150 Interesting Facts

150 Interesting Facts

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

16. Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. The characters "Bert" and "Ernie" on Sesame Street were named after "Bert the cop" and "Ernie the taxi driver" in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

36. People pay other people for suggesting good domain names
37. California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.
38. Kangaroos can not walk backwards.
39. 'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
40. According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place!

41. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.
42. Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.
43. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
44. Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.
45. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

46. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
47. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
48. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
49. Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
50. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with Vaseline.

51. When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
52. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
53. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
54. How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.
55. Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

56. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
57. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
58. During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
59. Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
60. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

61. There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
62. There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
63. More than 2 million documents will be lost by the IRS this year.
64. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
65. Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents!

66. Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.
67. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
68. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
69. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die!
70. The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts.

71. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
72. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
73. In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog!
74. You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.
75. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

76. One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
77. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
78. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
79. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
80. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

81. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
82. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
83. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
84. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
85. Polar bears are left handed.

86. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
87. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
88. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
89. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
90. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

91. Butterflies taste with their feet.
92. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
93. Starfish don't have brains.
94. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
95. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

96. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
97. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
98. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
99. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
100. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

101. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
102. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
103. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
104. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
105. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

106. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
107. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
108. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
109. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
110. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

111. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (rumor)
112. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
113. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
114. Pearls melt in vinegar.
115. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

116. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
117. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
118. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. (Or does it?
119. 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.
120. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

121. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
122. Butterflies taste with their feet.
123. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
124. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
125. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

126. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
127. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
128. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
129. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
130. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you?

131. 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.
132. A snail can sleep for three years.
133. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
134. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
135. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!

136. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
137. All polar bears are left handed.
138. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies,including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
139. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
140. Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

141. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
142. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
143. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
144. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
145. In Greene, new york, you cannot walk backwards and eat peanuts on teh sidewalk during a concert.

146. In Hardford, Connecut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
147. In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
148. In ancient Greece, where the mouse was sacred to Apollo, mice were sometimes devoured by temple priests.
149. In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 cam be jailed for cheating on their finals.
150. In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.