FACT #994
A beaver's teeth never stop growing.
FACT #993
98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
FACT #992
90% of New York City cab drivers are recently arrived immigrants.
FACT #991
98% of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.
FACT #990
56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball games each year
FACT #989
55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
FACT #988
52% of Americans drink coffee.
FACT #987
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
FACT #986
"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.
FACT #985
"Teh" means "cool" in Thai. (Pronounced "tay").
FACT #984
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
FACT #983
1 in every 3 people in the country of Israel use a cell phone.
FACT #982
259200 people die every day.
FACT #981
27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon.
FACT #980
"Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
FACT #979
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
FACT #978
"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
FACT #977
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.
FACT #976
"Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
FACT #975
Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.
FACT #974
Seaweed is used to thicken icecream.
FACT #973
The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long!
FACT #972
No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
FACT #971
Elephants, lions, and camels roamed Alaska 12,000 years ago.
FACT #970
In Brazil, Christmas is celebrated with fireworks.
FACT #969
Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
FACT #968
The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.
FACT #967
In Massachusetts, It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
FACT #966
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
FACT #965
In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
FACT #964
Pearls melt in vinegar.
FACT #963
Domaining is selling domains.
FACT #962
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
FACT #961
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.
FACT #960
On average, a movie makes about 5 times more from its video sales than ticket takings!
FACT #959
Apples are actually part of the rose family.
FACT #958
The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'
FACT #957
91% of us lie on a regular basis.
FACT #956
Some species of fish have voices!
FACT #955
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
FACT #954
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
FACT #953
Babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
FACT #952
To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles�that�s where the word �testimony� comes from.
FACT #951
Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
FACT #950
The most popular Campbell's Soup in Hong Kong is watercress and duck gizzard.
FACT #949
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline.
FACT #948
76% of Americans celebrate New Year's Eve in groups of less than 20.
FACT #947
Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.
FACT #946
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
FACT #945
One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
FACT #944
The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
FACT #943
In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people!
FACT #942
One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
FACT #941
Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
FACT #940
The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
FACT #939
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
FACT #938
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
FACT #937
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
FACT #936
A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer!
FACT #935
A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.
FACT #934
In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
FACT #933
The great warrior Ghengis Khan died in bed while having sex.
FACT #932
7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
FACT #931
Vultures fly without flapping their wings.
FACT #930
Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A. .
FACT #929
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
FACT #928
Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
FACT #927
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
FACT #926
For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier.
FACT #925
Eagles mate while airborne.
FACT #924
Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!
FACT #923
Giant Panda Bears give birth to a 4 ounce Baby Panda!
FACT #922
A married man is four times more likely to die during sex if his partner isn’t his wife.
FACT #921
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
FACT #920
Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth.
FACT #919
Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
FACT #918
The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
FACT #917
If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
FACT #916
The first baseball caps were made of straw.
FACT #915
A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
FACT #914
There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
FACT #913
A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.
FACT #912
Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.
FACT #911
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
FACT #910
Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.
FACT #909
The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
FACT #908
A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
FACT #907
'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
FACT #906
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
FACT #905
Chicha, an alcohol beverage which has been made for thousands of years in Central and South America, begins with people chewing grain and spitting into a vat. An enzyme in saliva changes starch in the grain to sugar, which then ferments.
FACT #904
When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.
FACT #903
It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.
FACT #902
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.
FACT #901
There have been cases of people dying from paper cuts. The paper cut gets infected, and without proper treatment you can die from the infection.
FACT #900
2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light.
FACT #899
45% of us consistently follow the speed limit.
FACT #898
71% can drive a stick-shift car.
FACT #897
6% propose over the phone.
FACT #896
1 in 5 men proposed on his knees.
FACT #895
Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell.
FACT #894
Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.
FACT #893
Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year!
FACT #892
Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
FACT #891
Chocolate effects a dogs heart and nervous system, a few ounces enough to kill a small sized dog.
FACT #890
A pelican consumes about 33 and 1/3 percent of its body weight in a single meal.
FACT #889
The Dalmatian dog is named for the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia, where it is believed to have been originally bred.
FACT #888
The cells which make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature.
FACT #887
The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
FACT #886
According to Scientific American magazine: if you live in the northern hemisphere, odds are that every time you fill your lungs with air at least one molecule of that air once passed thru Socrates lungs.
FACT #885
The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo.
FACT #884
Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895. The idea for using electric Christmas lights came from an American, Ralph E. Morris. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles.
FACT #883
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived by author Robert May in 1939. Two other names he thought of before deciding on Rudolph were Reginald and Rollo.
