1. The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm
2. There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone
3. There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.
4. If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth
5. The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV
6. The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday
7. Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century whose name was really Patience
8. In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called “Spirit of Australia.” Warby built the boat himself in his back yard
9. In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills
10. In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year
11. A honey bee has four wings
12. The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930
13. Other than London, Liverpool is the most filmed British city, and was used to film more than 140 films in 2002
14. The body of the average baby is 75% water
15. A Chinese Scientist discovered that the Earth is round during the Han Dynasty by measuring the sun and moon’s path in the sky. He recorded this fact down in the imperial records but went unnoticed until it was unearthed recently but Chinese archaeologists.
16. Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups
17. There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world
18. On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day
19. An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham
20. Reports from owners of cats and dogs indicate that 21% of dogs and 7% of cats snore
21. The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour
22. To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets
23. At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel
24. The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear
25. India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century
26. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer
27. Some African tribes refer to themselves as “motherhoods” instead of families
28. Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India
29. The word vaccine comes from the Latin word “vacca,” which means cow. This name was chosen beacause the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy
30. James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang
31. A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them
32. Behram, an Indian thug, holds the record for most murders by a single individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece of yellow and white cloth, called a ruhmal. The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary
33. Approximately 97.35618329% of all statistics are made up
34. The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina
35. In Russia, when flowers are given for a romantic occasions, flowers are given in odds numbers as even number of flowers is given at funerals only
36. Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth
37. The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as twenty-five minutes
38. The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes
39. In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee
40. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon
41. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma
42. In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home
43. After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit
44. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
45. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters
46. Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life
47. Termites do more damage in the U.S. ever year than all the fires, storms and earthquakes combined. They do an average of $750 million in damage annually
48. Burger King restaurants serve over 400 million ounces of orange juice annually
49. Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually
50. The first president to ride in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt
51. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.” (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
52. A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years
53. The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada
54. The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried
55. Polar bears are left handed
56. Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva
57. Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
58. The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about 400 years
59. Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day
60. The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs
61. The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing
62. Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars
63. Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older
64. In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter
65. In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests
66. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
67. Shridhar Chillal from India is known to have the record for the longest fingernails in the world, which were each at least three feet long
68. In 1905, Chapman and Skinner in San Francisco invented the first portable electric vacuum.
69. Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938
70. The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye
71. In 1785, the city of Paris removed bones from cemeteries to ease the overflow of dead people. They took these bones and stacked them in tunnels now known as the Catacombs. You can visit these tunnel attractions and work your way along long corridors, which are stacked with skulls and bones
72. It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the bloodiest war in history
73. Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus
74. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity
75. The first ever “World Summit on Toilets” was held in Singapore in November 2001
76. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana
77. Researchers have developed odourless socks. The sock fabric is made by attaching molecules that contain chlorine called halamines to textile fibers
78. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour
79. In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head
80. MS-DOS was originally calle QDOS and was bought of the author by Microsoft for a small fee. The rest is history
81. Marilyn Monroe had six toes
82. The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana
83. The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people
84. Another way to say “every 9 years” is Novennial
85. In the spring of 1975, a baby in Detroit fell 14 stories and landed on Joseph Figlock, who was walking below. A few years later it happened again. Figlock and both babies survived
86. Close to fifty percent of Internet shoppers spend over five hours a week online
87. Los Angeles is the most polluted city in the USA
88. For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier
89. Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.
