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1 | A goldfish's attention span is three seconds | |
2 | Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons | |
3 | Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes | |
4 | Slugs have 4 noses | |
5 | A camel has 3 eyelids | |
6 | A honey bee can fly at 15 miles per hours | |
7 | A queen bee can lay 800-1500 eggs per day | |
8 | A bee has 5 eyes | |
9 | The average speed of a housefly is 4.5 miles an hour | |
10 | Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas | |
11 | Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp | |
12 | Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards | |
13 | Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds | |
14 | Camel's milk does not curdle | |
15 | All porcupines float in water | |
16 | The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1 | |
17 | A hummingbird weighs less than a penny | |
18 | A jellyfish is 95% water | |
19 | Children grow faster in the spring | |
20 | Broccoli is the only vegetable that is a flower | |
21 | Almonds are members of the peach family | |
22 | Alaska has the highest percentage of people that walk to work | |
23 | The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments | |
24 | The State of Maine has 62 lighthouses | |
25 | The only food that doesn't spoil is honey | |
26 | The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters | |
27 | A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber | |
28 | Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying | |
29 | On average, a human being will spend 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime | |
30 | Fish have eyelids | |
31 | The average human eats 8 spiders in his/her lifetime while sleeping | |
32 | There are 1 million ants for every person in the world | |
33 | Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music | |
34 | If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white | |
35 | Elephants sleep only 2 hours a day | |
36 | A duck's quack doesn't echo | |
37 | A snail breathes through its foot | |
38 | Fish cough | |
39 | An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's | |
40 | It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down stairs | |
41 | Shrimp can only swim backward | |
42 | Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open | |
43 | A cat's lower jaw cannot move sideways | |
44 | The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps | |
45 | Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles a day | |
46 | Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump | |
47 | Giraffes have no vocal chords | |
48 | Cats can hear ultrasound | |
49 | Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine | |
50 | Mosquitoes have 47 teeth | |
51 | There are 63,360 inches in a mile | |
52 | 11% of the people in the world are left-handed | |
53 | The average woman consumes 6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime | |
54 | The average smell weighs 760 nanograms | |
55 | A human brain weighs around 3 pounds | |
56 | 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet | |
57 | You blink over 10,000,000 times a year | |
58 | A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles an hour | |
59 | Brain waves can be used to run an electric train | |
60 | The tongue is the fastest healing part of a human body | |
61 | Pigs can get a sunburn | |
62 | The life span of a taste bud is ten days | |
63 | The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime | |
64 | Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges | |
65 | A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion mathematical calculations | |
66 | Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day | |
67 | There are 18 different animal shapes in the animal crackers cookie zoo | |
68 | The longest one-syllable word is "screeched" | |
69a | No word in the English language rhymes with month | |
69b | Caller ID is illegal in California | |
70a | No word in the English language rhymes with month | |
70b | A jiffy is 1/100 of a second | |
70c | Caller ID is illegal in California | |
71 | There is a town called Big Ugly, West Virginia | |
72 | The average person uses 150 gallons of water a day for personal use | |
73 | The average person spends 2 weeks over his/her lifetime waiting for a traffic light to change | |
74 | You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world | |
75 | The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year | |
76 | The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime | |
77 | No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times | |
78 | Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S. | |
79 | There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter | |
80 | About 18% of animal owners share their beds with their pets | |
81 | Alaska has more caribou than people | |
82 | August has the highest percentage of births | |
83 | Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros) | |
84 | Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again | |
85 | The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows | |
86 | Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia | |
87 | A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance | |
88 | A ten gallon hat holds less than a gallon of liquid | |
89 | The average American walks 18,000 steps a day | |
90 | The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour | |
91 | There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C. | |
92 | Fish can drown | |
93 | Kangaroo can jump 30 feet | |
94 | Lizards communicate by doing push-ups | |
95 | Squids can have eyes the size of a volleyball | |
96 | The average American will eat 35,000 cookies during his/her lifetime | |
97 | A turkey can run 20 M.P.H. | |
98 | When the moon is directly overhead you weigh slightly less | |
99 | You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum | |
100 | In a year, the average person walks four miles making his or her bed | |