FACT #882
It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.
FACT #881
Arguably the largest state in the world, Western Australia covers one-third of the Australian continent. It spans over 2.5 million square kilometers (1 million square miles).
FACT #880
Pennsylvania has more covered bridges than any other state. Vermont, a much smaller state, claims a greater density of covered bridges. (More bridges per square mile). Parke County, Indiana, claims more covered bridges than any other county, but Lancaster
FACT #879
If global warming forecasts are true, the island country of Tuvalu might cease to exist within 100 years.
FACT #878
Surprisingly, there was a time that the Vatican owned shares of the Watergate complex in Washington DC, the Pan American building in Paris, and the Hilton hotel in Rome.
FACT #877
The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined.
FACT #876
The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
FACT #875
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
FACT #874
In 1388, English Parliament banned waste disposal in public waterways and ditches.
FACT #873
In most places, when a drawbridge is open, the only land vehicle that can claim priority over boats is a truck hauling the US mail. This option is seldom if ever exercised, of course.
FACT #872
In 1950, President Harry Truman threw out the first ball twice at the opening day Washington DC baseball game; once right handed and once left handed.
FACT #871
Dogs have two sets of teeth, just like humans. They first have 30 "puppy" teeth.
FACT #870
Chicago is closer to Moscow than it is to Rio de Janeiro.
FACT #869
People in China and Japan die disproportionately on the 4th of each month because the words death and four sound alike, and they are represented by the same symbol.
FACT #868
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
FACT #867
If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born.
FACT #866
Richard Versalle, a tenor performing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, suffered a heart attack and fell 10 feet from a ladder to the stage just after singing the line "You can only live so long."
FACT #865
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
FACT #864
Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a homerun.
FACT #863
Cranberry Jell-O is the only flavor that contains real fruit flavoring.
FACT #862
All of David Letterman's suits are custom made; there are no creases in his suits.
FACT #861
Hewlett Packard's first product was an automatic urinal flusher.
FACT #860
In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast.
FACT #859
August is the month when most baby's are born.
FACT #858
About 60 percent of all American babies are named after close relatives.
FACT #857
In 1964 for the 10th time in his major-league baseball career, Mickey Mantle hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game - setting a new baseball record.
FACT #856
Michael Sangster, who played in the 1960s, had tennis' fastest serve, once clocked at 154 mph.
FACT #855
Gene Sarazen, a golfer from several generations ago, set the record for the fastest golf drive: 120 mph.
FACT #854
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
FACT #853
The St. Louis Gateway Arch had a projected death toll while it was being built. No one died.
FACT #852
If you were born in Los Alamos, New Mexico during the Manhattan project (where they made the atomic bomb), your birth place is listed as a post office box in Albuquerque.
FACT #851
20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life.
FACT #850
2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse even for a night for a million bucks.
FACT #849
56% of women do the bills in a marriage.
FACT #848
53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.
FACT #847
37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.
FACT #846
During WWII, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.
FACT #845
The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
FACT #844
Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
FACT #843
Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating, they sweat through the pads of their feet.
FACT #842
In 1870, British boxing champ Jim Mace and American boxer Joe Coburn fought for three hours and 48 minutes without landing one punch.
FACT #841
Boxing is considered the easiest sport for gamblers to fix.
FACT #840
Six bulls are killed in a formal bullfight.
FACT #839
Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships.
FACT #838
On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
FACT #837
On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
FACT #836
Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
FACT #835
On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
FACT #834
On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
FACT #833
On average, a person will spend about five years eating during his or her lifetime.
FACT #832
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
FACT #831
The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
FACT #830
The U.S. military�s dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine!
FACT #829
The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
FACT #828
The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
FACT #827
According to Scientific American magazine: if you live in the northern hemisphere, odds are that every time you fill your lungs with air at least one molecule of that air once passed thru Socrates lungs.
FACT #826
The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo.
FACT #825
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived by author Robert May in 1939. Two other names he thought of before deciding on Rudolph were Reginald and Rollo.
FACT #824
Ferdinand Porsche, who later went on to build sports cars bearing his own name, designed the original 1936 Volkswagen.
FACT #823
The coffee filter was invented by Melissa Bentz, in Germany in 1908. She pierced holes in a tin container, put a circular piece of absorbent paper in the bottom of it and put her creation over a coffee pot.
FACT #822
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
FACT #821
Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
FACT #820
Mark McGwire's record-setting 70 home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, enough to fly over Mount Everest.
