Strange facts.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2″ by 3-1/2″.
During the chariot scene in “Ben Hur,” a small red car can be seen
in the distance (and Heston’s wearing a watch).
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in
the USA.”
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it t.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman
to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from public libraries.
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
In the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have “the rule of thumb”
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar
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.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter “A”?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
A. Honey
In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase……… “goodnight, sleep tight.”
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the “honeymoon”.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts… So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, “Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.”It’s where we get the phrase “mind your P’s and Q’s”
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. “Wet your whistle” is the phrase inspired by this practice.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
All Polar bears are left handed.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It’s like a human jumping the length of a football field.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male’s head off.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
Starfish don’t have brains.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969 make it illegal for U. S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
23% of all photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
Most lipstick contains fish scales
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
If you sneeze too hard you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force they can pop out.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Horses can’t vomit.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
In 10 minutes, a category three hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
On average 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs… but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years.
No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH.”
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
“Go,” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand 7 feet, 2 inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
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Did you know Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump!?!
Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet!?!
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy then all the worlds nuclear weapons combined!
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoints every year!
On average people fear spiders more then they do death!
90% of New York cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. 35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Did you know it’s possible to lead a cow upstairs… but not down stairs!
Woman blink nearly twice as much as men.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years!
No word in the English language rhymes with month or purple (email me if you know any others)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing!
The electric chair was invented by dentist!
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
“GO” Is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
If you lungs opened up and layed flat they would be the same size of a tennis court!
If your intestines were stretched out completely they would be a bit bigger then a 1 story house!
The Earth has a second moon called ‘Cruithne’ that is just bigger than an asteroid. It was discovered in 1997.
According to scientists, the color of the universe is actually beige- not black like we all think
Contrary to people belief, nothing man-made can be seen from the moon (like the great wall of China) as it very difficult to even see individual continents.
According Stephen Hawkings, the universe is actually shaped like a saddle – not a flat disc as traditionally thought.
Recently, the fossils of a giant rodent was found in Venezuela that looked very similar to a guinea pig. It would have been a foot long and roughly 700 kilograms big (about the size of a buffalo).
A lobster’s heart is in his head.
The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.
During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are powerful painkillers. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
The typical person born before 1980 will spend about 600 hours having sex between the ages of 20 and 70.
The typical person born after 1980 will spend about 1200 hours having sex between the ages of 20 and 70.
On average, it takes two tablespoons of blood to get a man’s penis erect.