Fun Facts

Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans.

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

Nondairy creamer is flammable.

Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink.

Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO, holds the records for highest executive compensation in one year -- $706 million in 2001.

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

Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.

In 2005, the US government spent on average over $20,000 for each household.

A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Nurses and doctors wash their hands between patients less than one-third of the time.

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

The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

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

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

There are only four words in the common English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The parking meter was invented in North Dakota.

The unemployment rate of Liberia was estimated at 85% in 2003.

There are more germs in the human mouth than in the anus.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

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

Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg.

Francis Scott Key was a young lawyer who wrote the poem, 'The Star Spangled Banner', after being inspired by watching the Americans fight off the British attack of Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem became the words to the national anthem.

Your odds of being killed in a tornado are 1 in 2 million.

Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

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

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 average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.

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.

Earthworms have five hearts.

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

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

South Africa has the highest number of AIDS deaths per year, with an estimated 370,000 dying in 2003 alone.

The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.

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

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

Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book "Historia de duobos amantibus" in 1444.

King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S.

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Tremendous erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

The motto of the American people, "In God We Trust," was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.

In 2005, the US government spent on average over $20,000 for each household.

There are only four words in the common English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Your odds of being killed in a tornado are 1 in 2 million.

Whales die if their echo system fails.

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

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

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.