- The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot
- The words "abstemioius," and "facetious" both have all the five vowels in them in order
- French soldiers during World War I had the nickname "poilu" which translates to "hairy one."
- Former U.S. President William Taft converted the White House stable into a four car garage in 1909
- People living on the east coast prefer creamy peanut butter, while people living on the west coast prefer chunky peanut butter
- Some snails live on branches in trees
- Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it
- The youngest pope was 11 years old
- Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world
- Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts
- The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, which is 176 verses
- During the First World War, cigarettes were handed out to soldiers along with their rations
- The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan
- There are bananas called "Red banana" that are maroon to dark purple when ripe
- Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House
- The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre
- Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse
- The length of brink of the Canadian "Horseshoe" Falls located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada is 2600 feet
- The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles
- The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart
- Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine
- The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe
- The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine
- Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year
- Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined
- Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world
- Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters
- The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
- Since its introduction in February 1935, more than two hundred million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide
- Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States
- The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10? inches
- 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris
- Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc
- In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries
- The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history
- The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is
- On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight
- A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay
- The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service
- Atari had to bury millions of unsold "E.T." game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982
- The biggest disco ball in the world has a diameter of 2.41 meters and 137.89 kilograms. It also has 6,900 mirror squares on it
- The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses
- An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog
- On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States
- Scatologists are experts who study feces. (aka. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc.)
- The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour
- Annually Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving
- Rabbits can live up to ten years
- The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days
- Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946
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