FACT #819
Four men in the history of boxing have been knocked out in the first eleven seconds of the first round.
FACT #818
Golf-great Billy Casper turned golf pro during the Korean War while serving in the Navy. Casper was assigned to operate and build golf driving ranges for the Navy in the San Diego area.
FACT #817
Billiards great, Henry Lewis once sank 46 balls in a row.
FACT #816
A scientist at Michigan State University has calculated that the production of a single hen egg requires about 120 gallons of water, a loaf of bread requires 300 gallons, and a pound of beef, 3,500.
FACT #815
A dog was killed by a meteor at Nakhla, Egypt, in 1911. The unlucky canine is the only creature known to have been killed by a meteor.
FACT #814
When the first U.S. Congress set the president's pay at $25,000 per year they established the vice president's salary of $5,000.
FACT #813
The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.
FACT #812
The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!
FACT #811
The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!
FACT #810
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
FACT #809
The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.
FACT #808
Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jacks boxes.
FACT #807
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
FACT #806
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
FACT #805
From the 1850's to the 1880's, the most common reason for death among cowboys in the American West was being dragged by a horse while caught in the stirrups.
FACT #804
In the US, the error rate for doctors prescribing the wrong medicine for their patient's ailment is 12%.
FACT #803
Most deaths in a hospital are between the times of 4pm and 6pm, the time when the human body is at its weakest.
FACT #802
By 1995 8 million U.S. households had computers with CD-ROM drives, a 1600% increase over 1990.
FACT #801
68% of Americans who view computer commercials on TV that advertise a processor, such as the Pentium III, believe it speeds up your Internet connections. However, a modem does that.
FACT #800
John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off for $442,000.
FACT #799
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
FACT #798
The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones.
FACT #797
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
FACT #796
The United States produces more tobacco than it does wheat.
FACT #795
In 1935, Jesse Owens set six track and field world records in less than one hour.
FACT #794
The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in February, 1959.
FACT #793
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
FACT #792
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
FACT #791
A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
FACT #790
A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.
FACT #789
Traveling at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, light take 6 hours to travel from Pluto to the earth.
FACT #788
To an observer standing on Pluto, the sun would appear no brighter than Venus appears in our evening sky.
FACT #787
Glaciers store about 75% of the world's freshwater. In Washington State alone, glaciers provide 470 billion gallons of water each summer.
FACT #786
Three stars make up Orion's belt.
FACT #785
Dissolved salt makes up 3.5 percent of the oceans.
FACT #784
From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
FACT #783
Rain contains vitamin B12.
FACT #782
A new born baby breathes five times faster than an adult man.
FACT #781
Brain surgery is done with the patient still awake. The brain has no nerves therefore it has no sensation. The person is put to sleep to open the skull but after that the person wakes up to see the operation be completed.
FACT #780
It only takes 7 lbs of pressure to rip off your ears.
FACT #779
Over 25% of Zaire is infected with a form of the Ebola virus that does not kill.
FACT #778
"To whinge" is Australian slang for "to complain constantly."
FACT #777
"Mrs." is the abbreviation of Mistress, which originally was a title and form of address for a married woman. It was always capitalized.
FACT #776
"Lobster shift" is a colloquial term for the night shift of a newspaper staff.
FACT #775
"Kemo Sabe" reportedly means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
FACT #774
Naugahyde, plastic "leather" was created in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
FACT #773
Henry Ford flatly stated that history is "bunk."
FACT #772
In 1956 the phrase, "In God We Trust", was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
FACT #771
In France - Captain Sarret made the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1918.
FACT #770
Theodore Roosevelt, a staunch conservationist, banned Christmas trees in his home, even when he lived in the White House. His children, however, smuggled them into their bedrooms.
FACT #769
Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.
FACT #768
Prince Harry and Prince William are uncircumcised.
FACT #767
In what country will you find the most Universities? India.
FACT #766
In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
FACT #765
In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!
FACT #764
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
FACT #763
In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone.
FACT #762
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska!
FACT #761
It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
FACT #760
Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.''
FACT #759
James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
FACT #758
Jacksonville, Florida, has the largest total area of any city in the United States.
FACT #757
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.
FACT #756
The word for "name" in Japanese is "na-ma-e," in Mongolian "nameg."
FACT #755
Telephone is derived from two Greek words, tele + phone, meaning far off voice or sound.(Tele, far off + phone, voice or sound).
FACT #754
It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.
