The first couple to be shown in
bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Men can read smaller print then
women can; women can hear better.
It is impossible to lick your
elbow.
The State with the highest percentage
of people who walk to work: Alaska
The average number of people airborne
over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc
and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on
a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are
the only mobile National Monuments.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Each king in a deck of playing
cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts
- Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person
on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person
died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Q. Half of all Americans live
within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers,
how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests,
fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that
doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses
were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
It was the accepted practice in
Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead
he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which
we know today as the "honeymoon".
In English pubs, ale is ordered
by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and
quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind
your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters
had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get
some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
Did you know Elephants are the only mammels
that can't jump!?!
Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet!?!
A ducks quack dosn't echo, and no one knows why!
In 10 minutes, a hurricane relases more energy then
all the worlds necular weapons combined!
On average, 100 people chocke to death on ballpoints
every year!
On average people fear spiders more then they do death!
90% of New York cabbies are recently arrived immagrants
(Who probably can't evan drive, scary!)
35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married!! (AAAAHHH!)
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or
older! (So drink loads of water to prove them wrong!)
Did you know it's possible to lead a cow upstairs...
but not down stairs!
Woman blink nearly twice as much as men!
The Main Libary at Indiana Universty sinks over an inch
every year because when it was built engineers faoled to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the
building! (Dumb ass's)
Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years!
No word in the english language rhyms with month or
purple
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our
nose and ears never stop growing! SCARY!
The electric chair was invented by dentist!
All polar bears are left handed
In ancient Egypt, preists plucked EVERY hair from their
bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes!
An ostrichs eye is bigger than his brain!
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can
be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
"GO" Is the shortest complete sentence in the english
language.
If Barbie was life sized her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet two inches tall!
A crocidile cannot stick it's tounge out!
The ciggrate lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day!
If your lungs opened up and layed flat they would be
the same size of tennies court!
If your intestines were streched out completely
they would be a bit bigger then a 1 storey house!
The Earth has a second moon called 'Cruithne' that is
just bigger than an asteriod. It was discovered in 1997.
According to scientists, the colour of the universe
is actually beige- not black like we all think
Contary to people belief, nothing man-made can be seen
from the moon (like the great wall of China) as its very diffcult to even see individual continents.
According Stephen Hawkings, the universe is actually
shaped like a saddle - not a flat disc as traditionaly thought.
Recently, the fossils of a giant rodent was found in
Venezuela that looked very similar to a guniea pig. It would have been a foot long and roughly 700 kilograms big (about the
size of a bufflo).
A lobster's heart is in his head.
Did you know that most people die from coconuts falling
on their heads then they do from shark attacks.
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that
is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried
bacon.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as
an "English kiss" in France.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters
in alphabetical order.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
In 1386, a
pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
A cockroach can live several
weeks with its head cut off!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
You can't kill yourself by holding
your breath
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout
his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the
University of London
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed
people
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
The elephant is the only mammal
that can't jump!
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue
print is different!
The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused
two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Most dust
particles in your house are made from dead skin!
The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted
to become 15 billion by 2080.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the
13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
On
average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
More people are killed each year from
bees than from snakes.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately
50,000 English words.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
The placement of a donkey's
eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French,
Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
It's against
the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an
adult, you only have 206.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Dolphins
sleep with one eye open!
It is impossible to sneeze
with your eyes open
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken
is 13 seconds
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She
declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Slugs have 4 noses.
Owls are the only birds who can see the
colour blue.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
A
giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
The average person laughs 10 times a day!
