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Chickens out populate humans 1:4, for every human there are 4 chickens.
Submitted by Christine.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
China has more English speaking people than the United States.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world?
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and
it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper". Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during World War II.
Americans consume 42 tons of Aspirin per day.
Al Capone made $60million dollars per year during the prohibition.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
Submitted by Ayana.
Ants don’t sleep.
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal
Grande Ronde, Oregon - Sixty-seven-year-old Arthur Mooney died of a heart attack in the Spirit Mountain Casino. While his body lay right there on the floor for an hour, the other customers continued to play the slot machines.
All polar bears are left-handed
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Grammy winning lead singer, Jimi Jamison of 80s band "Survivor,” sings
the vocals for the Bud Light Real American Heroes commercials.
The World Trade Center towers had two zip codes.
10047 and 10048. One for each building.
A picture of an Indian chief was on the first bottles of Coppertone, accompanied by the slogan "Don't be a Paleface." Little Miss Coppertone replaced him in 1953.
The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than the venom of a
Black Widow but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" sung by the Beatles refers to
an orphanage located in Liverpool.
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a
male animal is punishable by death.
Dennis Newton in Oklahoma City was on trial for the armed robbery of a
convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer.
Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a
fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that
Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and
then said, "I should of blown your f***ing head off." The defendant paused,
then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took
20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.
The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used.
It is also the cleanest
Most toilets flush in E flat.
A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
Your foot & your forearm, (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow),
are the same length.
A dentist, William Semple, who was looking for a way to exercise his jaws,
invented chewing gum.
Electric eels produce enough energy in one shock to light up every
room in an average three bedroom house.
Actor Lorne Greene had one of his nipples ripped off by an alligator.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’,
which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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.
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
Prof. Trevor Cox (University of Salford in England) and fellow acoustics researchers concluded that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, a duck's quack does have an echo.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Flies taste with their feet.
Amateur boxer Joe Flanagin named his two sons Bob and Weave.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. The US Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country 'Tis of Thee," which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
Most insects are edible. There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were
called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
In 1994 Ramon Barrero, a Mexican musician famous for playing the world's
smallest harmonica, inhaled the harmonica and choked to death.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter of the alphabet.
Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.
Women make up 49% of the world population.
The words "electronic mail" might sound new but was introduced 30 years ago.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976.
Tokyo was once known as Edo.
A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo.
The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, with 30 million residents.
Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th century monk whose task it was to pivot the
calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of
Rome by about 6 years (and left out the year 0), thus the Third Millennium
actually started on 31 December 1995.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped.
On average, people move house every 7 years.
Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the
Irish reel and jig.
Chickens out populate humans 1:4, for every human there are 4 chickens.
Submitted by Christine.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
China has more English speaking people than the United States.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world?
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and
it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper". Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during World War II.
Americans consume 42 tons of Aspirin per day.
Al Capone made $60million dollars per year during the prohibition.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
Submitted by Ayana.
Ants don’t sleep.
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal
Grande Ronde, Oregon - Sixty-seven-year-old Arthur Mooney died of a heart attack in the Spirit Mountain Casino. While his body lay right there on the floor for an hour, the other customers continued to play the slot machines.
All polar bears are left-handed
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Grammy winning lead singer, Jimi Jamison of 80s band "Survivor,” sings
the vocals for the Bud Light Real American Heroes commercials.
The World Trade Center towers had two zip codes.
10047 and 10048. One for each building.
A picture of an Indian chief was on the first bottles of Coppertone, accompanied by the slogan "Don't be a Paleface." Little Miss Coppertone replaced him in 1953.
The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than the venom of a
Black Widow but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" sung by the Beatles refers to
an orphanage located in Liverpool.
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a
male animal is punishable by death.
Dennis Newton in Oklahoma City was on trial for the armed robbery of a
convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer.
Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a
fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that
Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and
then said, "I should of blown your f***ing head off." The defendant paused,
then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took
20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.
The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used.
It is also the cleanest
Most toilets flush in E flat.
A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
Your foot & your forearm, (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow),
are the same length.
A dentist, William Semple, who was looking for a way to exercise his jaws,
invented chewing gum.
Electric eels produce enough energy in one shock to light up every
room in an average three bedroom house.
Actor Lorne Greene had one of his nipples ripped off by an alligator.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’,
which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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.
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
Prof. Trevor Cox (University of Salford in England) and fellow acoustics researchers concluded that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, a duck's quack does have an echo.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Flies taste with their feet.
Amateur boxer Joe Flanagin named his two sons Bob and Weave.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. The US Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country 'Tis of Thee," which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
Most insects are edible. There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were
called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
In 1994 Ramon Barrero, a Mexican musician famous for playing the world's
smallest harmonica, inhaled the harmonica and choked to death.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter of the alphabet.
Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.
Women make up 49% of the world population.
The words "electronic mail" might sound new but was introduced 30 years ago.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976.
Tokyo was once known as Edo.
A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo.
The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, with 30 million residents.
Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th century monk whose task it was to pivot the
calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of
Rome by about 6 years (and left out the year 0), thus the Third Millennium
actually started on 31 December 1995.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped.
On average, people move house every 7 years.
Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the
Irish reel and jig.
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