FACT #753
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
FACT #752
You could milk about six cows per hour by hand, but with modern machinery, you can milk up to 100 cows per hour.
FACT #751
eorge Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
FACT #750
In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
FACT #749
In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
FACT #748
In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
FACT #747
According to one source, Americans buy about 5 million things that are shaped like Mickey Mouse, or have a picture of Mickey Mouse on them, in the course of one day.
FACT #746
Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.
FACT #745
Did you know that Goofy actually started life as 'Dippy Dawg,' a combination of both Goofy and Pluto.
FACT #744
At 12 years old, an African named Ernest Loftus made his first entry in his diary and continued everyday for 91 years.
FACT #743
On July 31, 1994, Simon Sang Sung of Singapore turned a single piece of dough into 8,192 noodles in 59.29 seconds!
FACT #742
Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
FACT #741
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
FACT #740
Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
FACT #739
Devon is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts.
FACT #738
Only five countries in Europe touch only one other: Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City, and Monaco.
FACT #737
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.
FACT #736
The first commercial vacuum cleaner was so large it was mounted on a wagon. People threw parties in their homes so guests could watch the new device do its job.
FACT #735
It is legal in North Dakota to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
FACT #734
4 out of 5 sing in the car.
FACT #733
44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.
FACT #732
12% of men never use their car blinkers.
FACT #731
The average IQ is 100, while 140 is the beginning of genius IQ.
FACT #730
There are over 15,000 miles of lighted neon tubing in the many signs on the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
FACT #729
There are six words in the English language with the letter combination "uu." Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate, duumvir and residuum.
FACT #728
If you come from Manchester, you are a Mancunian.
FACT #727
In the Greek alphabet "X" is the first letter for the word Christ, "Xristos." Xmas means "Christ's mass."
FACT #726
"Corduroy" comes from the French, "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king."
FACT #725
Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
FACT #724
Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.
FACT #723
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
FACT #722
Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.
FACT #721
Believe it or not! Michael Jackson was black.
FACT #720
The founder of JC Penny had the name of James Cash Penny.
FACT #719
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger paid $772,500 for President John F. Kennedy's golf clubs at a 1996 auction.
FACT #718
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.
FACT #717
From 1941 until 1950, violet was part of the color mixture for "M&M's" Plain Chocolate Candies. Violet was replaced by tan.
FACT #716
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
FACT #715
America once issued a 5-cent bill!
FACT #714
Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
FACT #713
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
FACT #712
All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
FACT #711
There are as many chickens on this planet as there are humans.
FACT #710
They have square watermelons in Japan. They're grown in boxes to make them stack better.
FACT #709
The planet Saturn has a density lower than water. If there was a bathtub large enough to hold it, Saturn would float.
FACT #708
The shockwave from a nitroglycerine explosion travels at 17,000 miles per hour.
FACT #707
The fastest moon in our solar system circles Jupiter once every seven hours - traveling at 70,400 miles per hour.
FACT #706
X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.
FACT #705
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
FACT #704
Worms reportedly taste like bacon.
FACT #703
World's heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs.
FACT #702
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
FACT #701
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
FACT #700
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
FACT #699
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.
FACT #698
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
FACT #697
More than 63 million Star Trek books, in more than 15 languages, are in print; 13 were sold every minute in the U.S. in 1995.
FACT #696
The U.S produces 19% of the world's trash. The annual contribution includes 20 billion disposable diapers, 2 billion razors and 1.7 billion pens.
FACT #695
The escalator in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia is the longest freestanding escalator in the world, rising 160 feet or approximately eight stories in height.
FACT #694
The mother of all mothers? The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765 a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets.
FACT #693
Marvin Hamlisch became the youngest pupil ever at the Julliard School of Music - at age 7.
FACT #692
Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory at age 12.
FACT #691
Before he pursued his acting career, Jack Nicholson worked as an office boy in MGM's cartoon department.
FACT #690
In her entire lifetime, Spain's Queen Isabella (1451-1504) bathed twice.
FACT #689
Beer foam will go down by licking your finger then sticking it in the beer.
FACT #688
In 1916, Jones Wister of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invented a rifle for shooting around corners. It had a curved barrel and periscopic sights.
FACT #687
Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.
FACT #686
The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
FACT #685
New York City has the largest black population of any city in the United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
FACT #684
ew York City has the largest black population of any city in the United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
FACT #683
No one knows how many people live in the country of Bhutan. As of 1975, no census had ever been taken.
FACT #682
In the United States, five million teeth are knocked out annually.
FACT #681
Every year, over 8800 people injure themselves with a toothpick.
