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses",
"Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys",
"Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale ofvodka.",
"Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning",
"Bananas were discovered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. when he conquered India",
"Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from 'navel' which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah",
"Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand",
"Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836",
"Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.",
"The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia",
"In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets",
"The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away",
"Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect",
"In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones",
"The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada",
"The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets",
"The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh)",
"Male koalas mark their territory by rubbing their chests on a tree. Male koalas have a dark scent gland in the middle of their chest",
"An octopus has three hearts",
"Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.",
"Buttermilk does not contain any butter, but is a cultured milk product which is usually made from fat free milk",
"Pineapples were first called 'anana', which is Caribbean for 'excellent fruit.'",
"Human birth control pills work on gorillas",
"The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17",
"An adult 'Gold Frog' measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length",
"Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct",
"Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf",
"Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality",
"Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team",
"In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed",
"Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than ceiling fans.",
"The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache",
"Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better",
"Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times",
"The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years",
"The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes",
"According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year",
"It takes 72 minutes for the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower to make one revolution",
"Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed",
"All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873",
"The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic",
"The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice",
"Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert",
"The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol,' which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it",
"The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces",
"If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create explosion that is equal to an atomic bomb",
"Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has",
"Studies indicate that listening to music is good for digestion",
"The Chihuahua was named after the Mexican state where they were discovered",
"There are no snakes in New Zealand",
"The most popular grown bulbs are tulips",
"Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid",
"The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar",
"Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite",
"The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming",
"In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl",
"Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments",
"The garfish has green bones",
"Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis",
"The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each",
"A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds",
"Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married",
"The food that people crave the most is cheese",
"Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury",
"The only animal, besides humans that can get leprosy is the Armadillo",
"In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America",
"The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness",
"According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.",
"People from North America prefer pickles with warts, where as Europeans prefer pickles with no warts",
"People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack",
"Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom",
"After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.",
"The country with the highest consumption of chocolate per capita is Switzerland, with 22 pounds per person, per year",
"In China, September 20 is 'Love Your Teeth Day.'",
"Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played the part instead",
"The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car)",
"Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur",
"Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals",
"Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk",
"A 'hairbreadth away' is 1/48 of an inch",
"In 1281, the Mongol army of Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but were ravaged by a hurricane that destroyed their fleet",
"Walt Disney was afraid of mice",
"Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl compared to couples that do not smoke",
"The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle",
"Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have ran a red light",
"In 1755, the first Canadian post office opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fist Deputy Postmaster General was American inventor Benjamin Franklin who was later dismissed for sympathizing with the American revolutionary cause",
"Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.",
"On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female",
"Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards",
"The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and rubbing it on the bite",
"If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar",
"Most American car horns honk in the key of F",
"A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed",
"Bats always turn left when exiting a cave",
"Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air",
"In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American",
"There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish",
"Racecar driver Lee Petty once left a pitstop and did a full lap at Nascar with a pit crew member still on the hood",
"The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers",
"St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity",
"More twins are born in the Western world than in the Eastern world",
"Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg",
"The record for the longest Monopoly game played in a bathtub is ninety-nine hours",
"The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a 6 foot-tall human jumping the length of 7 football fields",
"The 1988 move 'Big' which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically",
"When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.",
"In 1972, a gorilla by the name of 'Koko' was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words",
"3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria",
"The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing 'melanin' which gives the hair colour",
"Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year",
"The word 'vamp' is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe",
"Construction on the White House began in October of 1792",
"A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.",
"Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards",
"The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs",
"Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away",
"Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit",
"On average, there is about three molecules of ozone for every 10 million air molecules.",
"A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day",
"The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers",
"James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States",
"The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high",
"In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas",
"Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system",
"The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship",
"Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers",
"It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs",
"Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims",
"The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890",
"Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands",
"The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin",
"A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side",
"There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away",
"99% of the blueberries that are produced in the United States are produced in the state of Maine",
"On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg",
"Thomas Jefferson had three achievements placed on his headstone at his request, 'Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson/Author Of The Declaration Of American Independence/Of The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom/And Father Of The University of Virginia.? He never mentioned being President of the United States",
"Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months",
"In the Victoria era, red tulips were a declaration of love",
"The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war",
"It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats",
"According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love",
"In 1796, Napoleon was only 26 years old when he took command of the French Army of Italy",
"A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it",
"The expression 'Tying the Knot' comes from an old Roman custom where the brides clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots",
"Snake is a delicacy in China",
"In 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior",
"The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years",
"Uranus has 27 moons",
"Actress Sally Field was paid $4,000 a week for her role in the TV show The Flying Nun",
"More pollution is emitted from the average home compared to the average car.",
"The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose",
"Only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date",
"In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, butnochannel 1.",
"A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years",
"There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants",
"The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world with a height of about 553 metres",
"The term 'the whole 9 yards' came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got 'the whole 9 yards.'",
"Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173",
"President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day",
"The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma",
"The word 'laser' stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation.'",
"In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey",
"There are 315 species of parrot in the world",
"The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people",
"The cost to build the Empire State Building was $40,948,900",
"A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years",
"Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out",
"The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA",
"The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race",
"Colonel Sanders traveled over 250,000 miles a year visiting various parts of his Kentucky Fried Chicken Empire",
"Some desert snails have been known to sleep for three to four years",
"Over 80% of the brain is water",
"From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size",
"Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet",
"There are 40 official jelly belly flavours",