101 | About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day | |
102 | A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories | |
103 | Frowning burns more calories than smiling | |
104 | There are more than 30,000 diets on public record | |
105 | You will burn about 7% more calories walking on hard dirt than on pavement | |
106 | You would way less on the top of a mountain than at sea level | |
107 | You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV | |
108 | Licking a stamp burns 10 calories | |
109 | Smelling bananas and/or apples can help you lose weight | |
110 | Frogs never drink. | |
111 | Only male turkeys gobble. | |
112 | At birth, a Dalmatian is always pure white. | |
113 | The fastest recorded speed of a racehorse was over 43 mph. | |
114 | The oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived to be 152 years old. | |
115 | Bamboo makes up 99% of a panda's diet. | |
116 | The largest fish is the whale shark - it can be over 50 feet long and weigh 2 tons. | |
117 | The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out. | |
118 | Honeybees are the only insects that create a form of food for humans. | |
119 | The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards. | |
120 | The only continent without native reptiles or snakes is Antarctica. | |
121 | The only bird that can swim but not fly is the penguin. | |
122 | A duck can't walk without bobbing its head. | |
123 | Beavers were once the size of bears. | |
124 | Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time. | |
125 | Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea. | |
126 | A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones. | |
127 | A hummingbird's heart beats 1,400 times a minute. | |
128 | Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk. | |
129 | Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. | |
130 | Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints. | |
131 | Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water. | |
132 | A crocodile cannot move its tongue. | |
133 | Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass. | |
134 | An ant can lift 50 times its own weight. | |
135 | A single coffee tree produces only about a pound of coffee beans per year. | |
136 | Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside. | |
137 | The city of Los Angeles has 3x more automobiles than people. | |
138 | Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. | |
139 | Hawaii is the only state with one school district. | |
140 | Holland is the only country with a national dog. | |
141 | The square dance is the official dance of the state of Washington. | |
142 | Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below. | |
143 | "Q" is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any U.S. state. | |
144 | Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. | |
145 | Lake Superior is the world's largest lake. | |
146 | The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as Manhattan. | |
147 | Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic. | |
148 | The tallest man was 8 ft. 11 in. | |
149 | Theodore Roosevelt was the only president who was blind in one eye. | |
150 | The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894. | |
151 | The fastest served ball in tennis was clocked at 154 miles an hour in 1963. | |
152 | In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph. | |
153 | The speed limit in NYC was 8 mph in 1895. | |
154 | Americans spend more than $630 million a year on golf balls. | |
155 | In 1926, the first outdoor mini-golf courses were built on rooftops in NYC. | |
156 | Swimming pools in the U.S. contain enough water to cover San Francisco. | |
157 | The first TV soap opera debuted in 1946. | |
158 | The first MTV video was "Video Killed the Radio Star," by the Buggles. | |
159 | The first TV show ever to be put into reruns was "The Lone Ranger." | |
160 | One alternate title that had been considered for NBC's hit "Friends" was "Insomnia Café." | |
161 | The first TV network kids show in the U.S. was "Captain Kangaroo." | |
162 | The temp. of the sun can reach 15 million degrees F. | |
163 | The first penny had the motto "Mind your own business." | |
164 | The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horses. | |
165 | Your eye expands up to 45% when looking at something pleasing. | |
166 | Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers. | |
167 | You have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound. | |
168 | One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns. | |
169 | The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip. | |
170 | In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names. | |
171 | The most sensitive parts of the body are the mouth and fingertips. | |
172 | The eye makes movements 50 times every second. | |
173 | Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. | |
174 | The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico. | |
175 | In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland. | |
176 | The first bike was called a hobbyhorse. | |
177 | The first sailing boats were built in Egypt. | |
178 | The first ballpoint pens were sold in 1945 for $12.00. | |
179 | The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886. | |
180 | The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano. | |
181 | The first jukebox was located in San Francisco in 1899. | |
182 | A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon. | |
183 | The Capitol building in Washington, DC has 365 steps to represent every day of the year. | |
184 | The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N. | |
185 | A male kangaroo is called a Boomer. | |
186 | A female kangaroo is called a Flyer. | |
187 | There are over 61,000 pizzerias in the U.S. | |
188 | Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest and highest continent on earth. | |
189 | The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from California to New York. | |
190 | Thailand means "Land of the Free." | |