FACT #680
There are more television sets in the United States than there are people in Japan.
FACT #679
Crossing one's fingers is a way of secretly making the sign of the Cross. It was started by early Christians to ask for divine assistance without attracting the attention of pagans.
FACT #678
One gift-giving taboo in China is the giving of straw sandals, which are associated with funerals, and therefore considered bad luck.
FACT #677
The Vikings believed that the Northern lights which are seen from time to time in the north sky were caused by the flashing armor and spears of Odin's handmaidens as they rode out to collect warriors slain in battle.
FACT #676
The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt is 240 feet long and carved out of limestone. Built by Pharaoh Khafre to guard the way to his pyramid, it has a lion's body and the ruler's head.
FACT #675
If global warming forecasts are true, the island country of Tuvalu might cease to exist within 100 years.
FACT #674
Surprisingly, there was a time that the Vatican owned shares of the Watergate complex in Washington DC, the Pan American building in Paris, and the Hilton hotel in Rome.
FACT #673
The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined.
FACT #672
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq miles/4,53 sq km.
FACT #671
St. Petersburg, FL once had 427 consecutive days of sunshine.
FACT #670
In South Carolina, an inmate who was paralyzed behind bars says in a lawsuit that Spartanburg County jail guards should have stopped him from doing back flips off a desk in his cell. Torrence Johnson, who is suing for unspecified damages, said recently t
FACT #669
A man went in to rob a bank. He demanded the clerk to give him all the money. They told him to go sit out in his car and they would bring him the bags of money. He agreed and went out to his car. In the meantime, the people in the bank called the police.
FACT #668
In 1974 there were 90 tornadoes in the U.S. in one day.
FACT #667
In 1937 the emergency 999 telephone service was established in London. More than 13,000 genuine calls were made in the first month.
FACT #666
In ancient Greece, courtesans wore sandals with nails studded into the sole so that their footprints would leave the message "Follow me".
FACT #665
Houses were first numbered in Paris in 1463. In Britain, numbering did not appear until 1708, on a street in London's Whitechapel area.
FACT #664
John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
FACT #663
Five members of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's family were killed at the Battle of little Big Horn. They were Tom and Boston, two half-brothers, Harry Armstrong Reed, a nephew and a brother-in-law, James Calhoun.
FACT #662
Benjamin Franklin was also the first person to try to electrocute a turkey. This experiment didn't work. The bird lived and it was America's Renaissance man who ended up absorbing the jolt. "I meant to kill a turkey," said the shocked inventor, "and inst
FACT #661
Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
FACT #660
Bavarian immigrant Charles August Fey invented the first three-reel automatic payout slot machine, the Liberty Bell, in San Francisco in 1899.
FACT #659
Because Napoleon believed that armies marched on their stomachs, he offered a prize in 1795 for a practical way of preserving food. The prize was won by a French inventor, Nicholas Appert. What he devised was canning. It was the beginning of the canned f
FACT #658
In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
FACT #657
In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
FACT #656
In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
FACT #655
Bulgaria was the only soccer team in the 1994 World Cup in which all 11 players' last names ended with the letters "OV."
FACT #654
Horse racing is one of the most dangerous sports. Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year. That's about how many baseball players have died in baseball's entire professional history.
FACT #653
In 1969 a brief battle broke out between Honduras and El Salvador. Although tensions had been rough between the two countries, the reason for the war was El Salvador's victory over Honduras in the World Cup Soccer playoffs. Gunfire was exchanged for abou
FACT #652
In July 1934 Babe Ruth paid a fan $20 dollars for the return of the baseball he hit for his 700th career home run.
FACT #651
The Iditarod dog sled race - from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska - commemorates an emergency operation in 1925 to get medical supplies to Nome following a diphtheria epidemic.
FACT #650
Strawberry Pop Tarts may be a cheap and inexpensive source of incendiary devices. Toasters which fail to eject Pop Tarts cause the Pop Tarts to emit flames 10-18 inches in height.
FACT #649
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
FACT #648
According to Hershey's Chocolate Company, Valentine's Day ranks fourth in candy sales, behind Halloween, Christmas and Easter.
FACT #647
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
FACT #646
20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
FACT #645
Eskimos never gamble.
FACT #644
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.
FACT #643
A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
FACT #642
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
FACT #641
A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.
FACT #640
Adam Sandler and Bill Gates rank number 1 and 2 among the most popular role models with male college freshmen.
FACT #639
Jimmy Carter is a speed reader (2000 wpm).
