1. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
2. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
3. If she were life size, Barbie’s measurements are: 39-23-33.
4. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
5. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
6. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
7. Almonds are members of the peach family.
8. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
9. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
10. There are only four words in the English language which end in”-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
11. The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
12. Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula” and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, “L.A.”
13. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
14. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
16. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
17. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
18. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
19. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life”
20. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
21. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
22. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1″ encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
23. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24. Who’s that playing the piano on the “Mad About You” theme? Why it’s Paul Reiser himself.
25. The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
26. The name for Oz in the “Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
27. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
28. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
29. John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
30. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
31. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
32. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Updated November 04, 2003, thanks Trisha from Seaford England
33. The male praying mantis can’t have sex with its head attached so the female initiates by ripping the male’s head off.
34. An average of four people are killed each year by falling vending machines.
35. You are more likely to die from a champagne cork than a poisonous spider.
36. The average chocolate bar has eight insect legs in it.
37. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
38. You breathe in one litre of other people’s anal gases each day. (More if you’re my wife!)
39. The penalty for masturbation in indonesia is decapitation.
Thanks to Fil from somewhere:
40. The 1st bomb dropped by the allied forces in the 2nd world war hit and killed the only elephant in berlin zoo.
41. UK fire stations have circle stair cases because when they used horses to tow the trucks it stopped the horse from walking up the stairs.
42. Spiders breathe through the “book lung” which is located on the underside of the abdomen.
43. The reason that it is said to be unlucky to have the 3rd light off a match is because during the war the snipers saw the 1st strike took aim on the 2nd person and fired at 3rd.
Thanks to Ian from the UK:
44. If a dead body is left in a swimming pool too long it explodes.
Thanks to Clare from England:
45. It is impossible to lick your own elbow.
46. Over 75 percent of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
47. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
48. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
49. 23 percent of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people trying to photocopy their buttocks.
50. 43 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Thanks to Kirsty from somewhere:
51. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Thanks to Deborah from somewhere:
52. Rubber bands last nearly twice as long when refrigerated.
Thanks to Nate from Illinois, USA:
53. The leading cause of wrong numbers is pressing one or more keys on the phone incorrectly.
Thanks to Dom in England:
54. You are more likely to be killed by your fridge than win the National lottery in England.

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers are invented by women.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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In 1932. Engineer, Harry Jennings, built the first folding, tubular steel wheelchair. The chair was built for a paraplegic friend of Jennings called Herbert Everest. Together they founded Everest & Jennings, a company that monopolized the wheelchair market for many years.
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Otto Frederick Rohwedder is generally credited with inventing the first automatic bread slicer in 1928
There are 366 dimples on a golf ball.
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There are 318,979,564,000 possible ways to play first four moves, per side, in chess.
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Playing cards in India are in round shape.
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Boxing is the only sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends.
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The biggest badminton shuttle in the world can be found on the lawns of the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, in Kansas City. It is 48 times larger than the real thing. This shuttle is 18 feet high and weighing 5,000 pounds.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

A snail can sleep for three years.
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All polar bears are left handed.
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Butterflies taste with their feet.
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Ants never sleep.
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Owls cannot move their eyes because their eyeballs tubular in shape.
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A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
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A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
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Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.
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A baby bat is called a pup.
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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
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German Shepherds (dog) bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
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A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
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The animal (insect) responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.
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The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed 1,904 pounds in 1939.
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Snakes are immune to their own poison.
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Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
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Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
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A shrimp’s heart is in their head.
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It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
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Hydra - an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones.
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Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
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In the animal kingdom, the animals that fart the most are the elephants.
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Lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars are the only species of cats that can roar; but they can’t purr.
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Entomophagy is the scientific name for insect eating. There are more than 1,450 recorded species of edible insects. Many species of insects are lower in fat and higher in protein and have a better food-to-meat ratio than beef, lamb, pork, or chicken.