"Early sewing machines were destroyed by mobs or workers who felt their jobs were threatened by automation",
"In 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the continent of North America.",
"Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds",
"There is a certain type of Hawk Moth caterpillar from Brazil that inflates its thorax, which makes its head look like a head of a snake when it feels it is in danger or alarmed",
"The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when the disk is opened.",
"The Sanskrit word for 'war' means 'desire for more cows.'",
"In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during 'high peak' hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises",
"The ancient Greeks had a fascination with the planet Mars. They attributed the planet to Ares, their god of war, because of its red colour",
"The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko",
"In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath",
"In twins, there is a great chance that one will be left handed",
"In the 1920's, Q-Tips were invented by Leo Gerstenzang who got the idea after watching his wife clean their baby's ears with cotton stuck onto a toothpick.",
"In the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment",
"Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War",
"An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining then in grown up roles",
"When the female grasshopper lays eggs, she covers her eggs with a pasty liquid that protects the eggs throughout the winter",
"The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.",
"On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day",
"Even if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your stomach",
"Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.",
"The most common name in the world is Mohammed",
"Apple seeds are poisonous as they contain a cyanide compound",
"The word breakfast was coined due to the fact that after sleeping for hours, we are 'breaking our fast.'",
"The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool",
"The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines",
"The deepest cave in the world is the 'Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht' cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep",
"The capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the only state capital in the United States that does not have a McDonalds",
"The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old",
"Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears. never stop growing",
"Milk and cheese can aid in the reduction of tooth decay",
"On average, a strawberry has 200 seeds on it",
"Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do",
"The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing",
"Research has indicated that indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution",
"Eating a banana at night can help in falling asleep",
"The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.",
"The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928",
"Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green",
"Back in 1953, it took 27 hours to make one Marshmallow Peep. Now it takes only six minutes",
"On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels",
"The green ring that is formed around the yolk of eggs that have been cooked too long is formed by the chemical reaction from the iron in the yolk and the sulphur in the white part of the egg",
"The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel",
"The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams",
"Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze",
"1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible",
"It was during World War II that clothes with elastic waists were introduced. This is because the metal used in zippers was badly needed for the war",
"In 1902, the game table tennis was brought to the U.S. from Europe by Parker Brothers",
"Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes themlooks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.",
"The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles",
"Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body",
"Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns",
"When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor",
"In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak",
"Earthworms have 5 hearts",
"If all the gold sitting in the oceans and seas were mined, every person on this plant would get about 20 kilograms of gold each.",
"To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed",
"The oil that is found in poison ivy is called 'urushiol.'",
"Of all the days of the week, the most popular day for people to eat ice cream is Sunday",
"The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum",
"A surfer once sued another surfer for 'stealing his wave.' The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on 'pain and suffering' endured by the surfer watching someone else ride 'his' wave",
"Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts",
"The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound",
"Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, 'Gadsby,' without any word containing the letter 'e.'",
"The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.",
"The human liver performs over 500 functions",
"Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah",
"The word 'maverick' came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick",
"Finnish folklore states that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead",
"More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States",
"In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot",
"The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the most deadliest out of the three",
"Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent. The twists of the pretzels are to resemble arms crossed in prayer",
"The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country",
"After 8 months, babies are more likely to get a diaper rash",
"The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles",
"The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly",
"66% of wedding cards are hand delivered by people",
"Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice",
"The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap",
"The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes",
"General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army",
"Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes",
"The fastest flying butterfly is the Monarch, which has been clocked with a speed as high as 17 miles per hour",
"Egyptian pyramid builders used to eat a lot of garlic because they thought it would increase their strength",
"The average office document gets copied 19 times",
"In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight",
"Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced",
"American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters",
"The first Ford cars had Dodge engines",
"The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches",
"One in five Americans move homes every year",
"The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933",
"The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou",
"A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds",
"The Liberty Bell was the first mechanical slot machine, which was invented by Charles Fey, a car mechanic in 1895.",
"A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax",
"The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated",
"The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men",
"The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the 'General Purpose' vehicle, G.P",
"The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000",
"In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents",
"In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted",
"Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints",
"In the United States, six tubs of Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, are sold every second",
"The most popular chocolate bar in the United Kingdom for the last 15 years has been Kit Kat",
"White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the 'The Monkees.'",
"There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world",
"The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world",
"Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet",
"Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize",
"Seventy-one percent of households report they have at least one snorer. Forty-five percent of those surveyed admit they snore, 35% said their partner snores, 12% said their child snores and 9% reported their pet snores",
"The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the 'gross.'",
"Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas",
"Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in the movie 'Silence of the Lambs.' She turned down the role because she found it too scary",
"The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it",
"Due to the deforestation of the forests in North China, over one million tons of sands blows into Beijing from the Gobi desert. It sometimes causes the sky to turn yellow.",
"Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings",
"Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns",
"The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.",
"In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on",
"The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water",
"The most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn",
"The Nike swoosh was invented by Caroline Davidson back in 1971. She received $35 for making the swoosh. The first shoe with the swoosh was introduced in 1972",
"Slaves under the last emperors of China wore pigtails so they could be picked out quickly",
"A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out",
"Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak",
"An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter",
"A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet",
"Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones",
"The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means 'The Lizard.'",
"While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called 'Traff-O-Data.' It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.",
"The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl",
"Robert Southey wrote the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' in 1834",
"The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches",
"American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class",
"Astronauts get taller when they are in space",
"Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood",
"Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named Franklin V. Canning",
"It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach",
"When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas",
"In a year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur in the U.S",
"There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges. This was formed to keep gift giving affordable and simple",
"The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903",
"Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together",
"The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years",
"In the original movie '101 Dalmatians,' there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on all 101 Dalmatians as they are shown in 113,760 frames of the film combined",
"The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics",
"A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist",
"You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog",
"The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats",
"The music for 'The Star Spangled Banner' comes from a British drinking song named 'Anacreon.'",
"27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is 'a meaningless existential hell.' (big surprise, eh?)",
"Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue",
"Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more",
"Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap",
"An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.",
"In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub",
"In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus",