The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
Elephants can’t jump. Every other mammal can.
Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”
In Cleveland, Ohio, it’s illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie” (Thus the name of the Don McLean song).
When opossums are playing ‘possum, they are not “playing.”Ê They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.
Only 1 in 2,000,000,000 will live to be 116 or older.
When you tie a noose, the rope is wrapped twelve times around because it’s the same length as a persons head.
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.
A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.
The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” uses every letter in the alphabet.
Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.
The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.
The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotam-eteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenu a kitanatahu – a New Zealand hill.
The volume of the Earth’s moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop Faster than the rest of us.
The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is “Live Free or Die.”Ê These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc.Ê Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc.
Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.
The original story from “Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights” begins, “Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.”
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Michael Jordan makes more money from NIKE annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
The “dot” over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.
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.
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?Ê Paul Reiser himself.
The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away (pretty good trick).
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.