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

1. A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. updated
2. The fastest shark is the “Shortfin Mako,” which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour
3. The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet
4. Ironically, watermelons, which are 92% water, originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa
5. The first tattoo machine was invented by Samuel O’Reilly. He did this by using equipment that Thomas Edison used to engrave hard surfaces.
6. In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva
7. A slug has four noses
8. Chili Powder was invented in the 19th century in the American Southwest
9. The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism
10. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever
11. Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.
12. Marilyn Monroe had six toes
13. There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two people
14. The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items
15. The highest toll paid by a ship to cross the Panama Canal was by the Crown Princess on May 2, 1993 in the amount of $141,349.97 U.S. funds
16. The name of the famous snack “Twinkies” was invented by seeing a billboard in St. Louis, that said “Twinkle Toe Shoes.”
17. The word “Nazi” is actually an abbreviation for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which refers to the National Socialist German Workers Party
18. The unique characteristics of Barbie dolls in Japan are that they have their lips closed with no teeth showing
19. The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages
20. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics
21. Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married
22. Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible
23. Soldier Field is the oldest field in the NFL
24. In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year
25. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the”General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.
26. Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange
27. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver”.
28. Mosquitoes have teeth
29. To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times
30. The citrus soda “7 UP” was created in 1929. The original name of the popular drink was “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”, but it got changed to “7 UP.”
31. The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day
32. Prosopagnosia refers to the inability to identify people by their faces. In severe cased prosopagnosia a person may not be able to identify themselves in a mirror
33. On November 29, 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an “Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.”
34. An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day
35. In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago
36. Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans used it for paint
37. In 1876, the first microphone was invented by Emile Berliner.
38. “I am.” is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language
39. On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime
40. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
41. Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or straight
42. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere
43. The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1987
44. Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke
45. Panthers are known as black leopards, as they are the same species of leopard. If looked at closely, black spots can be seen on a panther
46. Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid
47. In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour
48. Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits
49. In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year
50. Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day
51. Dolphins hear by having sound waves transmit through their skull to their inner ear region
52. Teflon was accidently discovered by scientist Dr. Roy Plunkett while he was conducting a coolant gas experiment in 1938
53. The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore. updated
54. Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials
55. The first theatre to show motion pictures was the Nickelodeon on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street
56. The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court
57. About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching
58. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten
59. A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow
60. In the game of Monopoly, the most landed on properties are B&O Railroad, Illinois Avenue, and “Go.”
61. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.” (Thus the nameof the Don McLean song.)
62. Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
63. A baby kangaroo is called a joey
64. Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris
65. There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996
66. In Albania, nodding your head means “no” and shaking your head means “yes.”
67. Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means “apple sauce” in Japanese
68. The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together
69. There is cyanide in apple pips
70. True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets
71. Great Britain has the highest consumption of ice cream than any other European nation
72. Every continent has a city called Rome
73. The movie “Cleopatra” cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
74. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
75. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
76. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald
77. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant “plenty of excrement.”
78. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
79. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
80. Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
81. The USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
82. An oyster can change its gender
83. From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
84. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is
85. Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went
86. A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque
87. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high
88. In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it
89. Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character
90. Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human
91. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process
92. Finland is also known as “the land of of the thousand lakes,” because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country
93. In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza
94. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks
95. Bubble gum contains rubber
96. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover
97. In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married
98. The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
99. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
100. Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older
101. Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating
102. In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
103. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE
104. Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from “Clifford The Big Red Dog.”
105. Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet
106. The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie “Barbarella.”
107. The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child
108. In the Netherlands, there are special traffic lanes for bicycles. There are approximately 17,000 kms of cycle lanes with special bicycle traffic lights.
109. It was believed by Ancient Hindus that the world was a sphere and rested on the back of four elephants, which stood on a turtle
110. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic
111. Every year, more than one million miles of Twizzlers licorice is made
112. A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour
113. The word Thailand means “land of the free.”
114. A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old
115. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram
116. The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level
117. The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness
118. The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four
119. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
120. In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire
121. On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight
122. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.
123. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents
124. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago
125. The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii
126. The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS