Interesting Facts of the Day | Thursday, 23rd May, 2013

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan. [link]

PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was “Rock the Casba” by the Clash. [link]

Interesting Facts of the Day | Wednesday, 22nd May, 2013

The “save” icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

The only nation whose name begins with an “A”, but doesn’t end in an “A” is Afghanistan.

The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same – they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

Interesting Facts of the Day | Tuesday, 21st May, 2013

The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.

Napoleon’s penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000.

Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

A bull can inseminate 300 cows from one single ejaculation.

When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.

Interesting Facts of the Day | Monday, 20th May, 2013

In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.

Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.

Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg’s Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.

The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.

In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.

Interesting Facts of the Day | Sunday, 19th May, 2013

The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight in case of war or emergency, they could be used as airstrips.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for ‘General Purpose’ vehicle.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Interesting Facts of the Day | Saturday, 18th May, 2013

In the early 1940s, the FCC assigned television’s Channel 1 to mobile services (like two-way radios in taxis) but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.

Interesting Facts of the Day | Friday, 17th May, 2013

Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

Top Facts of the Day | Wednesday, 15th May, 2013

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

 The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet

Interesting Facts of the Day | Friday, 24th May, 2013

Non-dairy creamer is flammable. [link]

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.” (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Golf courses cover 4% of North America.

 The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.

Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.