Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!
At one golf course in North Carolina, you can rent a llama to be your caddy.
The Netherlands government does NOT prosecute drug smugglers with less than three kilos of cocaine!
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
Apple seeds are poisonous!
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
The industry standard way to euthanize chickens is to throw them into a woodchipper!
The country of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.
In almost all countries, first cousin marriages are legal!
On average, one language disappears from the earth every two weeks!
An intoxicated ant will always fall on its right side!
Contrary to popular belief, lightning strikes from the ground upwards, not from the sky downwards!
Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie was King Kong.
1 out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on tobacco for their livelihood!
Most lipstick contains fish scales!
In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange.
There are at least 50 nuclear bombs that have been lost at sea!
Each day, more than $40 Trillion changes hands worldwide!
Whoopi Goldberg’s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson!
A jumbo jet uses over 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
A redwood tree can expel more than 2 tons of water a day through its leaves.
The country of India produces more movies than any other country.
Spanish Fly, the popular aphrodisiac, is made from dried beetle remains!
It is impossible to kiss your elbow.
Nearly 1/3 of Taiwanese funerals have hired strippers!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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 microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
"Wild Bill" Hickock had a brother. His nickname was "Tame Bill."
Tornados can last as long as nine hours.
A horse expends more energy lying down than it does standing up.
Artichokes are flowers.
Emergency rooms treat twice as many left-handed people for accidents as right handed people.
It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
Hummingbirds can fly 500 miles without stopping!
Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour!
Most burglaries occur during the winter.
The Statue of Liberty's fingernails each weigh 100 pounds!
35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married.
You can lose up to 1/3 of your blood and still survive!
The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols!
Worth the risk? The average take from a bank robbery is only $3,000.
George Washington was named after England's King George!
Befroe Columbus no Native American had type B blood!
The Wright Brothers built their first airplane for less than $1,000.
There are no turkeys in Turkey.
The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon!
Hippos exude red sweat when they are hot, excited, or in pain!
Liquid TIDE glows under a blacklight.
The snowiest city in the U.S. is in California!
The word 'Mrs.' Cannot be written in full.
The earth's population has more than doubled since 1950.
The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964!
Log in to comment