More Great facts

·         Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue

·         Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

·         Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap

·         An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

·         In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub

·         In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus

·         The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home

·         Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac

·         Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father

·         A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement

·         It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star

·         Blue Jays can imitate the calls of hawks

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

·         In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum

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

·         In Canada, men are three times more likely than women to have seen a doctor in the last year

·         The most expensive spice in the world is saffron

·         In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 pounds of grass

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

·         Cows can detect odors up to five miles away

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

·         Arthur Giblin was the inventor of the first "flushable" toilet

·         Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century. During that time it was provided in the form of a drink and since drinking wine during lent was a sin, so was drinking chocolate

·         Approximately 40% of the states in the U.S. have severe, or extreme pollution problems

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

·         Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away

·         Dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to make an ounce

·         To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed

·         If all the insects in the world were put on a scale, they would out weigh all creatures

·         Women smile more than men do

·         A ripe cranberry will bounce. Another name for a cranberry is bounceberry

·         Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep

·         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

·         The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation

·         In the 1960 movie "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used to show the blood in the shower scene

·         Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids

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

·         Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced

·         The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts

·         Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year

·         Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosal air fresheners

·         Coca-cola used to use the slogan "Good to the last drop," in 1908. This slogan was later used by Maxwell House

·         The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows

·         In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies including their eyebrows and eyelashes

·         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

·         A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet

·         There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists

·         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."

·         The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"

·         Amtrak is the combination of the words "American" and "Track"

·         On average, an American relocates 11 times in their life

·         Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill

·         The cartoon character Popeye was actually based on a real person named Frank "Rocky" Fiegel who was a tough guy who was quite similar to Popeye physically

·         Frisbee got its name from William Russel Frisbee, who was a pie baker. He used to sell his pies in a thin tin pan, which had Frisbee written on it. When Walter Frederick Morrison thought of the idea of making saucer like disks to play catch, he visited the campus of Yale and noticed people there were using the pie pan to play catch so he therefore renamed his invention to Frisbee

·         Some arthritis medications contain gold salts, which is used as an anti-inflammatory

·         Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites

·         LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus

·         DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for "Douglas Commercial."

·         In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall

·         Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body

·         Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world

·         Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa

·         The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak

·         It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year'ssupply of footballs.

·         In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario

·         The tridacna clam can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds

·         The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the "Diner Capital of the World."

·         Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V

·         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

·         Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

·         If an identical twin grows up without having a certain tooth, the other twin will most likely also grow up with that tooth missing

·         Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined

·         According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water

·         When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart

·         Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand

·         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

·         All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5.00 bill

·         1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life

·         New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment."

·         In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll

·         An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period

·         Some of the other names that were thought of for the dwarfs in the Disney movie "Snow White" were Awful, Dirty, Shifty, Hotsy, and Jumpy

·         In the U.S., over 35 million people have used some sort of illegal drug in the last year

·         96% of candles that are purchased are by women

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

·         A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day

·         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

·         Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States

·         Sex acts like a natural antihistamine, in can clear up a stuffy nose

·         Women on average live seven years longer than men do

·         A British term for slot machine is "fruit machine" or "one-armed bandit."

·         Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin

·         Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits

·         In 1946 Danon Yogurt were the first to add fruit to commercially produced yogurt in U.S

·         The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

·         American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class

·         The first flavour of a cheese ball was called "Cheddy Blue."

·         Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year

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

·         Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc

·         Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four

·         The hump of a camel can weigh up to 35 kilograms

·         Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world

·         The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands

·         The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City

·         The word "sophomore" means "sophisticated moron."

·         Jim Bristoe, an American, invented a 30-foot-long, 2-ton pumpkin cannon that can fire pumpkins up to five miles.

·         There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America

·         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

·         Used in art the word "sfumato" refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another

·         There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog

·         The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people

·         Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport

·         The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901

·         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

·         After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996

·         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

·         In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood

·         The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles

·         The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, "Mary had a little lamb."

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Fun facts

1.     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

2.     A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave

3.     Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts

4.     The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound

5.     Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, "Gadsby," without any word containing the letter "e."

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

7.     The human liver performs over 500 functions

8.     Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah

9.     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

10. Finnish folklore states that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead

11. More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States

12. In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot

13. 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

14. Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent. The twists of the pretzels are to resemble arms crossed in prayer

15. The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country

16. After 8 months, babies are more likely to get a diaper rash

17. 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

18. The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly

19. 66% of wedding cards are hand delivered by people

20. Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice

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

22. 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

23. General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army

24. Iguanas can stay under water for up to thirty minutes

25. The fastest flying butterfly is the Monarch, which has been clocked with a speed as high as 17 miles per hour

26. Egyptian pyramid builders used to eat a lot of garlic because they thought it would increase their strength

27. The average office document gets copied 19 times

28. In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight

29. Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced

30. American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters

31. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines

32. The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches

33. One in five Americans move homes every year

34. The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933

35. The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou

36. A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds

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

38. A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax

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

40. The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men

41. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P

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

43. In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents

44. In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted

45. Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints

46. In the United States, six tubs of Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, are sold every second

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

48. White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the "The Monkees."

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

50. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world

51. Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet

52. Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize

53. Seventy-one percent of households report they have at least one snorer. Forty-five percent of those surveyed admit they snore, 35% said their partner snores, 12% said their child snores and 9% reported their pet snores

54. 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."

55. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas

56. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in the movie "Silence of the Lambs." She turned down the role because she found it too scary

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

58. Due to the deforestation of the forests in North China, over one million tons of sands blows into Beijing from the Gobi desert. It sometimes causes the sky to turn yellow.

59. Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings

60. Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns

61. The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

62. In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on

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

64. The most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn

65. 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

66. Slaves under the last emperors of China wore pigtails so they could be picked out quickly

67. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

68. Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak

69. An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter

70. A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet

71. Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones

72. The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means "The Lizard."

73. 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.

74. The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl

75. Robert Southey wrote the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in 1834

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

77. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class

78. Astronauts get taller when they are in space

79. Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood

80. Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named Franklin V. Canning

81. It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach

82. 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

83. In a year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur in the U.S

84. 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

85. The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903

86. Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together

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

88. In the original movie "101 Dalmatians," there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on all 101 Dalmatians as they are shown in 113,760 frames of the film combined

89. The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics

90. A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist

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

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

93. The music for "The Star Spangled Banner" comes from a British drinking song named "Anacreon."

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