Fun Facts

The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.

Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.

The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.

Every vehicle produced by General Motors in the United States includes about $1,500 in health-care costs - typically more than the value of steel contained in the vehicle.

There are 1.6 million inventions under active patent in the United States.

White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (Formerly of the Monkees).

The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen.

Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky.

House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e".

The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.

Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The E. Coli bacterium propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors built to date by man. The rotation of the bacterial motor comes from a current of protons. The efficiency of the motor approaches 100 per cent.

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbook can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

Nearly 90% of American teens used the Internet in 2005.

If you eat a bar of chocolate every day for 36,500 days, you'll live to be 100 years old.

China has about $1 trillion in personal savings and a savings rate of close to 50%. The US has about $158 billion in personal savings and an average savings rate of only about 2%.

The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter iJi.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver."

In 1958, Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM forecast a world market for only 5 computers.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e".

Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!

The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.

In 1994, there were four murders and eight attempted murders of abortion providers in the United States. In 2004, there were zero.

Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete. He makes around $80 million per year (or $219,000 per day).

The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!

North Dakota is the only state in the US that has never had an earthquake.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

Enough beer is poured every Saturday across America to fill the Orange Bowl.

The collecting of beer mats (coasters) is called tegestology.

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

Only 2 blue moons (the saying 'only once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence of two full moons during one calendar month) are to occur between now and 2001. Those times are January 1999 and March 1999.

Weevils are more resistant to poisons in the morning than at night.

San Jose was the original capital of California.

The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.

Earthworms have five hearts.

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!

SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.

In 1940, more than three-fourths of those age 25 and older in the US had not graduated from high school. In 2004, only 15% of those 25 and older did not have a high-school degree.

It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.

Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.

Rice paper does not have any rice in it!

The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon's bedroom.