Fun Facts

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

Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second and sound waves saunter at 700 miles per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated.

Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

More than half of American families with teenagers use filters to limit access to adult content online.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!

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

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

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

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

The world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.

Swallowed gum is not digested by the gastrointestinal system, it usually passes through within 24 hours.

Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.

A new born blue whale measures 20-26 feet (6.0 - 7.9 meters) long and weighs up to 6,614 pounds (3003 kg).

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.

Sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles (161 km) an hour.

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

A catfish has approximately 100,000 taste buds.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line in The Terminator 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'.

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.

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

In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.

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

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

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

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

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

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."

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

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

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.

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.

San Jose was the original capital of California.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line in The Terminator 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'.

The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.

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

The world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.

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

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

The pet ferret was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.

Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860.

The human brain is 80% water.

Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.

In 2005, the country of Singapore had the lowest infant mortality rate in the World with slightly more than 2 deaths per 1,000 births.

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%.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

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

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

Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.

The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.

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.

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

Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children.