90. In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles
91. Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows
92. There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA
93. In the year 2000, there were approximately 11,000 injuries that were treated in a hospital in the U.S. that resulted from fireworks
94. Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world
95. 4% of an apples is made up of minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up of water
96. From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain
97. In 1902, the coat hanger was invented Albert Parkhouse who was frustrated at the lack of hooks available to hang up his coat at work. His company thought it was a good idea and patented the invention and unfortunately, Parkhouse never received any money for his idea
98. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes
99. The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days
100. In WWII, when allied armies reached the Rhine River the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it). Gen. Patton had himself photographed in the act
101. Peaches were once known as Persian apples
102. Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999
103. Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida
104. The blackberry bush is also called the “bramble.”
105. The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo
106. The sun shrinks five feet every hour
107. There have been 191 coops in Bolivia since it became a sovereign country in 1825
108. During World War II, Kit Kat was unavailable due to milk shortages, so the chocolate bar was made without milk
109. The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long
110. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
111. A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck
112. Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13
113. Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer
114. Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight
115. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long
116. A species of earthworm, “Megascolides australis,” in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length
117. Hannibal, who was a soldier, had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome
118. The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, which stands for Royal Mail Steamship
119. Electronic companies sell five times as many big-screen TVs during Super Bowl Week
120. Everyday approximately 35 meters of hair fibre is produced on the scalp of an adult
121. A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up
122. A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians
123. There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly
124. An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface
125. A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days
126. 66% of home based businesses are owned by women
127. There are approximately 60 muscles in the face
128. In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as a cold cream remover
129. A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder
130. Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world
131. If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times
132. Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country
133. “Bookkeeper” is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters
134. An average home creates more pollution than does the average car
135. Four out of five brides in the U.S. have a job
136. 75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress
137. The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the “Land of the Midnight Sun” is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep
138. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag
139. Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998
140. A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.
141. The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team
142. In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.
143. High Priests in ancient Egypt were the only ones who were allowed to wear garments made from cotton
144. Kellogg?s started selling their most famous product, Corn Flakes, in 1906
145. Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache
146. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world
147. The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world before the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930
148. The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737
149. The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed
150. The largest employer in Central Florida is Walt Disney World. There are approximately 50,000 people working there
151. In his youth, United States president George W. Bush used to play for the Midland (Texas) Central Little League. He played the position of the catcher
152. The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia
153. Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season
154. The word, tattoo originated from the Tahitain word “tattau” which means “to mark.”
155. There was no punctuation until the 15th century
156. All babies are color blind when they are born
157. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks
158. There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue
159. A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks
160. The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose
161. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses
162. On October 15, 1794, the first silver dollar coins were released to be circulated to the public
163. In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops
164. In many of the milk ads that are shown, a mix of thinner and white paint is used instead of milk
165. Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the only vegetable flavoured ice cream produced. However, they discontinued it since they thought it would not sell well
166. In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls
167. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat
168. A Connecticut Toy maker, Herobuilders, sells action figures of President George W. Bush, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which are all major figures tied to the September 11, 2001 WTC attacks
169. Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months
170. The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare
171. Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.
172. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935
173. In the wild, the poinsettia flower can reach a height of 12 feet, and have leaves that are eight inches across.
174. Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
175. A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers
176. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag
177. TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard
178. Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60
179. In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day
180. The American Airlines Sports Center, in Dallas, has most toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the USA
181. In 1999, a three headed turtle was discovered by Lin Chi-Fa in his pond in Southern Taiwan
182. Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic
183. The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon
184. The most popular show amongst baby boomers is Star Trek.
185. The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.
186. In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water
187. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in thePacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 calibermachine gunammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into thefuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9yards.”
188. In 1948 and 1950 the oldest ears of popping corn were discovered. They were located in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. They ranged in size from smaller than a penny to approximately two inches, and were about 4,000 years old
189. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross
190. It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines
191. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game
192. Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China
193. The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system
194. During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times
195. Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls
196. Dieting can cause bad breath since less saliva is produced which leads to dry mouth
197. At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.
198. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
199. When an orange is shown in any of the “Godfather” movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.
200. Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches, lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring
201. Soil that is heated by geysers are now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland
202. Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning “little lion.”
203. The name Aspirin was invented from “A” in acetyl chloride. The “spir” comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the “in” was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with “in.”
204. About 30% of Canadians rely on getting their water from the ground for their domestic use
205. The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray
206. There is a town in Norway called “Hell”
207. Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am

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