Fact 2. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

Fact 3. Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.

Fact 4. Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard.

Fact 5. Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating.

Fact 6. Used in art the word “sfumato” refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another.

Fact 7. Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.

Fact 8. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth.

Fact 9. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.

Fact 10. Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race.

Fact 11. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.

Fact 12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Fact 13. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Fact 14. Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.

Fact 15. Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined.

Fact 16. Walt Disney had a fear of mice.

Fact 17. Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse.

Fact 18. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.

Fact 19. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Fact 20. Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

Fact 21. Warner Brothers Corset Company created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally used by manufacturers.

Fact 22. Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.

Fact 23. Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out.

Fact 24. Water expands 9% when it is frozen.

Fact 25. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.

Fact 26. Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.

Fact 27. Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan.

Fact 28. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

Fact 29. Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999).

Fact 30. Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit.

Fact 31. Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.

Fact 32. Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958.

Fact 33. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.

Fact 34. When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.

Fact 35. When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.

Fact 36. When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.

Fact 37. When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.

Fact 38. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

Fact 39. When an orange is shown in any of the “Godfather” movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.

Fact 40. When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey.

Fact 41. When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly.

Fact 42. When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves.

Fact 43. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents.

Fact 44. When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like “Coca-Cola” when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was “Bite the wax tadpole”. It did not sell well.

Fact 45. When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy.

Fact 46. When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country “Little Venice”, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.

Fact 47. When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas.

Fact 48. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles
per year.

Fact 49. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover.

Fact 50. When Nylons first went on sale in the United States in 1940, four million pairs were sold in only a few days.

Fact 51. When opossums are playing ‘possum, they are not “playing.” They
actually pass out from sheer terror.

Fact 52. When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor.

Fact 53. When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns.

Fact 54. When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.

Fact 55. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

Fact 56. When Sony introduced the walkman, it had a variety of different names in different countries. It was called “Soundabout” in the U.S., “Stowaway” in the U.K., and “Freestyle” in Australia.

Fact 57. When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.

Fact 58. When the are in danger, kangaroos will beat the ground loudly with their hind feet.

Fact 59. When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute.

Fact 60. When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise.

Fact 61. When the female grasshopper lays eggs, she covers her eggs with a pasty liquid that protects the eggs throughout the winter.

Fact 62. When the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, received an alarming number of threatening letters, soon after her husband became President at the height of the Depression, the Secret Service insisted that she carry a pistol in her purse.

Fact 63. When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.

Fact 64. When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born.

Fact 65. When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it was meant to replace the activity of smoking.

Fact 66. When the Statue of Liberty was moved from France to the United States, 214 crates were used to transport it. The Statue was also reduced to 350 pieces.

Fact 67. When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia.

Fact 68. When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart.

Fact 69. Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.

Fact 70. While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.

Fact 71. While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called “Traff-O-Data.” It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.

Fact 72. White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the “The Monkees.”

Fact 73. Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old.

Fact 74. Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae and brine shrimp.

Fact 75. Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.

Fact 76. William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub.

Fact 77. Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones.”

Fact 78. With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches.

Fact 79. Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men.

Fact 80. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States.

Fact 81. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Fact 82. Women hearts beat faster than men.

Fact 83. Women on average live seven years longer than men do.

Fact 84. Women smile more than men do.

Fact 85. Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet.

Fact 86. Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.

Fact 87. Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis.

Fact 88. Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state.

Fact 89. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

Fact 90. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Fact 91. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

Fact 92. You can send a postcard from Hell. There is a small town located in the Cayman Islands called “Hell.” They even have a post office.

Fact 93. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

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Fact 2. There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger.

Fact 3. There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru.

Fact 4. There is a law in the state of Idaho that does not permit one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that is heavier than 50 pounds.

Fact 5. There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show “Sesame Street” that is HIV-positive.

Fact 6. There is a place called Hell, Michigan. It is about 50 miles from Detroit, Michigan.

Fact 7. There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake.

Fact 8. There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.

Fact 9. There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection.

Fact 10. There is a town in Norway called “Hell”.

Fact 11. There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two people.

Fact 12. There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada.

Fact 13. There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use.

Fact 14. There is an area located off the south-eastern Atlantic coast of the United States called the “Bermuda Triangle.” It is known for a high rate of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft, which has led some people to believe that this triangle has supernatural powers.

Fact 15. There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.

Fact 16. There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges. This was formed to keep gift giving affordable and simple.

Fact 17. There is cyanide in apple pips.

Fact 18. There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York.

Fact 19. There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep.

Fact 20. There is no element on Mendeleev’s (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.

Fact 21. There is no tipping in Iceland.

Fact 22. There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people.

Fact 23. There was a 19th century Native American tribal chief who went under the name, “Not Able to Fornicate.”

Fact 24. There was a book written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic happened titled “Futility” by Morgan Robertson. This book was remarkably similar to the tragedy that happened to the Titanic in 1912.

Fact 25. There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people.

Fact 26. There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal “markers” to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.

Fact 27. There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce.

Fact 28. There was an army general during the Liberia Civil War who used to lead his army into battle naked. His nickname was “General Butt Naked.” Joshua Milton Blahyi (his real name) is now an evangelical preacher in Monrovia.

Fact 29. There was no punctuation until the 15th century.

Fact 30. There was once a country called Prussia. After World War II, it was divided among Poland, Germany, and the USSR.

Fact 31. There was once a fish caught in Delaware Bay with a watch still ticking inside.

Fact 32. There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic.

Fact 33. There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996.

Fact 34. There were approximately 2,228 people on board the Titanic when it sank. Of this, only 706 people survived.

Fact 35. There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987.

Fact 36. Thirteen percent of the human population reside in deserts.

Fact 37. Thirty percent of all bingo players are under the age of 35.

Fact 38. Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup.

Fact 39. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.

Fact 40. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Fact 41. Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

Fact 42. Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

Fact 43. Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)

Fact 44. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark.

Fact 45. Thomas Jefferson had three achievements placed on his headstone at his request, “Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson/Author Of The Declaration Of American Independence/Of The Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom/And Father Of The University of Virginia.? He never mentioned being President of the United States.

Fact 46. Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.

Fact 47. Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey.

Fact 48. Three years after a person quits smoking, there chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never smoked before.

Fact 49. Throughout the South, peanuts were known as “Monkey Nuts,” and “Goober peas,” before the civil war.

Fact 50. Ticks can be as small as a grain of rice and grow to be as big as a marble.

Fact 51. Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by magazine Sports Illustrated two times.

Fact 52. Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.

Fact 53. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Fact 54. To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.

Fact 55. To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories.

Fact 56. To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed.

Fact 57. To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages.

Fact 58. To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice.

Fact 59. To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.

Fact 60. To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.

Fact 61. To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets

Fact 62. To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.

Fact 63. To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.

Fact 64. To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked.

Fact 65. Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer.

Fact 66. Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined.

Fact 67. Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party.

Fact 68. Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.

Fact 69. Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.

Fact 70. Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.

Fact 71. Tomatos were once referred to as “love apples.” This is because their was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them.

Fact 72. Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system.

Fact 73. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units.

Fact 74. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.

Fact 75. Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac.

Fact 76. Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.

Fact 77. Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country.

Fact 78. Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya.

Fact 79. Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth and receive over 80 inches of rain every year.

Fact 80. True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.

Fact 81. Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.

Fact 82. Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.

Fact 83. Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks.

Fact 84. Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.

Fact 85. Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Fact 86. Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon.

Fact 87. Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish.

Fact 88. TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979.

Fact 89. Two million red blood cells die every second.

Fact 90. Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.

Fact 91. Two out of five people end up marrying their first love.

Fact 92. Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario.

Fact 93. Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.

Fact 94. TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.

Fact 95. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.

Fact 96. U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year.

Fact 97. Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar.

Fact 98. Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day.

Fact 99. Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.

Fact 100. Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

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Fact 2. The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company.

Fact 3. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer.

Fact 4. The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan.

Fact 5. The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.

Fact 6. The youngest pope was 11 years old.

Fact 7. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.

Fact 8. There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.

Fact 9. There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.

Fact 10. There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Fact 11. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Fact 12. There are 315 species of parrot in the world.

Fact 13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Fact 14. There are 40 official jelly belly flavours.

Fact 15. There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.

Fact 16. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.

Fact 17. There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

Fact 18. There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.

Fact 19. There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon.

Fact 20. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.

Fact 21. There are about 34,000 species of spiders.

Fact 22. There are about 6,800 languages in the world.

Fact 23. There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.

Fact 24. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald’s Big Mac bun.

Fact 25. There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands.

Fact 26. There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US.

Fact 27. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

Fact 28. There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

Fact 29. There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly.

Fact 30. There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes.

Fact 31. There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.

Fact 32. There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.

Fact 33. There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.

Fact 34. There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.

Fact 35. There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.

Fact 36. There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.

Fact 37. There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.

Fact 38. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.

Fact 39. There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness.

Fact 40. There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA.

Fact 41. There are at least six universal facial expressions. They are: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger and surprise.

Fact 42. There are bananas called “Red banana” that are maroon to dark purple when ripe.

Fact 43. There are coffee flavored PEZ

Fact 44. There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink.

Fact 45. There are five million scent receptors located in a human beings nose.

Fact 46. There are five years in a quinquennium.

Fact 47. There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.

Fact 48. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

Fact 49. There are more chickens than people in the world.

Fact 50. There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.

Fact 51. There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

Fact 52. There are more recreational golfers per capita in Canada than any other country in the world.

Fact 53. There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants.

Fact 54. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half-caused cancer in rats.

Fact 55. There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world.

Fact 56. There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world.

Fact 57. There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers.

Fact 58. There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee.

Fact 59. There are more than 40 million Americans that have “chronic halitosis,” which is bad breath that never goes away.

Fact 60. There are more than 50 different types of pumpkins. Some of them have names such as Munchkin, Funny Face, and Spooktacular.

Fact 61. There are more than 640 muscles in the human body.

Fact 62. There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.

Fact 63. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit.

Fact 64. There are no snakes in New Zealand.

Fact 65. There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same.

Fact 66. There are only four words in the English language which end in

Fact 67. There are only four words in the English language which end in”-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Fact 68. There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.

Fact 69. There are over 1,800 known species of fleas.

Fact 70. There are over 100 styles of BluBlocker sunglasses available on the market.

Fact 71. There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.

Fact 72. There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world.

Fact 73. There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America.

Fact 74. There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone.

Fact 75. There are over 500 different types of bananas.

Fact 76. There are over 600 different pasta shapes.

Fact 77. There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.

Fact 78. There are over one billion people that are actively involved in rice growth.

Fact 79. There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.

Fact 80. There are over three trillion craters on the moon, with some being having a diameter over three feet.

Fact 81. There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.

Fact 82. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

Fact 83. There are some bananas that are red instead of yellow.

Fact 84. There are some hospitals in Shanghai that have issued a rule that a nurse must wear lipstick while on duty.

Fact 85. There are some ice creams that are 75% air.

Fact 86. There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans.

Fact 87. There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart.

Fact 88. There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish.

Fact 89. There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

Fact 90. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Fact 91. There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.

Fact 92. There have been 191 coops in Bolivia since it became a sovereign country in 1825.

Fact 93. There have been close to 200 coups and counter-coups in the country of Bolivia.

Fact 94. There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952.

Fact 95. There is a “cemetery town” in California named Colma. Concerns about the public health, crime, and the need for space forced the city of San Francisco to outlaw burials in 1902. The city of Colma, which is five miles south of San Francisco, was established to bury the dead. The ratio of dead to living people is 750 to 1.

Fact 96. There is a certain species of kangaroo that is only 2.5 centimetres long when it is born.

Fact 97. There is a certain type of Hawk Moth caterpillar from Brazil that inflates its thorax, which makes its head look like a head of a snake when it feels it is in danger or alarmed.

Fact 98. There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas.

Fact 99. There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri.

Fact 100. There is a doggy disco held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs.

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Fact 2. The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.

Fact 3. The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood.

Fact 4. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

Fact 5. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

Fact 6. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.

Fact 7. The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma.

Fact 8. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

Fact 9. The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms.

Fact 10. The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year.

Fact 11. The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs.

Fact 12. The total mileage driven by all U-Haul trucks in a year is enough to move a person from the Earth to the moon five times a day for an entire year.

Fact 13. The total number of episodes for the sitcom “I Love Lucy” was 180.

Fact 14. The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665.

Fact 15. The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items.

Fact 16. The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”

Fact 17. The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a “Squirrel Day” festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest.

Fact 18. The town with the most stop signs per capita than any other in the US: LaConner, Washington

Fact 19. The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.

Fact 20. The tridacna clam can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.

Fact 21. The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water.

Fact 22. The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head.

Fact 23. The turkey was once nominated to be the official bird of the United States.

Fact 24. The TV show “Saturday Night Live” made its debut on October 11, 1975.

Fact 25. The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people.

Fact 26. The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour.

Fact 27. The two top toys in 1950 were Silly Putty which sold for $1, and Crayola crayons which sold for 50 cents.

Fact 28. The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.

Fact 29. The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.

Fact 30. The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.

Fact 31. The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased.

Fact 32. The unique characteristics of Barbie dolls in Japan are that they have their lips closed with no teeth showing.

Fact 33. The United Parcel Service shipped the killer whale Keiko (star of Disney movie “Free Willy”) from Mexico City to Newport, Oregon in 1998.

Fact 34. The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.

Fact 35. The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.

Fact 36. The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.

Fact 37. The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing.

Fact 38. The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.

Fact 39. The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.

Fact 40. The USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.

Fact 41. The vegetable that is eaten most by Americans is potatoes. On average, a person eats about 140 pounds of potatoes annually.

Fact 42. The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant.

Fact 43. The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for five hours.

Fact 44. The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.

Fact 45. The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes.

Fact 46. The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.

Fact 47. The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.

Fact 48. The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.

Fact 49. The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.

Fact 50. The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it.

Fact 51. The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court.

Fact 52. The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.

Fact 53. The windiest place in the world is Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA. The highest wind was on April 12, 1934 when it reached 231 mph.

Fact 54. The word “America” comes from the European explorer “Amerigo Vespucci.

Fact 55. The word “checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah-Mat,” which means the king is dead.

Fact 56. The word “comet” comes from the Greek word “kometes” meaning long hair and referring to the tail.

Fact 57. The word “Denim” comes from the French phrase “serge de Nimes” which is a fabric made in a town located in southern France.

Fact 58. The word “dexterity”, to do with skill is related to the right hand. The opposite of the word “deter” is “sinister”, to do with evil, it is related to the left hand.

Fact 59. The word “diamond” comes from the Greek word “adamas,” which means “unconquerable.”

Fact 60. The word “diastema” is the word for having a gap between your teeth.

Fact 61. The word “laser” stands for “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation.”

Fact 62. The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Fact 63. The word “limelight” that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers.

Fact 64. The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.

Fact 65. The word “moose” comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning “twig eater.”

Fact 66. The word “Nazi” is actually an abbreviation for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which refers to the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Fact 67. The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Suess in the book “If I Ran to the Zoo.”

Fact 68. The word “sophomore” means “sophisticated moron.”

Fact 69. The word “super” to a beekeeper refers to the hive box where the honey is stored.

Fact 70. The word “toy” comes from an old English word that means “tool.”

Fact 71. The word “umbrella” is derived from the Latin root word “umbra”, which means shade or shadow.

Fact 72. The word “vamp” is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe.

Fact 73. The word “walkman” was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986.

Fact 74. The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means “The Lizard.”

Fact 75. The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare.

Fact 76. The word breakfast was coined due to the fact that after sleeping for hours, we are “breaking our fast.”

Fact 77. The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word “Qutun.”

Fact 78. The word Himalayas means the “home of snow.”

Fact 79. The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare.

Fact 80. The word Karate means, “empty hand.”

Fact 81. The word Lethologica describes the state of not remembering the word you want to say.

Fact 82. The word Nike comes from Greek Mythology. Nike is the goddess of victory and was often depicted as a small winged figure whom the goddess Athene carried.

Fact 83. The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word “poppe,” which means “explosive sound”.

Fact 84. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

Fact 85. The word Spain means “the land of rabbits.”

Fact 86. The word Thailand means “land of the free.”

Fact 87. The word tulip comes from the Turkish word for turban.

Fact 88. The word vaccine comes from the Latin word “vacca,” which means cow. This name was chosen beacause the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy.

Fact 89. The word witch comes from the word “wicca” which translates to the “wise one.”

Fact 90. The word, tattoo originated from the Tahitain word “tattau” which means “to mark.”

Fact 91. The words “abstemioius,” and “facetious” both have all the five vowels in them in order.

Fact 92. The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot.

Fact 93. The world camel population is close to 19 million.

Fact 94. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.

Fact 95. The world record for donut eating is held by John Haight, who ate 29 donuts (52 ounces) in a little over six minutes.

Fact 96. The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia.

Fact 97. The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat.

Fact 98. The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965.

Fact 99. The world’s first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.

Fact 100. The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.

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Fact 2. The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.

Fact 3. The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil.

Fact 4. The ruby red slippers in the movie “The Wizard of Oz” were sold off at an auction for $660,000.

Fact 5. The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.

Fact 6. The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes.

Fact 7. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

Fact 8. The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”

Fact 9. The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove.

Fact 10. The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour.

Fact 11. The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism.

Fact 12. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.

Fact 13. The search engine Google got its name from the word “googol,” which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.

Fact 14. The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building.

Fact 15. The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.

Fact 16. The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.

Fact 17. The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning “to build.”

Fact 18. The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the english language.

Fact 19. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every
letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx
communications)

Fact 20. The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old.

Fact 21. The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.

Fact 22. The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.

Fact 23. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Fact 24. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Fact 25. The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history.

Fact 26. The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel.

Fact 27. The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated.

Fact 28. The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history.

Fact 29. The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Fact 30. The size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm – 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.

Fact 31. The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter.

Fact 32. The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.

Fact 33. The skin of a shark is made up of “tiny teeth” which are called dermal denticles.

Fact 34. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.

Fact 35. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.

Fact 36. The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long.

Fact 37. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long.

Fact 38. The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear.

Fact 39. The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear.

Fact 40. The smallest frog is the “Brazilian baby frog”, which is smaller than a dime.

Fact 41. The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10? inches.

Fact 42. The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm.

Fact 43. The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses.

Fact 44. The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles.

Fact 45. The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases.

Fact 46. The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930.

Fact 47. The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose.

Fact 48. The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee.

Fact 49. The song “Happy Birthday” brings in about $2 million in licensing revenue to Warner Communications who hold the copyright to the song.

Fact 50. The song “Strawberry Fields Forever” sung by the Beatles refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.

Fact 51. The song with the longest title is “I?m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin? Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues” written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with ?Yank? and the rest was a joke.

Fact 52. The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.

Fact 53. The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.

Fact 54. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

Fact 55. The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella.

Fact 56. The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour.

Fact 57. The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.

Fact 58. The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.

Fact 59. The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.

Fact 60. The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war.

Fact 61. The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.

Fact 62. The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the “water displacing” substance.

Fact 63. The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.

Fact 64. The stage were the television sitcom “Friends” is shot on is said to be haunted.

Fact 65. The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.

Fact 66. The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.

Fact 67. The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.

Fact 68. The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.

Fact 69. The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.

Fact 70. The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin.

Fact 71. The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”

Fact 72. The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.

Fact 73. The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.

Fact 74. The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie.

Fact 75. The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward.

Fact 76. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.

Fact 77. The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called “chalazae.”

Fact 78. The strongest gust of wind was recorded at the Mount Washington Observatory on April 12th, 1934, and measured 231 miles per hour.

Fact 79. The study of ants is called Myrmecology.

Fact 80. The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.

Fact 81. The study of twins is known as gemellology.

Fact 82. The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure.

Fact 83. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.

Fact 84. The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.

Fact 85. The sun shrinks five feet every hour.

Fact 86. The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world.

Fact 87. The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number on at-home party event of the year.

Fact 88. The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb.

Fact 89. The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum.

Fact 90. The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.

Fact 91. The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe.

Fact 92. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high.

Fact 93. The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.

Fact 94. The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.

Fact 95. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.

Fact 96. The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees celsius.

Fact 97. The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Fact 98. The term “The Big Apple” was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression “apple” for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time – The Big Apple.

Fact 99. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”

Fact 100. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun
ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the
fuselage.
If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9
yards.”

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Fact 2. The oldest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar is Henry Fonda. He was 76 when he won it.

Fact 3. The oldest bird on record was Cocky, a cockatoo, who died in the London Zoo at the age of 82.

Fact 4. The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.

Fact 5. The oldest inhabited house in Scotland is the Traquair Castle. The castle has had 27 kings as visitors.

Fact 6. The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.

Fact 7. The oldest major soft drink in America is Dr. Pepper, which originated in Waco, Texas in 1885.

Fact 8. The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.

Fact 9. The oldest working Post Office in the world is located in the village of Sanquer, located in the Scottish Lowlands. It has been operating since 1712.

Fact 10. The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam.

Fact 11. The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds.

Fact 12. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

Fact 13. The Olympics were originally held for the Greek god Zeus.

Fact 14. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
is uncopyrightable.

Fact 15. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable.”

Fact 16. The only animal, besides humans that can get leprosy is the Armadillo.

Fact 17. The only animals that are capable of turning their heads 180 degrees are from the genus Galago, such as the Tarsier.

Fact 18. The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.

Fact 19. The only commercial aircraft that is able to break the sound barrier is the Concorde.

Fact 20. The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia.

Fact 21. The only English place that has a name that ends with an exclamation mark is “Westward Ho!”

Fact 22. The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.

Fact 23. The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.

Fact 24. The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.

Fact 25. The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavor space shuttle from Sept 12-20, 1992.

Fact 26. The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the most deadliest out of the three.

Fact 27. The only popcorn museum in the world is lcoated in Marion, Ohio, USA.

Fact 28. The only predator that polar bears have are humans.

Fact 29. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

Fact 30. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

Fact 31. The only sound Seahorses make is a small clicking or popping sound during feeding or courtship.

Fact 32. The only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by a Western Power is Thailand.

Fact 33. The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle.

Fact 34. The only state to grow pineapples is Hawaii.

Fact 35. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the
Major
League All-Star Game.

Fact 36. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

Fact 37. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.

Fact 38. The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington.

Fact 39. The origin of apples traces back to the Middle East over 4,000 years ago.

Fact 40. The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the “gross.”

Fact 41. The original name for butterfly was flutterby

Fact 42. The origins of the soldier term “G.I.” is an abbreviation for “Government Issue,” which was stamped on all government kits supplied to recruits in the US Army during World War II.

Fact 43. The ostrich has two toes on each feet which gives it greater speed.

Fact 44. The Pacific island of Tonga once issued a stamp that was banana shaped.

Fact 45. The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair.

Fact 46. The papaya tree is known as “the medicinal tree” in some cultures because it?s seeds and leaves have been used as ingredients in different medicines.

Fact 47. The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak.

Fact 48. The patent number of the telephone is 174465.

Fact 49. The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume.

Fact 50. The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels.

Fact 51. The Pentagon cost $49,600,000 to build in 1941.

Fact 52. The Pentagon has 284 restrooms.

Fact 53. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is
necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia still
had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and
whites.

Fact 54. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

Fact 55. The phrase “Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride,” actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924.

Fact 56. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.

Fact 57. The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system.

Fact 58. The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916.

Fact 59. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Fact 60. The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit.

Fact 61. The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it “Epsicle.” The name was later changed to Popsicle.

Fact 62. The popular chocolate bar “Three Musketeers” got its name because when it was first introduced in 1932 there were three individual bars. The flavours were strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.

Fact 63. The postage rate for a letter in 1693 was determined through how much light could pass through the letter. The postage rate would be more expensive if less light went through, and this process was called candling.

Fact 64. The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe.

Fact 65. The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors.

Fact 66. The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.

Fact 67. The property values on the Monopoly game board are the same today as they were in 1935.

Fact 68. The puma and the leopard are the highest jumping mammals. They are able to reach a height of 16.5 feet.

Fact 69. The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in.

Fact 70. The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.

Fact 71. The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.

Fact 72. The rarest chocolate bar in the world is the Porcelana bar. There are only 20,000 of these bars produced a year, and they sell for $90 per pound.

Fact 73. The rarest coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak, which is found in Indonesia. It cost about $300 a pound.

Fact 74. The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson.

Fact 75. The real name of Toto the dog in “The Wizard Of Oz” was Terry.

Fact 76. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore
when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Fact 77. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Fact 78. The reason the Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle is because when the popular circus theme was introduced in 1902 they thought it would also be a good idea to package them with a string as a Christmas novelty so they could be hung from Christmas trees.

Fact 79. The reason the soft drink Dr Pepper is called that is because the inventor Wade Morrison named it after Dr. Charles Pepper who had given him his first job.

Fact 80. The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink.

Fact 81. The reason why bubbles are round is because this is the most efficient shape that the soap film can take for the amount of air trapped inside.

Fact 82. The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment.

Fact 83. The reason why golf balls have dimples on them is because it helps in the ball to move a farther distance by reducing drag.

Fact 84. The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing “melanin” which gives the hair colour.

Fact 85. The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing “melanin” which gives the hair colour.

Fact 86. The reason why locusts swarm are because when they are in groups, a “hot-spot” behind their hind legs is stimulated, which in turn causes their destructive nature. A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn in a day.

Fact 87. The reason why milk is white is because it contains a protein called Casein, which is white. Milk also contains fat, which is also white.

Fact 88. The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle.

Fact 89. The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed.

Fact 90. The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the “Land of the Midnight Sun” is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep.

Fact 91. The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body.

Fact 92. The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose.

Fact 93. The record for the longest Monopoly game played in a bathtub is ninety-nine hours.

Fact 94. The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car).

Fact 95. The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries.

Fact 96. The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.

Fact 97. The revolving door was invented in 1888, by Theophilus Van Kannel.

Fact 98. The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over 50 mini-vans on their back.

Fact 99. The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.

Fact 100. The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore. updated

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Fact 2. The Mexican version of the Tooth Fairy is known as the Tooth Mouse, which takes the tooth and leaves treasures in its place.

Fact 3. The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death.

Fact 4. The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Fact 5. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Fact 6. The monogram “RR” for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.

Fact 7. The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.

Fact 8. The Montreal Canadians hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups with 24.

Fact 9. The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is.

Fact 10. The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to the eye by a mascara wand.

Fact 11. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Fact 12. The most common pear world-wide is the Bartlett. It is bell-shaped, sweet and soft with a light green colour.

Fact 13. The most common rock on Earth is basalt.

Fact 14. The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts.

Fact 15. The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot.

Fact 16. The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm.

Fact 17. The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey.

Fact 18. The most disliked vegetable by Americans is Brussels sprouts.

Fact 19. The most expensive animated movie is “Prince of Egypt”, which cost $70 million to make.

Fact 20. The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A 4 inch bottle which is covered with diamonds and 24-carat gold costs $71,380.

Fact 21. The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in Harrods in London, which cost $1.6 million, has a full time security guard. The shoes are made from platinum thread and has 642 rubies in them. It took over 700 hours to produce the shoe.

Fact 22. The most expensive spice in the world is saffron.

Fact 23. The most famous movie theatre is the “Chinese Theatre” located in Los Angeles, USA.

Fact 24. The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides.

Fact 25. The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.

Fact 26. The most popular American city for Kool-Aid sales is St. Louis, Missouri.

Fact 27. The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid.

Fact 28. The most popular chocolate bar in the United Kingdom for the last 15 years has been Kit Kat.

Fact 29. The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food.

Fact 30. The most popular gift that teachers receive in the United States from their students is chocolate.

Fact 31. The most popular grown bulbs are tulips.

Fact 32. The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette.

Fact 33. The most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn.

Fact 34. The most popular meal ordered at restaurants in the U.S. is fried chicken.

Fact 35. The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max.

Fact 36. The most popular pickle is the Dill pickle.

Fact 37. The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room.

Fact 38. The most popular recipient of Valentine cards are school teachers.

Fact 39. The most popular show amongst baby boomers is Star Trek.

Fact 40. The most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular.

Fact 41. The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry.

Fact 42. The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls.

Fact 43. The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.

Fact 44. The most reproduced image in the world is Mickey Mouse, which can be found on over 7,500 different items.

Fact 45. The most senior crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after making 1.4 billion crayons for Crayola. It was then that he revealed that he was actually colorblind.

Fact 46. The mother of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler was accused of being a witch.

Fact 47. The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world.

Fact 48. The movie “Chicken Run” made in 2,000 had the most plasticine used in an animated movie. They used 2,380 kg of plasticine for the movie.

Fact 49. The movie “Cleopatra” cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account.

Fact 50. The movie that grossed the most money that was adapted from a T.V. cartoon is Scooby-Doo.

Fact 51. The murder rate in the United States is about four times greater than in Japan. In Japan, no private citizen can buy a handgun legally.

Fact 52. The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England.

Fact 53. The music for “The Star Spangled Banner” comes from a British drinking song named “Anacreon.”

Fact 54. The music group Simply Red got its name from band member Mick Hucknall, who has red hair.

Fact 55. The mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon appears for one day every one hundred years.

Fact 56. The name “cranberry” comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called “crane berry.” The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be “cranberry.”

Fact 57. The name “Grey Poupon” used for mustard comes from two people: Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon. Grey was the inventor of a machine that mass produced fine textured mustard, and Poupon was an already established maker of mustard. In 1886 the Grey-Poupon firm was formed.

Fact 58. The name “Lego” came from the Danish word LEg Godt, which means “play well.”

Fact 59. The name “Muppet” was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word “marionette” and “puppet.”

Fact 60. The name “Snickers” for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned.

Fact 61. The name “Tonka” trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means “great” in Sioux.

Fact 62. The name Aspirin was invented from “A” in acetyl chloride. The “spir” comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the “in” was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with “in.”

Fact 63. The name for insect poop is frass.

Fact 64. The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor got though of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, “All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad.”

Fact 65. 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.”

Fact 66. The name for the sign “&” which represents the world “and” is ampersand.

Fact 67. The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers.

Fact 68. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
“General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.

Fact 69. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.

Fact 70. The name of the award given to honor the best sites on the Internet is called “The Webby Award.”

Fact 71. The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird.

Fact 72. The name of the famous snack “Twinkies” was invented by seeing a billboard in St. Louis, that said “Twinkle Toe Shoes.”

Fact 73. The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was “Spud.”

Fact 74. The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed.

Fact 75. The name of the squiggly line “~” is called a tilde.

Fact 76. The name of the Taco Bell dog is Gidget.

Fact 77. The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle.

Fact 78. The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children.

Fact 79. The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”

Fact 80. The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”

Fact 81. The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”

Fact 82. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

Fact 83. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

Fact 84. The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling.

Fact 85. The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.

Fact 86. The New York Yankees have appeared in the World Series a league leading 38 times and won 26 titles.

Fact 87. The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly.

Fact 88. The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is “Salarymen.”

Fact 89. The Nike swoosh was invented by Caroline Davidson back in 1971. She received $35 for making the swoosh. The first shoe with the swoosh was introduced in 1972.

Fact 90. The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long.

Fact 91. The Nobel Peace prize was first awarded in 1901 to Jean Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the Swiss Red Cross.

Fact 92. The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901.

Fact 93. The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.

Fact 94. The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.

Fact 95. The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats.

Fact 96. The nut “filbert” got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures.

Fact 97. The ocean sunfish can produce thirty million eggs at once.

Fact 98. The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000.

Fact 99. The official state mammal of Texas is the armadillo.

Fact 100. The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak.

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Fact 2. The idea of Christmas cards was invented by Englishman Henry Cole in 1843.

Fact 3. The incidents of immune system diseases has increased over 200% in the last five years.

Fact 4. The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations.

Fact 5. The iron disulfide (Pyrite) is considered “fool’s gold” because it looks very similar to gold.

Fact 6. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

Fact 7. The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and rubbing it on the bite.

Fact 8. The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day.

Fact 9. The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults.

Fact 10. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Fact 11. The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.

Fact 12. The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds.

Fact 13. The Kool Aid Man used to be known as “Pitcher Man” when he was first introduced in 1975.

Fact 14. The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.

Fact 15. The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors.

Fact 16. The largest apple pie ever baked was forty by twenty three feet.

Fact 17. The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000.

Fact 18. The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.

Fact 19. The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell.

Fact 20. The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long.

Fact 21. The largest cultivated crop in the United States is corn.

Fact 22. The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the “Uncle Sam.”

Fact 23. The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

Fact 24. The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound

Fact 25. The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.

Fact 26. The largest employer in Central Florida is Walt Disney World. There are approximately 50,000 people working there.

Fact 27. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people.

Fact 28. The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. It can weigh several tons and grow to more than fifty feet in length.

Fact 29. The largest hamburger cooked in the world weighed in at 6,040 pounds.

Fact 30. The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fact 31. The largest ice cream sundae was made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream, was 12 feet high and had 7000 pounds of toppings on it. This was made in Anaheim, California in 1985.

Fact 32. The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower.

Fact 33. The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1925, which weighed close to four and a half pounds.

Fact 34. The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m.

Fact 35. The largest member of the dolphin family are orcas.

Fact 36. The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69.

Fact 37. The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.

Fact 38. The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college.

Fact 39. The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Fact 40. The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina.

Fact 41. The largest stamp was issued by China and measured 210 x 65 mm.

Fact 42. The largest type of penguin is the Emperor Penguin which can stand to be almost 3.5 feet tall and weigh more than 90 pounds.

Fact 43. The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.

Fact 44. The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people.

Fact 45. The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas.

Fact 46. The last thing Elvis Presley ate before he died was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.

Fact 47. The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market.

Fact 48. The leading cause of deaths for children between the ages of 1 and 4 are motor vehicle crashes.

Fact 49. The leading cause of poisoning for children under the age of six in the home is liquid dish soap.

Fact 50. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 58.36 metres above the ground.

Fact 51. The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday.

Fact 52. The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days.

Fact 53. The length of a human esophagus is 25 centimeters.

Fact 54. The length of brink of the Canadian “Horseshoe” Falls located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada is 2600 feet.

Fact 55. The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

Fact 56. The Liberty Bell was the first mechanical slot machine, which was invented by Charles Fey, a car mechanic in 1895.

Fact 57. The Library of Congress, located in Washington D.C., is the largest library in the world.

Fact 58. The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years.

Fact 59. The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years.

Fact 60. The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate.

Fact 61. The lifespan of a rhinoceros is generally 50 years.

Fact 62. The Lion King is the top grossing Disney movie of all-time with domestic gross intake of $312 million.

Fact 63. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

Fact 64. The list of ingredients that make up lipstick include fish scales.

Fact 65. The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called “chad.”

Fact 66. The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper.

Fact 67. The longer white infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children, researchers said on Monday.

Fact 68. The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long.

Fact 69. The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13 1981 and continued until September 16 1983 and lasted for 978 days.

Fact 70. The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses.

Fact 71. The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.

Fact 72. The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.

Fact 73. The longest fangs of a snake are found on the Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica), and can reach over 2 inches in length.

Fact 74. The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan.

Fact 75. The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days.

Fact 76. The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1987.

Fact 77. The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846.

Fact 78. The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Fact 79. The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, which is seventy straight days.

Fact 80. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

Fact 81. The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards.

Fact 82. The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

Fact 83. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

Fact 84. The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.

Fact 85. The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles.

Fact 86. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

Fact 87. The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis.

Fact 88. The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.

Fact 89. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Fact 90. The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women.

Fact 91. The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.

Fact 92. The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes.

Fact 93. The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year.

Fact 94. The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest land animal, which can be heard clearly from a distance of ten miles away.

Fact 95. The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.

Fact 96. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.

Fact 97. The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses.

Fact 98. The markings that are found on dice are called “pips.”

Fact 99. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.

Fact 100. The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water.

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Fact 2. The first penny candy to be wrapped in America was the Tootsie Roll in 1896.

Fact 3. The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.

Fact 4. The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams.

Fact 5. The first president to ride in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt.

Fact 6. The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.

Fact 7. The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.

Fact 8. The first recipe for a lasagna type dish was found to be from a British cookbook in the 14th century. Therefore, Italians were not the first ones to come up with the popular dish as believed.

Fact 9. The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.

Fact 10. The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.

Fact 11. The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming.

Fact 12. The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.

Fact 13. The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.

Fact 14. The first tattoo machine was invented by Samuel O’Reilly. He did this by using equipment that Thomas Edison used to engrave hard surfaces.

Fact 15. The first telephone call from the White House was from Rutherford Hayes to Alexander Graham Bell.

Fact 16. The first television broadcast of the Oscars took place in 1953, hosted by Bob Hope on NBC.

Fact 17. The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928.

Fact 18. The first television show to show any portion of a toilet was on “Leave it to Beaver.” After fighting for ten weeks to show the toilet, CBS would only allow the producers to show the toilet tank, and not the whole toilet.

Fact 19. The first theatre to show motion pictures was the Nickelodeon on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street.

Fact 20. The first time there was an instance where they had a separate toilet for women and men was in 1739 at a ball in Paris.

Fact 21. The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie “Psycho.”

Fact 22. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver”.

Fact 23. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver”.

Fact 24. The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest.

Fact 25. The first toilet tank ever seen on television was on Leave it to Beaver.

Fact 26. The first TONKA truck was made in 1947.

Fact 27. The first translation of the Bible into English was in 1382 A.D., by John Wycliff.

Fact 28. The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945.

Fact 29. The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long.

Fact 30. The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon.

Fact 31. The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800’s.

Fact 32. The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, “Mary had a little lamb.”

Fact 33. The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903.

Fact 34. The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship.

Fact 35. The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet.

Fact 36. The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a 6 foot-tall human jumping the length of 7 football fields.

Fact 37. The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh).

Fact 38. The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time.

Fact 39. The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people.

Fact 40. The Food and Drug Administration says the most common injury from cosmetics comes from scratching the eye with a mascara wand.

Fact 41. The food that is digested in your stomach is called “chyme.”

Fact 42. The food that people crave the most is cheese.

Fact 43. The football team Green Bay Packers comes from a meat packing company called Acme Packing.

Fact 44. The formula for Coca-cola has never been patented.

Fact 45. The founder of JC Penny had the middle name of Cash.

Fact 46. The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, which stands for Royal Mail Steamship.

Fact 47. The fur of the binturong, also known as the “Asian Bear Cat,” smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail.

Fact 48. The game Monopoly has been played by approximately 500 million people in the world, and the game is available in 26 languages.

Fact 49. The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed.

Fact 50. The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court.

Fact 51. The game rugby was originated at Rugby school located in England in 1823. This happened when William Webb Ellis, while playing soccer, picked the ball up in his hands and started running with it.

Fact 52. The garfish has green bones.

Fact 53. The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting.

Fact 54. The General Lee cars used in the popular show The Dukes of Hazards were 1969 Dodge Chargers.

Fact 55. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Fact 56. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Fact 57. The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone.

Fact 58. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Fact 59. The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937.

Fact 60. The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces.

Fact 61. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.

Fact 62. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years.

Fact 63. The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.

Fact 64. The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds.

Fact 65. The greatest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge, extending 64,374 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

Fact 66. The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in February, 1959.

Fact 67. The green ring that is formed around the yolk of eggs that have been cooked too long is formed by the chemical reaction from the iron in the yolk and the sulphur in the white part of the egg.

Fact 68. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.

Fact 69. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.

Fact 70. The head of a jellyfish is called the “Bell.”

Fact 71. The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 26 pounds.

Fact 72. The heaviest United States President was William Howard Taft who weighed 332 pounds.

Fact 73. The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level.

Fact 74. The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week.

Fact 75. The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level.

Fact 76. The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.

Fact 77. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
Colorado.

Fact 78. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Fact 79. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Fact 80. The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour.

Fact 81. The highest toll paid by a ship to cross the Panama Canal was by the Crown Princess on May 2, 1993 in the amount of $141,349.97 U.S. funds.

Fact 82. The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as twenty-five minutes.

Fact 83. The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as “Hollywoodland.”

Fact 84. The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal.

Fact 85. The hormone replacement drug “Premarin” is made from the urine of pregnant horses.

Fact 86. The hottest chili in the world is the Tezpur chili pepper.

Fact 87. The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.

Fact 88. The Hubble telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light at a dime that is two hundred miles away.

Fact 89. The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries.

Fact 90. The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.

Fact 91. The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons.

Fact 92. The human face is made up of 14 bones.

Fact 93. The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.

Fact 94. The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet.

Fact 95. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

Fact 96. The human heart weighs less than a pound.

Fact 97. The human liver performs over 500 functions.

Fact 98. The hump of a camel can weigh up to 35 kilograms.

Fact 99. The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years.

Fact 100. The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half.

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

Fact 3. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Fact 4. The Danish company Lego, which began in 1932, first manufactured ironing boards, and stepladders.

Fact 5. The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.

Fact 6. The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius.

Fact 7. The deepest cave in the world is the “Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht” cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep.

Fact 8. The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres.

Fact 9. The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin.

Fact 10. The desert tortoise can live without having to drink any water. It extracts the water it needs from the vegetation it eats.

Fact 11. The designated instrument for the city of Detroit is the accordion.

Fact 12. The destruction of the Berlin Wall began when private citizens began to demolish entire sections of the Wall without interference from government officials on November 9, 1989.

Fact 13. The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year.

Fact 14. The DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat.

Fact 15. The dot that appears over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

Fact 16. The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years.

Fact 17. The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Fact 18. The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.

Fact 19. The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds.

Fact 20. The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.

Fact 21. The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C.

Fact 22. The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception.

Fact 23. The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour.

Fact 24. The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world before the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930.

Fact 25. The Eiffel Tower weight is approximately 9441 tons.

Fact 26. The eight most popular foods to cause food allergies are: milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish.

Fact 27. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in
times of
war or other emergencies.

Fact 28. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Fact 29. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Fact 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Fact 31. The elephant is the national animal of Thailand.

Fact 32. The expression “Tying the Knot” comes from an old Roman custom where the brides clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots.

Fact 33. The expression cooked “al dente” means “to the tooth.” What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender.

Fact 34. The external tank on space shuttles is not painted. It is the only part of the shuttle that is lost after launch, so it is not necessary to worry about metal corrosion.

Fact 35. The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.

Fact 36. The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.

Fact 37. The Faberge, “Winter Egg” was sold in 1994 for $5.6 million. This is the most expensive decorative egg that has ever been sold.

Fact 38. The famous Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died.

Fact 39. The famous Christmas song “Jingle Bells” was written for a Thanksgiving program in 1857 by James Pierpont. At the time, the song was called “The One-Horse Open Sleigh.”

Fact 40. The famous jewelry store Tiffany & Co. was established on September 18, 1837 in New York City. The amount of sales that were made the first day were $4.98.

Fact 41. The fastest bird in the world is the Peregrine Falcon, which can reach speeds in excess of two hundred miles per hour.

Fact 42. The fastest flying butterfly is the Monarch, which has been clocked with a speed as high as 17 miles per hour.

Fact 43. The fastest growing tissue in the human body is hair.

Fact 44. The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour.

Fact 45. The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour.

Fact 46. The fastest shark is the “Shortfin Mako,” which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour.

Fact 47. The fastest speed a raindrop had reached when falling is seven miles per hour.

Fact 48. The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles.

Fact 49. The fat that comes from sheep, which is called tallow, can also be used to produce soap and candles.

Fact 50. The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii.

Fact 51. The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia.

Fact 52. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.

Fact 53. The feet have approximately 250,000 sweat glands.

Fact 54. The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products.

Fact 55. The first African-American to receive a Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph J. Bunche in 1950.

Fact 56. The first American astronaut in space was Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Fact 57. The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737.

Fact 58. The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding.

Fact 59. The first automobile racetrack in America was the ‘Indianapolis Motor Speedway,’ which had 3 million cobblestones.

Fact 60. The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903.

Fact 61. The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic.

Fact 62. The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men.

Fact 63. The first commercial chewing gum was sold in 1848 by John B. Curtis, who also made the gum. He called the gum “State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.”

Fact 64. The first commercial microwave oven was called the “1161 Radarange” and was the size of a refrigerator.

Fact 65. The first company to mass produce teddy bears was the Ideal Toy Company.

Fact 66. The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was “Mary Kay and Johnny.”

Fact 67. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

Fact 68. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

Fact 69. The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin.

Fact 70. The first email was sent out by Ray Tomlinson in 1971.

Fact 71. The first episode of the popular television sitcom Happy Days was titled “All The Way.”

Fact 72. The first ever “World Summit on Toilets” was held in Singapore in November 2001.

Fact 73. The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers.

Fact 74. The first female guest host of Saturday Night Live was actress Candace Bergen.

Fact 75. The first flavour of a cheese ball was called “Cheddy Blue.”

Fact 76. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Fact 77. The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs.

Fact 78. The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach.

Fact 79. The first German car to be built solely outside of Germany is the BMW Z3.

Fact 80. The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair.

Fact 81. The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes.

Fact 82. The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia.

Fact 83. The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland.

Fact 84. The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.

Fact 85. The first jigsaw puzzle was created by map maker John Splisbury who mounted one of his maps on a sheet of hardwood. He proceeded to cut around the borders of each country use a fine saw.

Fact 86. The first known American novelist to hand in a manuscript that was typed was Mark Twain. His typewriter was a Remington No.1, which was invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.

Fact 87. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

Fact 88. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

Fact 89. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.

Fact 90. The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter “T.”

Fact 91. The first Life Saver flavour, which was peppermint, was invented in 1912 and it was called Pep-O-Mint.

Fact 92. The first lighthouse built in the USA was in Boston, MA in 1716.

Fact 93. The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C.

Fact 94. The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles.

Fact 95. The first movie to ever cost $100 million to make is Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991.

Fact 96. The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum.

Fact 97. The first music video ever played on MTV Europe was by Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing.”

Fact 98. The first Olympic games only had one event – a foot race.

Fact 99. The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.

Fact 100. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

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