Facts 1. "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters. Facts 2. "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Facts 3. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "m...
Facts 1. A duck�s quack doesn�t echo, and no one knows why. Facts 2. A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing. Facts 3. A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats. Facts 4. A famous bul...
Facts 1. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. Facts 2. A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring. Facts 3. A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body,...
Fact 1. Amtrak is the combination of the words "American" and "Track". Fact 2. An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment. Fact 3. An adult "Gold Frog" measures to be 9.8 millimeters...
Fact 1. Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple. Fact 2. Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen. Fact 3. Astronauts get taller when they are in space. Fact 4. Astronomers once believed a planet name...
Fact 1. Botanically a rhubarb is a vegetable. It was changed to a fruit in 1947 by a U.S. Custom Court. Fact 2. Both Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter, U.S. presidents, were peanut farmers at one time. Fact 3. Bourbon was first made by a Baptist...
Fact 1. Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church. Fact 2. Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans. Fact 3. Cons...
Fact 1. Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups. Fact 2. Earl Dean developed the bottle design for Coca-Cola. Fact 3. Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice. Fact 4. Early Romans used to use porcup...
Fact 1. Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country. Fact 2. Finnish folklore states that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and ri...
Fact 1. Human birth control pills work on gorillas. Fact 2. Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months. Fact 3. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. Fact 4. Humans are born with 30...
Fact 1. In 1942 the Jello company introduced Cola flavored jello, which only lasted a year. Fact 2. In 1943, the July issue of "Transportation Magazine" had an article entitled "1943 Guide to Hiring Women." Fact 3. In 1945, a seven ounce bath...
Fact 1. In ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain of arthritis. Fact 2. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies including their eyebrows and eyelashes. Fact 3. In ancient Egypt...
Fact 1. In the 19th century, it was common practice for a Japanese woman to dye their teeth black. They believed that this enhanced sex appeal and maintained healthier teeth. Fact 2. In the 20th century, over three million people have died fr...
Fact 1. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. Fact 2. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Fact 3. It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have u...
Fact 1. Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or straight. Fact 2. Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. Fact 3. Many ins...
Fact 1. Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration. Fact 2. Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards. Fact 3. No NFL team which plays its home...
Fact 1. One billion pounds of pasta would need approximately 2,021,452,000 gallons of water to cook it. This is equivalent to 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Fact 2. One billion seconds is about 32 years. Fact 3. One bushel of wheat can...
Fact 1. People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that does not smoke. Fact 2. People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack. Fact 3. People that use mobile phones are 2.5 time more like...
Fact 1. Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl. Fact 2. Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer softw...
Fact 1. Studies have shown that by putting on slow background music it can make a person eat food at a slower rate. Fact 2. Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk. Fact 3. Studies have shown that the scent of Rosema...
