Fun Facts

In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

According to the Pentagon, Russia has supplied more than 85% of all of China's arms imports since early 1990.

Most lipstick have fish scales.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world at over 17,000 feet (5,181 m).

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

In February 1901, Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Atlanta, Georgia changed it's name to The Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

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.

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!

Clocks made before 1687 had only one hand, and hour hand.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

During World War II, the British Intelligence used the Colossus Machines (precursor to computers) at Bletchley Park to help decode the enigma code of the Nazis.

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

An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow.

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

The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.

Nearly 91% of all senior citizens rely on prescription drugs on a regular basis.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

Shanghai, China boasts 4,000 skyscrapers - double the number in New York City.

In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house.

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%.

Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

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

Tamiflu's main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise.

Two phone books with their pages interlaced require more than 8000 pounds of pressure to separte.

40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.

Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives.

Only humans sleep on their backs.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.

Mexicans consumed more Coca-Cola products than Americans, on average, in 2005. The average Mexican consumed 533 beverages during 2005, while the average American consumed 431.

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."

A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.

There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.

There are over 58 million dogs in the US.

In 2005, the US government spent about $71 billion for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.

43.7% of all statistics are made up right on the spot

Licking a stamp leads to the consumption of 1/10 of a calorie.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Toilet paper was invented in 1857.

Armadillos, opossums, and sloth's spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.

The parking meter was invented in North Dakota.

Even though it is widely attributed to him Shakespeare never actually used the word 'gadzooks'.

Naturalists use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps.

Orangutans warn people to stay out of their territory by belching.

The world's longest Coca-Cola truck is in Sweden. It is 79 feet long with a four-axle trailer

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

The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.

The town of Kennesaw, Georgia has required its citizens to own a firearm and ammunition since 1982.

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."

The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Earthworms have five hearts.

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!

Pinocchio was made of pine.