Fun Facts

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.

Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.

The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 13 letters.

Genetically-engineered babies were born first in 2001.

The world's longest game of Monopoly lasted more than 660 hours.

In 2004, there were about 36 million people in the US aged 65 and over.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald's.

There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

There are 50 million abortions performed every year world-wide. An estimated 40% of those are performed illegally.

Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when al original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case stored smaller, 'lower case' letters.

It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush!

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness--28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness--38%.

Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

In 1960, the ratio of the average Fortune 500 CEO's pay to the US president's salary was 2-to-1. Today, this ratio is around 30-to-1.

In 2002, the National Research Council, a US Congressionally chartered group, said that there are about 400,000 online subscription sites with adult entertainment content worldwide, or about 1.5% of all Internet content.

The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.

"Tom Sawyer" was the first novel written on a typewriter.

Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

In 2005, Canada was the single-largest trading partner with the United States. China was second and Mexico was third.

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

The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 13 letters.

Seventy-three percent of Manila residents smoke.

There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.

Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on a penny while all the other presidents face to the left on US coins.

More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.

Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it.

China has 100 million Internet users, second to the US's 135 million users.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

In 2005, the country of Angola had the highest infant mortality rate in the World with over 187 deaths per 1,000 births.

The doorbell was invented in 1831.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

China has 100 million Internet users, second to the US's 135 million users.

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

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The largest man-made lake in the U.S. is Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

It is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to any unnamed mountain or hill in the United States.

The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!

"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.

An estimated 257 tons of ivory was poached worldwide in 2006. In order to harvest that much ivory, approximately 23,000 elephants would have to be killed illegally.

The United States has more airports than any other nation (there are over 14,800).

The average person laughs 15 times a day.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

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

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.