Facts
1. Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938.
2. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of
wood.
3. It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the
Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids.
4. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than
the highest mountain on Earth.
5. The first household refrigerator cost about
$16,000, in today's money.
6. A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in
the 19th century.
7. The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog
named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.
8. Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has
discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids.
9. By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of
energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb
for four hours.
10. In the United States, the first cookbook was
published in 1796 and it contained a recipe for watermelon
rind pickles.
11. In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250
times.
12. Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
13. Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing in 1848 for
about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the
Niagara River.
14. Fossilized bird droppings are one of the chief exports
of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
15. The colors yellow, red, and orange are used in fast
food restaurants because those are the colors that stimulate
hunger.
16. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel
in 1952, but he declined.
17. A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15
miles per hour.
18. A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is
born.
19. If all the salt were to be extracted from the Earth's
oceans, you would have enough salt to cover all of the
continents five feet deep.
20. The country of Andorra has a zero percent
unemployment rate.
21. All the Krispy Kreme donut stores collectively could
make a doughnut stack as high as the Empire State Building
in only 2 minutes.
22. In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency
because of the shortage of coins.
23. In North America there are approximately 618 roller
coasters.
24. 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.
25. Soldier’s disease is a term for morphine addiction.
The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
26. According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the
best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.
27. The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about
400 years.
28. Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet is the
most expensive painting sold at an auction. It was
purchased for $85.2 million dollars.
29. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets,
etc.) worldwide.
30. One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants
from the air each year.
31. A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has
the same impact of a .22 bullet.
32. Your brain is 80% water.
33. Poll results: Nachos is the food most craved by
mothers-to-be.
34. The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he
was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn
how to speak.
35. The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in
three months is enough to rebuild all American commercial
planes.
36. During World War II, condoms were used to cover
rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the
soldiers swam to shore.
37. O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore
leg braces when he was a child.
38. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in
from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.
39. Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for
maintaining healthy bones.
40. The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the
afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit
around this time.
41. Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because
they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In
America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write
stories around the use of their soap powder.
42. The revenue that is generated from gambling is
more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise
ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports
combined.
43. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest
waterfall, at 979 meters. This waterfall is sixteen times the
height of Niagara Falls.
44. There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them
so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from
Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon,
give or take a few meters.
45. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
46. At just four years old Mozart was able to learn a
piece of music in half an hour.
47. Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
48. Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the
milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.
49. 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.
50. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather
smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials
used in the tanning process.
51. In a year, an average person makes 1,140 phone
calls.
52. The largest ketchup bottle is a 170 feet (52 m) tall
water tower.
53. A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of
Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
54. Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an
opponent using only a single finger.
55. Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in
the world.
56. The University of Plymouth was the first university to
offer a degree in surfing.
57. In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can
accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour.
58. There are more than 40 million Americans that have
"chronic halitosis," which is bad breath that never goes
away.
59. It takes about 570 gallons of paint to cover the
outside of the current U.S. President's home, the White
House.
60. Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the
United States of America.
61. Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than
ceiling fans.
62. In 1989, twenty-three people were hired in
Jacksonville Florida just to flush toilets so the pipes would
not freeze.
63. By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium,
1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other
elements.
64. In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there
were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.
65. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is
located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of
two blocks the street rises about 80 feet.
66. A Singapore singing group by the name of "The
Oriental Singers," sang non-stop for 74 hours and five
minutes.
67. By law, information collected in a U.S. census must
remain confidential for seventy-two years.
68. Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow
dung.
69. Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water
forced out of the body by a siphon.
70. African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180
feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit
inside of it.
71. Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that
a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.
72. Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen
seconds.
73. People in France own more pets in the world per
person than any other country.
74. There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that
are the color pink.
75. The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be
seen from space.
76. An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15
minutes.
77. The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute
cartoon to be aired during prime time.
78. The largest number of children born to one woman,
who was a Russian peasant, is 69.
79. It has been suggested that shepherds are
responsible for inventing the game golf. It is said that they
used to use their staffs to hit the stones.
80. Every day, over five billion gallons of water are
flushed down toilets in the United States.
81. There are about 6,800 languages in the world.
82. 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.
83. Bill Bowerman, founder of the shoe company Nike,
got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave
him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes
lighter.
84. Every day, the Hubble telescope transmits enough
data to fit 10,000 standard computer disks.
85. During the 60's, the women's liberation movement
denounced bras as a symbol of servitude and encouraged
bra burning rallies.
86. Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33
inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When
they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside
it.
87. A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5
million grains of sugar.
88. In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for
the cancellation of a $5 million debt.
89. Alaska is the western-most AND eastern-most state
of the United States. Its islands stretch so far they actually
cross the 180th meridian - the global dividing line between
"east" and "west".
90. The three wealthiest families in the world have more
assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest
nations.
91. In a year, the average person walks four miles to
make his or her bed.
92. A leech has 32 brains.
93. The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 film,
"You're in the Army Now." It lasted for three minutes and
three seconds.
94. The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the
couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
95. The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
96. Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie
Chaplin look a like.
97. John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off
for $453,500.
98. According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper
lasts about five days in the bathroom.
99. Creator Ian Fleming's fictional character James
Bond made his debut in the 1952 novel "Casino Royale."
100. On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of
whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild
Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg.
101. A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a
minute.
102. Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first
enacted in 1938.
103. 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.
104. In a lifetime, an average man will shave 20,000 times.
105. Bo Jackson set a Monday Night Football record by
rushing for 222 yards in one game against the Seattle
Seahawks, including a 91-yard TD run.
106. The Population of the world can live within the state
boundaries of Texas.
107. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey
found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by
archaeologists and found edible.
108. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented
the light bulb. This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.
109. The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally
named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los
Angeles de la Porciuncula.
110. Washington State has the longest single beach in the
United States. Long Beach, WA. Washington State has the
longest single beach in the United States. Long Beach, WA.
111. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a
mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a
half miles in diameter.
112. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to
malfunction of the toilet.
113. Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860.
114. The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of
spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a
year.
115. The number of people alive on earth right now is
higher than the number of all the people that have died.
Ever.
116. A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
117. Water expands 9% when it is frozen.
118. 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.
119. The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and
4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to
make up for this shortfall.
120. Davao City, located at the Southern state of
Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area.
121. The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a
bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
122. In Afghanistan, only 25% of the total population has
access to clean water.
123. The USA Forest Service has built more than 360,000
miles of various kinds of roads in national forests -- or eight
(8) times the entire length of the U.S. interstate highway
system.
124. A pig’s orgasm lasts up to 30 minutes.
125. The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas,
which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the
sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.
126. Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4
cents to make.
127. There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed
frog that helps in fighting infection.
128. Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton
slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
129. The three wealthiest families in the world have more
assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest
nations.
130. The three wealthiest families in the world have more
assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest
nations.
131. The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-
Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in
Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.
132. The largest diamond found in the United States was a
40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and
nicknamed the "Uncle Sam."
133. The largest shopping mall in the world is the West
Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
134. American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer
Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were
their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters.
135. Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13.
136. The Bible was written by over 40 authors over a
period of 1500 years.
137. Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of
John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played
the part instead.
138. Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems.
In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make
the stamps look like diamonds and opals.
139. Director George Lucas had trouble originally getting
funding for Star Wars because most studios thought most
people wouldn't bother seeing it.
140. Orville Wright, a pilot, was involved in the first aircraft
accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.
141. The United States produces enough plastic film
annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
142. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300
kilometers long.
143. In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on
Sabbath.
144. The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106
carats.
145. 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.
146. A leopard's vision is so good it can practically see in
the dark.
147. A lion's roar is so loud that it can be heard five
kilometers away.
148. Centuries ago in India, a person could get their nose
chopped off for breaking the law.
149. Less than one quarter of the people in the world are
vegetarians.
150. Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure
into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding
his business to include cow dung wrist watches.
151. The small intestine in the human body is about 2
inches around, and 22 feet long.
152. A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by
Justin Timberlake sold on eBay.
153. Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract
mates.
154. The word "Oral-B" is a combination of oral hygiene
and the letter B, which stands for the word "better."
155. There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in
Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred
people.
156. The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of
Mexico.
157. Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South
Carolina State anthem.
158. An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was
playing with engine parts and realized the possible
secondary use for the springs.
159. American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate
breakfast in bed.
160. Every single hamster in the United States today
comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930.
161. The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed
(1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10 inches.
162. The Christmas season begins after sunset on
December 24th and lasts until January 5th. This is also
known as the Twelve Days of Christmas.
163. One billion seconds is about 32 years.
164. On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two
New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80
tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only
his teeth.
165. Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children
are given a Birthday Pie.
166. In the movie "Babe", the piglet was played by over 30
different piglets they outgrew the part so quickly during the
production of the film.
167. The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is
equivalent to one millionth of a meter.
168. Bats can detect food up to 18 feet away and what
type of insect the food may be using their sense of
echolocation.
169. In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency
because of the shortage of coins.
170. Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named
"Sportsman of the Year" by magazine Sports Illustrated two
times.
171. The music for "The Star Spangled Banner" comes
from a British drinking song named "Anacreon."
172. Hershey's has the capacity to wrap up to 1,300
Hershey's kisses every minute.
173. There are five million scent receptors located in a
human beings nose.
174. The artist Michelangelo's full name in Italian is
Michaelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto
Simoni.
175. The oldest documented footwear found was an 8,000
year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.
176. When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it
was meant to replace the activity of smoking.
177. About 500,000 kids in the US live in same sex
households.
178. When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear.
It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see
and hear.
179. Over 170,000 Indians from 210 tribes live in the
Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
180. In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was
Liberty.
181. When a woman is pregnant, her senses are all
heightened.
182. Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon
Presley who died at birth.
183. The most recycled product in the world is the
automobile.
184. Queen Elizabeth II was Time Magazine's "Man of The
Year" in 1952.
185. Mexico City boasts the world's largest taxi fleet with
over sixty thousand taxis running every day.
186. Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of
operation.
187. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual
intercourse each day.
188. India has the most post offices in the world.
189. Karate actually originated in India, but was developed
further in China.
190. In November 1999, two women were killed by a
lightning bolt. The under wire located in their bras acted as
an electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the
bra they left burn marks on their chest.
191. 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.
192. Thirteen percent of the human population resides in
deserts.
193. The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking
chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta,
Georgia.
194. The average four year-old child asks over four
hundred questions a day.
195. The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
196. Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for
the creation of the Panama Canal.
197. Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the
day after the Super bowl.
198. The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on
the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.
199. The University of Plymouth was the first university to
offer a degree in surfing.
200. A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient
Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of
wood.
201. Studies indicate that surgeons who listen to music
while they operate improve in their performance.
202. Before 1883, the three-cent U.S. stamp was also used
for advertising. The advertisement was located on the back
of the stamp for various products.
203. 75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States
are eaten at breakfast.
204. During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore
dresses until they were about seven years old.
205. 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.
206. Steve Fletcher holds the record for the largest gum
wrapper collection. His collection has 5300 gum wrappers
from all across the world.
207. Theodore Roosevelt's mother and first wife died on
the same day in 1884.
208. Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in
Kansas.
209. The longest one-syllable word in the English language
is "screeched."
210. No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver or purple.
211. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
letters "mt".
212. Almonds are members of the peach family.
213. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
dance.
214. Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.
215. There are only four words in the English language
which end in "-dous" tremendous, horrendous, stupendous,
and hazardous.
216. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra
Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be
abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
217. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
218. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
219. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
220. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the
time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
221. Al Capone's business card said he was a used
furniture dealer.
222. 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".
223. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
224. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
225. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
226. The microwave was invented after a researcher
walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
pocket.
227. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma
Pickles.
228. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
229. Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina
Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away.
230. The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who
was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very
nice to children.
231. In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.
232. Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge
Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto
human males.
233. A British term for slot machine is "fruit machine" or
"one-armed bandit".
234. Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings
may actually damage your immune system.
235. A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of
toilet paper each day.
236. In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years
traveling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red
light.
237. Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or
refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three
weeks.
238. 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.
239. Americans did not commonly use forks until after the
Civil War.
240. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for
babies; that has a pocket.
241. An artificial Christmas tree last up to six years in a
home.
242. In 1747, the first American mention of the Christmas
tree occurred. However, it was a not a tree but instead a
pyramid made out of wood and decorated with apples and
evergreen boughs.
243. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
244. Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of
accuracy at the LEGO mould factories.
245. A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by
eating 20 tart cherries.
246. Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address
at Southampton College located in the state of New York in
1996.
247. Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives
on the surface of our tongue.
248. The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the
Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.
249. The citrus soda "7 UP" was created in 1929. The
original name of the popular drink was "Bib-Label Lithiated
Lemon-Lime Soda", but it got changed to "7 UP."
250. Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for
the creation of the Panama Canal.
251. Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company
Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This
gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the
shoes lighter.
252. 41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a
minimum three times a day.
253. 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.
254. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow
because they were encased in a bright limestone that has
worn off over the years.
255. Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately
7 to 12 months.
256. An adult lion's roar is so loud; it can be heard up to
five miles away.
257. According to studies, men prefer to have white
bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms.
258. Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the
Los Angeles Lakers.
259. A language becomes extinct in this world every two
weeks.
260. A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in
igloo building.
261. The first product that the toy company Mattel came
out with was picture frames.
262. African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180
feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit
inside of it.
263. In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every
1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British.
264. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is
approximately six to eight weeks old.
265. The Ice Man, found in the Italian Alps, is now thought
to have been murdered. Scientists found an arrowhead
stuck in the man's back. He is now known as the oldest
murder victim on record.
266. Scientists at the Texas A&M University's Institute for
Biosciences and Technology are working on ways to grow
vaccines inside of bananas.
267. 4% of an apple is made up of minerals and vitamins,
and over 80% is made up of water.
268. Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia
are given a birthday pie.
269. There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley,
which barks like a dog.
270. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for
approximately sixty-nine years.
271. Albert Einstein was cremated and his ashes were
spread over a river located in New Jersey.
272. U-Haul is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow
Pages.
273. In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it.
274. Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were
invented in India by the Hindus.
275. China is the world's oldest known continuous
civilization.
276. The first subway system in America was built in
Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.
277. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail
and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle
finger.
278. The hog-nosed skunk can spray up to fifteen feet with
incredible accuracy.
279. In 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the
continent of North America.
280. An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.
281. An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust
and gases every year from the surrounding environment.
282. Bugs Bunny was originally called "Happy Rabbit."
283. Construction on the White House began in October of
1792.
284. In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a
copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast.
285. A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a
single night.
286. Romans used to believe that walnuts could cure head
ailments during the Renaissance, since their shape was
similar to that of a brain.
287. The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C.
288. According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are
the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western
society.
289. The word Spain means "the land of rabbits."
290. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on
two continents.
291. Corned beef got its name because this beef was
preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn
kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt.
292. The first company to mass produce teddy bears was
the Ideal Toy Company.
293. 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.
294. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
295. It takes about three hours for food to be broken down
in the human stomach.
296. If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would
appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth.
297. Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather
smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials
used in the tanning process.
298. The turkey was once nominated to be the official bird
of the United States.
299. Even though a red rose looks the same, there are
over 900 different types of red roses.
300. The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is
so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.
301. In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never
rained.
302. An ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was
invented by people who had difficulty hearing.
303. The company Chanel claims that every 30 seconds,
somewhere in the world, a bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold.
304. The Taj Mahal was once scheduled to be torn down in
the 1830's.
305. The word alligator comes from El Lagarto which is
Spanish for The Lizard.
306. The most senior crayon maker Emerson Moser retired
after making 1.4 billion crayons for Crayola. It was then that
he revealed that he was actually colorblind.
307. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was
afraid of the dark.
308. After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S.
paper currency in circulation was counterfeit.
309. A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as
a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air.
310. At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million
pounds.
311. Wal-Mart sells more apparel a year than all the other
competing department stores combined.
312. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building
of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them
contracted malaria and yellow fever.
313. It was during World War II that clothes with elastic
waists were introduced. This is because the metal used in
zippers was badly needed for the war.
314. A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to
about seven teaspoons of sugar.
315. The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics
to be aired on television by CBS.
316. 3% of pet owners give Valentine's gifts to their pets on
Valentine's Day.
317. Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
318. The Nile River is 6,690 kilometers long.
319. A group of people that are hired to clap at a
performance are called a claque.
320. A South African monkey was once awarded a medal
and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.
321. St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.
322. France is known as the perfume capital of the world.
323. In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake
mustache that could cause laughter in the church.
324. 44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
325. Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans
used it for paint.
326. When the Statue of Liberty was moved from France to
the United States, 214 crates were used to transport it. The
Statue was also reduced to 350 pieces.
327. Actor Michael Keaton was originally named Michael
Douglas.
328. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
329. The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off
in madness.
330. The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus
Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three
times higher than Mount Everest.
331. The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and
4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to
make up for this shortfall.
332. The most popular ethnic food in the United States is
Italian food.
333. The longest recorded swim was 2938 km down the
Mississippi River in 1930. The swimmer spend 742 hours in
the water.
334. One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.
335. The peregrine falcon can spot its prey from more than
8 km away.
336. The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.
337. Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major
league pro sports team.
338. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Village."
339. The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the
Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas Trench. This point is
called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.
340. The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.
341. The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse
was 7.5 minutes.
342. 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.
343. The world's largest church is located in
Yamoussoukro, which is the capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Africa.
344. The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation.
345. Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin
during the 16th and 17th century.
346. 850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of
peanut butter.
347. The lining of a person's stomach is replaced every 36
hours.
348. Budweiser beer is named after a town in
Czechoslovakia.
349. The largest school in the world is City Montessori
School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels
ranging from kindergarten to college.
350. Uranus has 27 moons.
351. The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built
with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m.
352. St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye
after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the
first business there.
353. In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can
accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour.
354. In the Netherlands, there are special traffic lanes for
bicycles. There are approximately 17,000 KMS of cycle
lanes with special bicycle traffic lights.
355. Nintendo was first established in 1889 and they
started out making special playing cards.
356. In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his
lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of
16,000 feet.
357. In China, pancakes are generally served as side
dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other
vegetables.
358. Americans on average use about 580 pounds of
paper per year per person.
359. The word "America" comes from the European
explorer "Amerigo Vespucci.
360. At the equator the Earth spins at about 1,038 miles
per hour.
361. Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of
with their lips.
362. In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960
possible hands.
363. The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a
quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when
the disk is opened.
364. 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.
365. In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western
Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five
hundred and fifty feet.
366. In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and
shaking your head means "yes."
367. There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the
world.
368. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is
moving.
369. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and
extensively used nuts in the world.
370. After spending hours working at a computer display,
look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear
pink.
371. Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite
through steel as thick as one half inch.
372. According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during
sex than men.
373. An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
374. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a
total of 11 billion a year.
375. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
376. An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000
muscles.
377. The adult electric eel can produce a five hundred volt
shock, which is enough to stun a horse.
378. An eyelash lives about 5 months.
379. A whale's penis is called a dork.
380. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one
day.
381. Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every
year and around five million bottles of soda.
382. An Octopus has 3 hearts!
383. An ear of corn always has an even number of rows
because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.
384. The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. has the
world's largest collection of comic books with over 5,000
titles and 100,000 issues.
385. An average adult produces about half a liter of
flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about
fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
386. The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a
year.
387. The McDonald's in New Delhi, India makes their
burgers with mutton as many Hindus do not eat beef.
388. All polar bears are left-handed.
389. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
390. Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.
391. Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980ft plunge out of
a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a
snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and
slight concussion.
392. Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture
dealer.
393. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the
brain to release calming hormones.
394. One of the terms of Wayne Gretzky's final contract
with the New York Rangers was two tickets for every event
at New York's Madison Square Garden.
395. The word Karate means, "Empty hand."
396. Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there
have been 140 wars.
397. The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the
temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.
398. A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he
survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
399. At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates
so much down force that it can drive upside down on the
roof of a tunnel.
400. Almost 425,000 hotdogs and buns, 160,000
hamburgers and cheeseburgers were served at Woodstock
'99.
401. The most valuable painting made by a female artist is
"In the Box," painted by Mary Cassatt. It was sold for $3.67
million at Christie's in New York City.
402. On average, Americans move to a new place eleven
times in their lifetime.
403. Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy
would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.
404. Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the
tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went.
Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
405. During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as
much as $100 for a simple glass of water.
406. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a
way to propose for marriage. If the girl caught it, that would
mean she accepts.
407. The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 liters
of water in just 10 minutes.
408. The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact
in human history.
409. More than half the time spent in United States courts
is cases that involve automobiles.
410. Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V.
show "Friends" were Six of One, Across the Hall, and
Insomnia Cafe.
411. Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and
greet them differently, compared with strangers.
412. If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top
of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears
Towers.
413. Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint
Life Savers" sold his rights to the popular candy for less
than three thousand dollars.
414. Pretzel snacks have been around for over 1300 years.
A European monk invented the snack using used leftover
bread dough.
415. The average adult has approximately six pounds of
skin.
416. The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an
octothorpe.
417. Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
418. Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the
entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.
419. Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer
network is hacked about 250,000 times annually.
420. From 1939 to 1942, there was an undersea post office
in the Bahamas.
421. 7-Eleven is the largest retail chain in the world.
422. The first commercial microwave oven was called the
"1161 Radarange" and was the size of a refrigerator.
423. The term "mayday" used for signaling for help (after
SOS) comes from the French "M'aidez" which is pronounced
"MAYDAY" and means, "Help Me."
424. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by
eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
425. Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of
water to evaporate.
426. Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer
airstrip due to lower air density.
427. Frank Wathernam was the last prisoner to leave
Alcatraz prison on March 21, 1963.
428. The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300
kilometers long.
429. An average home creates more pollution than does
the average car.
430. An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a
toilet.
431. Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878,
they used to rely on waving a handkerchief.
432. The state that has the most diners in the world is New
Jersey, which is referred to as the "Diner Capital of the
World."
433. The Titanic's whistles could be heard from 11 miles
away.
434. In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
435. Teflon is the most slipperiest substance in the world.
436. Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a
lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and
saved over 77 lives.
437. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the
Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue
of Liberty in New York Harbor.
438. Actor Bruce Willis's real name is Walter.
439. The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of
Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name
in 1930.
440. Another word for hiccups is "singultus."
441. There is a certain species of kangaroo that is only 2.5
centimeters long when it is born.
442. Research indicates that people prefer the color blue
for their casual clothing.
443. In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can
accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometers per hour.
444. The six official languages of the United Nations are
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
445. According to research, the most productive workday is
Tuesday and the least productive is Friday.
446. 18% of an Americans income is spent on
transportation.
447. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was
"Moon." Buzz was the second man to step onto the Moon in
1969.
448. Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League
played without masks until the year 1959.
449. The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between
Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more
than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was too tired to
participate in the championship match.
450. More than 50% of the people in the world have never
made or received a telephone call.
451. The most overdue book in the world was borrowed
from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and
was returned 288 years later.
452. The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000.
453. 570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the
outside of the White House.
454. The first American astronaut in space was Alan B.
Shepard Jr.
455. Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in
Antarctica in 1978.
456. George Washington grew hemp in his garden.
457. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per
capita than anywhere else in the world.
458. The first domain name ever registered was
Symbolics.com.
459. The most popular name for a pet in the United States
is Max.
460. There was a false floor fitted in Adolf Hitler's
Mercedes 770K to make him look taller when he stood up in
the car.
461. Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are
consumed each year.
462. Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosol air
fresheners.
463. A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in
his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.
464. Hawaii's Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the
world - it rains throughout the year and about 460 inches per
annum.
465. Milk and cheese can aid in the reduction of tooth
decay.
466. A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine
billion times a second.
467. Beijing boasts the world's largest Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant.
468. In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America.
469. A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds.
470. There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave
a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York.
471. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word
novel, "Gadsby," without any word containing the letter "e."
472. On average, a person will spend about five years
eating during their lifetime.
473. Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding
rings in the United States.
474. A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
475. The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across
North China.
476. Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first
billionaire.
477. Everyday, U.S. businesses use enough paper to circle
the Earth over 20 times.
478. Every year, Dunkin' Donuts serves an estimated 650
million cups of coffee.
479. Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century
whose name was really Patience.
480. A blue whale's tongue is so large that fifty could stand
on it.
481. 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.
482. 38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday.
483. The "naked recreation and travel" industry has grown
by 233% in the past decade.
484. Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total
coastline is longer than the USA's.
485. Toronto was the first city in the world with a
computerized traffic signal system.
486. It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for
the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
487. Amtrak is the combination of the words "American"
and "Track".
488. In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on
railways.
489. Battle Creek, Michigan is referred to as the "Cereal
Bowl of America." The city produces the most breakfast
cereals than any other city in the world.
490. Peanut butter is an effective way to remove chewing
gum from hair or clothes.
491. The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.
492. The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand,
which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
493. Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
494. Because of its enormous size, the Pentagon operates
much like a small city; it has its own shopping mall, power
plant, water and sewage facilities, medical clinic, fire station,
police force and a mayor.
495. 98% of houses in the United States have at least one
television set.
496. It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for
thefts committed involving vending machines.
497. Caterpillar means "hairy cat" in Old French.
498. An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a
statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham.
499. In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as
a cold cream remover.
500. The cost to build the Empire State Building was
$40,948,900.
