facts part7

Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 total

During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo

People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain

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

Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning

898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.

The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word "poppe," which means "explosive sound"

The food that is digested in your stomach is called "chyme."

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses everyletter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twxcommunications)

The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sportsgames (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after theMajorLeague All-Star Game.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured

Lack of sleep can affect your immune system and reduce your ability to fight infections

All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago

It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation

Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own "Parma ham" and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)

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

A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.

Police detectives have used snapping turtles to help them locate dead bodies

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

The national sport of Japan is sumo wrestling

The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception

In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch

Edward VIII did not officially become the King of England as he abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee

The book "Little Red Riding Hood" was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it

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

Americans consume the most peanut butter in the world

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe

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

Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice

Most fleas do not live past a year old

It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean

Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable

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

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

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun

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

In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring

The real name of Toto the dog in "The Wizard Of Oz" was Terry

Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin

It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey

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

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

The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C

Heinz first started making ketchup in 1876 and the recipe has remained the same ever since

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

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

Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil

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

The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total construction time of 40 months to complete at an original cost of $63 million

The 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was able to write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time

The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate

In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles

A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres

In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings

Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission

A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches

In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated

A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks

An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment

The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius

Ten radishes only contain eight calories

Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico

Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people

Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920

Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000

One female mouse can produce up to 100 babies a year

Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states

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.

The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days

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.

People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin

Fido means faithful in Latin

Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character

A group of kangaroos is called a mob

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

Every three seconds, a new baby is born

More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.

The only predator that polar bears have are humans

Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight

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

Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12% is used again or recycled

A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes

A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes

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

There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world

The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels

Post-It Notes, which are adhesive notes, were invented while looking for a way to improve the acrylate adhesive found in tapes

Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth

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

In Johannesburg, the average car will be involved in an accident once every four years.

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

The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb

According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper lasts about five days in the bathroom

Almonds are members of the peach family

The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy

A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats

The largest member of the dolphin family are orcas

In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria

The hormone replacement drug "Premarin" is made from the urine of pregnant horses

TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979

Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards

People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for foods that taste bitter

In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers

Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands

On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily

Copper is the second most used metal in the world.

Milton Bradley originally wanted to name the game Twister, Pretzel; but he could not since the name was copyrighted

According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London

St. Patrick never really drove out any snakes from Ireland. This story was an analogy of how he drove paganism out of Ireland

Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth

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

People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples

Montreal was named after a local mountain "Mont Royal."

Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991. And, rightfully so

In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.

A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I

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

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C

Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk)

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair

In 1992, when EuroDisney first opened in France, the public beat some of the park characters because at the time most people had been against the park being built

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

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

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

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

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church

Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second

In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily

Every person has a unique tongue print

Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet

In 1890, there was no sunshine for the whole month of December in Westminster in London.

Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms

The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert

Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state

Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs

In China, there is a species of yam that is used to make a dye

Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort

The Chihuahua Desert is the largest desert in North America, and is over 200,000 square miles

Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War

The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson

Researches have discovered that eating five or more apples a week is linked to better functioning of the lungs

Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747

The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food

Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

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

The theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters is "Sweet Georgia Brown."

27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras

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

In 1969, the American side of Niagara Falls was stopped completely for several months

The name for insect poop is frass

A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar

Montreal is actually located on an island

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

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

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen

The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C

There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses

Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale ofvodka.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

Bananas were discovered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. when he conquered India

Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand

Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836

Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.

The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia

In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets

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

Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones

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

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

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

Male koalas mark their territory by rubbing their chests on a tree. Male koalas have a dark scent gland in the middle of their chest

An octopus has three hearts

Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter, but is a cultured milk product which is usually made from fat free milk

Pineapples were first called "anana", which is Caribbean for "excellent fruit."

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

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

An adult "Gold Frog" measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length

Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf

Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality

Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team

In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed

Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than ceiling fans.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years

The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes

According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year

It takes 72 minutes for the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower to make one revolution

Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed

All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873

The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic

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

Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert

The search engine Google got its name from the word "googol," which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it

The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create explosion that is equal to an atomic bomb

Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has

Studies indicate that listening to music is good for digestion

The Chihuahua was named after the Mexican state where they were discovered

There are no snakes in New Zealand

The most popular grown bulbs are tulips

Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid

The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming

In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl

Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments

The garfish has green bones

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

The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds

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

The food that people crave the most is cheese

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury

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

In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America

The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness

According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.

People from North America prefer pickles with warts, where as Europeans prefer pickles with no warts

People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack

Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom

After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.

The country with the highest consumption of chocolate per capita is Switzerland, with 22 pounds per person, per year

In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day."

Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played the part instead

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)

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals

Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk

A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch

In 1281, the Mongol army of Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but were ravaged by a hurricane that destroyed their fleet

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl compared to couples that do not smoke

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

Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have ran a red light

In 1755, the first Canadian post office opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fist Deputy Postmaster General was American inventor Benjamin Franklin who was later dismissed for sympathizing with the American revolutionary cause

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female

Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards

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

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar

Most American car horns honk in the key of F

A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air

In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American

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

Racecar driver Lee Petty once left a pitstop and did a full lap at Nascar with a pit crew member still on the hood

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

St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity

More twins are born in the Western world than in the Eastern world

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg

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

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

The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically

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.

In 1972, a gorilla by the name of "Koko" was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words

3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria

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

Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year

The word "vamp" is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe

Construction on the White House began in October of 1792

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards

The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs

Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away

Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit

On average, there is about three molecules of ozone for every 10 million air molecules.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States

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

In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas

Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system

The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship

Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims

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

Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands

The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin

A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side

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

99% of the blueberries that are produced in the United States are produced in the state of Maine

On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg

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

Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months

In the Victoria era, red tulips were a declaration of love

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

It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats

According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love

In 1796, Napoleon was only 26 years old when he took command of the French Army of Italy

A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it

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

Snake is a delicacy in China

In 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior

The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years

Uranus has 27 moons

Actress Sally Field was paid $4,000 a week for her role in the TV show The Flying Nun

More pollution is emitted from the average home compared to the average car.

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

Only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, butnochannel 1.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years

There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants

The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world with a height of about 553 metres

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."

Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173

President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day