FACT #638
Mae West was once dubbed 'The statue of Libido'.
FACT #637
Seagulls are heavy in the front and light in the back. They experience less wind resistance when they face into the wind. When you see them at the beach on a windy day facing the same direction, they are trying to minimize the wind's resistance by facing
FACT #636
Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by osmosis.
FACT #635
Mongooses were brought to Hawaii to kill rats. This plan failed because rats are nocturnal while the mongoose hunts during the day.
FACT #634
The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
FACT #633
A dog's mucus membrane is the size of fifty postage stamps.
FACT #632
Ergonomic waterbeds are the latest must-have on the bovine circuit. The beds, listing at $175, are said to enhance cattle health by reducing joint damage.
FACT #631
A crocodile really does produce tears, but they're not due to sadness. The tears are glandular secretions that work to expel excess salt from the eyes. Hence, "crocodile tears" are false tears.
FACT #630
It takes seven years for a lobster to grow 1 pound.
FACT #629
"Big cheese" and "big wheel" are Medieval terms of envious respect for those who could afford to buy whole wheels of cheese at a time, an expense few could enjoy. Both these terms are often used sarcastically today.
FACT #628
A bird watching term: peebeegeebee = a pied-billed grebe.
FACT #627
"Hara kiri" is an impolite way of saying the Japanese word "seppuku" which means, literally, "belly splitting."
FACT #626
When a film is in production, the last shot of the day is the "martini shot," the next to last one is the "Abby Singer".
FACT #625
The Chuck E. Cheese franchise was created by Atari, a restaurant combining robotic animals and arcade games with family meals. They name the franchise a Pizza Time Theater. Chuck E. Cheese was first opened in 1977.
FACT #624
Brussels sprouts are called Brussels sprouts because they were discovered in Brussels.
FACT #623
During the Middle Ages, almost all beef, pork, mutton, and chicken were chopped fine. Forks were unknown at the time and the knife was a kitchen utensil rather that a piece of tableware.
FACT #622
A turkey should never be carved until it has been out of the oven at least 30 minutes. This permits the inner cooking to subside and the internal meat juices to stop running. Once the meat sets, it's easier to carve clean, neat slices.
FACT #621
You should not eat a crawfish with a straight tail. It was dead before it was cooked.
FACT #620
The average raindrop reaches a top speed of 22 miles per hour.
FACT #619
Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle.
FACT #618
Actor Robert De Niro played the part of the Cowardly Lion in his elementary schools production of The Wizard of Oz. De Niro was 10 at the time.
FACT #617
Ice Cube's real name is O'Shea Jackson.
FACT #616
Vincent Van Gogh painted his last painting, "Cornfield with Crows," and shot himself at age 37.
FACT #615
Mark Twain first learned to ride a bicycle at age 55.
FACT #614
O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore leg braces when he was a child.
FACT #613
Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made of grass.
FACT #612
In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car.
FACT #611
A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
FACT #610
The United Kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.
FACT #609
Johnny Depp suffers from self-injury.
FACT #608
About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
FACT #607
Lima beans contain cyanide!
FACT #606
The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
FACT #605
Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'
FACT #604
Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
FACT #603
In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps.
FACT #602
It is possible to see a rainbow at night!
FACT #601
It has been estimated that the fear of the number 13 costs Americans more than $1 billion per year!
FACT #600
Kittens are born both blind and deaf.
FACT #599
Michael Keaton's original name is Michael Douglas.
FACT #598
According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.
FACT #597
Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
FACT #596
In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange.
FACT #595
There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.
FACT #594
Rats can't vomit, that's why rat poison works.
FACT #593
'Formicophilia' is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.
FACT #592
Eskimos do not have a common written language.
FACT #591
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
FACT #590
When you eat too much, your hearing becomes less sharp.
FACT #589
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
FACT #588
Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
FACT #587
For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
FACT #586
A rodent's teeth never stop growing.
FACT #585
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
FACT #584
Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
FACT #583
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FACT #582
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
FACT #581
So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
FACT #580
A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
FACT #579
Actor John Wayne made more than 200 movies.
FACT #578
Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class.
FACT #577
Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
FACT #576
The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.
FACT #575
The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
FACT #574
Polar Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting.
FACT #573
You weigh less at the top of a mountain than at sea level.
FACT #572
Males sweat 40% more than females.
FACT #571
Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.
FACT #570
The largest species of kangaroo stands nearly 7 feet tall.
FACT #569
Only two in one thousand diamonds are considered truly colorless.
FACT #568