1. The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money
2. In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome
3. The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs
4. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge
5. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world
6. In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors
7. In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
8. There are some ice creams that are 75% air
9. In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.
10. A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell
11. The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment
12. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units
13. Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs
14. Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes
15. Shirley Temple was considered to play the role of Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.”
16. Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper
17. One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.
18. In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums
19. Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households
20. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China
21. Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men
22. Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)
23. Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like
24. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft
25. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building
26. Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet
27. The markings that are found on dice are called “pips.”
28. Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later
29. A newly hatched fish is called a “fry.”
30. The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England
31. The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam
32. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer
33. Armadillos can be housebroken
34. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
35. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants
36. Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth
37. In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time
38. In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake mustache that could cause laughter in the church
39. In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married
40. Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new
41. The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away
42. Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second
43. It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits
44. Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes
45. An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day
46. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world
47. Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes
48. The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel
49. Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest
50. The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380
51. If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world
52. Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise located in Paris is the most visited cemetery in the world. The cemetery opened in 1805 and has over one million people buried there, including rock star Jim Morrison
53. In Australia, a dust-devil is called a “willy-willy
54. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground
55. Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
56. The name “Snickers” for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned
57. The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia
58. Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book. Click Here For More Details
59. An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a home
60. Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men
61. In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.
62. There was an army general during the Liberia Civil War who used to lead his army into battle naked. His nickname was “General Butt Naked.” Joshua Milton Blahyi (his real name) is now an evangelical preacher in Monrovia
63. There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same
64. The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold
65. Lake Ontario was originally named Lake St. Louis
66. Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie “Chicago.” Richard Gere ended up playing the role
67. The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
68. There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world
69. Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration
70. David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon
71. Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War
72. Chicago has the largest cookie factory, where Nabisco made over 4.6 billion “Oreo” cookies in 1997
73. In 1963, Mister Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister
74. There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal “markers” to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station
75. In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas
76. Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world
77. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.
78. The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds
79. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit
80. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell
81. Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players
82. Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient
83. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes
84. Alexander the Great was an epileptic
85. Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state
86. Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world
87. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water
88. The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink
89. Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978
90. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph
91. Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930
92. Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.
93. The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years
94. Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour
95. In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada
96. The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles
97. The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m
98. In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats
99. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet
100. Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery
101. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
102. On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom “The Hank McCune Show.”
103. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood
104. The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet
105. One out of four American households own a cat
106. Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had
107. Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease
108. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk
109. The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born
110. An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week
111. Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope
112. The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
113. People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand
114. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country
115. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.
116. The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days
117. One billion seconds is about 32 years
118. An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year
119. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
120. The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes
121. Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living
122. As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower
123. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com
124. Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup
125. The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides
126. A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket
127. The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards
128. The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette
129. A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue
130. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger
131. Flu shots only work about 70% of the time
132. People of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured gelatin Jell-O in the United States
133. In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it
134. On average, a person has two million sweat glands
135. France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, and Australia have always been in the modern Olympics since it began in 1896
136. The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday
137. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
138. The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane
139. The most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular
140. Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as “corns” of salt
141. The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
142. In 1908, the first machine to make lollipops opened for business in New Haven, Connecticut
143. In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony
144. The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey
145. In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country
146. John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.
147. The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper
148. The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796
149. Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes
150. Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America
151. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle
152. Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000
153. The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors
154. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
155. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
156. It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times
157. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum
158. The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head
159. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people
160. The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69
161. In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car
162. The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis
163. Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water
164. The popular chocolate bar “Three Musketeers” got its name because when it was first introduced in 1932 there were three individual bars. The flavours were strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla
165. Every photograph of the first American atomic bomb detonation was taken by Harold Edgerton
166. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year
167. In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone
168. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
169. The first time there was an instance where they had a separate toilet for women and men was in 1739 at a ball in Paris
170. In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other
171. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable
172. Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites
173. On average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament
174. The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
175. Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables
176. Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world
177. In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners
178. India has the most post offices in the world
179. Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet
180. In America, approximately 25% of kids aged 6-14 have a magaznie subscription
181. Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States
182. In 1886, Coca-cola was first served at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia for only five cents a glass. A pharmacist named John Pemberton created the formula for Coca-cola
183. 75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast
184. Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973
185. Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km
186. 1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight
187. “Kemo Sabe” means “soggy shrub” in Navajo
188. In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents
189. Men are able to read fine print better than women can
190. On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day
191. Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well
192. One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day
193. Women hearts beat faster than men
194. The Central African raffia palm is known to have the longest leaves. The leaves can measure up to 82.5 feet long.
195. Due to the shortages of lead and metals during World War II, toothpaste was packaged in plastic tubes and have been ever since
196. It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween
197. In humans, the epidermal layer of skin, which consists of many layers of skin regenerates every 27 days
198. A group of crows is called a murder
199. Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race
200. Davao City, located at the Southern state of Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area
201. Castaways Travel, a Houston-area travel agency, offers an all-nude flight to Cancun Mexico. Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, you are allowed to take off all your clothes and roam about the cabin
202. People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper
203. Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring
204. One grape vine produce can produce about 20 to 30 glasses of wine
205. The TV show “Saturday Night Live” made its debut on October 11, 1975
206. In a pack of Skittles candy, there is an equal 20% distribution of each flavour
207. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
208. The Hubble telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light at a dime that is two hundred miles away.
209. The word “umbrella” is derived from the Latin root word “umbra”, which means shade or shadow
210. An ear of corn consists of 80% water
211. Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa
212. On average people fear spiders more than they do death
213. Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States
214. In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers
215. Barney, the famous dinosaur that entertains kids is from Dallas
216. Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours
217. A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed
218. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously
219. The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945
220. Sharks are immune to cancer
221. Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years
222. Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually
223. The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology
224. Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.
225. The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word “Qutun.”
226. In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane
227. Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went
228. By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours
229. Slinkys were invented by an airplane mechanic; he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use of one of the springs
230. The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid
231. Estuarine crocodiles are the biggest of all 26 species of the crocodilian family
232. Alaska got its name from the Aluet word “Alyeska” which means “The Great Land.”
233. The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses
234. Every second, 630 steel cans are recycled
235. The word witch comes from the word “wicca” which translates to the “wise one.”
236. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without beingable tomake change for a dollar.
237. In the United States, poisoning is the fourth leading cause of death among children
238. Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure
239. In 1916, Charlie Chaplin was making $10,000 a week, making him the highest paid actor of his time
240. Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas

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