Fun Facts

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

Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, is the largest planet in the solar system, twice as big as all the other planets combined.

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

Nondairy creamer is flammable.

The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched".

The first known marketer of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.

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.

In some Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.

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

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.

In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.

The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.

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

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was originally entitled Headcheese, but was changed at the last minute.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.

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.

Nova Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.'

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

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

In 1976, the 10 billionth gallon of "Coca-Cola" syrup was produced.

No president of the United States was an only child.

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

At 90 weapons per 100 civilians, the US has the world's highest rate of gun ownership, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007.

A giraffe has a 20-inch tongue.

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

Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

A large swarm of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.

France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.

The first Computer was ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, unveiled on February 14, 1946.

A tortoise can live up to 140 years old.

The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

The most common speed limit sign in the United States is 25 m.p.h.

As of 2007, China had about 30 million cars and light trucks for 1.3 billion people. The U.S. had about 240 million cars for 300 million people.

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.

Native Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook.

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

In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.

The number of left-handed men is double that of left-handed women.

Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.

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

Native Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook.

In the latter part of the 18th century, Prussian surgeons treated stutterers by snipping off portions of their tongues.

The only President to win a Pulitzer Prize: John Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage."

Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.

A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.

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

The cost of prescription drugs in the US has increased on average by 8.3% annually since 1994. The average rate of inflation during this time period was only about 2.5%.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.