191 | Popcorn was invented by the American Indians. | |
192 | Jupiter spins so fast that there is a new sunrise nearly every 10 hours. | |
193 | The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won't happen again until 6009. | |
194 | You don't have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court justice. | |
195 | Eleven of the fifty U.S. states are named after an actual person. | |
196 | If you doubled one penny every day for 30 days, you would have $5,368,709.12. | |
197 | The first person crossed Niagara Falls by tightrope in 1859. | |
198 | The U.S. is the largest country named after a real person (Amerigo Vespucci). | |
199 | The largest cheesecake ever made weighed 57,508 lbs. | |
200 | The first country to use postcards was Austria. | |
201 | The only one-syllabled U.S. state is Maine. | |
202 | The mouth of the Statue of Liberty is 3 feet wide. | |
203 | Atlantic salmon are capable of leaping 15 feet high. | |
204 | A stamp shaped like a banana was once issued in the country of Tonga. | |
205 | For every human being in the world there is approximately one chicken. | |
206 | Over 1 million earths would fit inside the sun. | |
207 | Before 1687 clocks were made with only an hour hand. | |
208 | Add up the opposing sides of a dice cube and you'll always get seven. | |
209 | The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,061 lbs. | |
210 | 1.3 billion pounds of peanuts are produced in Georgia each year. | |
211 | The average koala sleeps 22 hours each day. | |
212 | A Galapagos tortoise can take up to three weeks to digest a meal. | |
213 | The largest ball of twine in the US weighs over 17,000 pounds. | |
214 | Giraffes can lick their own eyes. | |
215 | Tennessee banned the use of a lasso to catch fish. | |
216 | TV dinners originated in the Arctic. | |
217 | Blackboard chalk contains no chalk. | |
218 | A jackrabbit can travel more than 12 feet in one hop. | |
219 | An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars. | |
220 | Porcupines each have 30,000 quills. | |
221 | The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets. | |
222 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was composed by Mozart when he was five years old. | |
223 | The Basenji is the only type of dog that does not bark. | |
224 | America's 1st roller coaster was built in 1827 to carry coal from a mine to boats below. | |
225 | There are towns named Sandwich in Illinois and Massachusetts. | |
226 | 13 percent of the world's tea comes from Kenya. | |
227 | "Tsiology" is anything written about tea. | |
228 | There is a town in South Dakota named "Tea." | |
229 | The Caspian Sea is actually a lake. | |
230 | Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles. | |
231 | Detroit has the greatest number of registered bowlers in the U.S. | |
232 | The blue whale's heart is the size of a small car. | |
233 | There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right side up. | |
234 | Great Falls, Montana, is the windiest city in the U.S. | |
235 | The biggest pig in recorded history weighed almost one ton. | |
236 | Cows give more milk when they listen to music. | |
237 | The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature. | |
238 | An ostrich's brain is smaller than its eye. | |
239 | Besides humans, elephants are the only animals that can be taught to stand on their head. | |
240 | "Challenger Deep" is the deepest point on Earth and can hold 25 Empire State Buildings end to end. | |
241 | The only cactus plantation in the world is in Mississippi. | |
242 | The nickname of President Hayes's wife was "Lemonade Lucy." | |
243 | If you put all the streets in New York City in a straight line, they would stretch from NYC to Japan. | |
244 | The watermelon seed-spitting world record is about 70 feet. | |
245 | The first typewriter was called the "literary piano." | |
246 | The "silk" of a spider is stronger than steel threads of the same diameter. | |
247 | Britain was the first country to register a patent on polyester. | |
248 | Snoopy is the most common dog name beginning with the letter S. | |
249 | The first public message to be transmitted via Morse code was "A patient waiter is no loser." | |
250 | Mongolians invented lemonade around 1299 A.D. | |
251 | There are more French restaurants in New York City than in Paris. | |
252 | There is a town in Alaska called Chicken. | |
253 | The first TV remote control, introduced in 1950, was called Lazy Bones. | |
254 | The only bird who can see the color blue is the owl. | |
255 | Among North Atlantic lobsters, 1 in 5,000 is born bright blue. | |
256 | There are more saunas than cars in Finland. | |
257 | The first food eaten in space by a U.S. astronaut was applesauce. | |
258 | Lemon wood is carved into chess pieces. | |
259 | The original recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar. | |
260 | Underwater hockey is played with a 3-pound puck. | |
261 | Playing in a marching band is considered moderate exercise. | |
262 | The act of chewing an apple is a more efficient way to stay awake than caffeine. | |
263 | Bowling pins need to tip over a mere 7 1/2 degrees to fall down. | |
264 | Your breathing rate increases when you start to type. | |
265 | 90% of all garlic consumed in the U.S. comes from Gilroy, CA. | |
266 | Manhattan is the only borough in New York City that doesn't have a Main Street. | |
267 | Double Dutch jump rope is considered a cross-training sport. | |
268 | One lemon tree will produce about 1,500 lemons a year. | |
269 | Horseback riding can improve your posture. | |
270 | Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry. | |
271 | Dim lights reduce your appetite. | |
272 | At birth, a human has 350 bones, but only 206 bones when full grown. | |
273 | Each year, the average American eats about 15 lbs. of apples. | |
274 | All lemons are harvested by hand. | |
275 | It took the first man to walk around the world 4 years, 3 months and 6 days to complete his journey. | |
276 | Grizzly bears run as fast as the average horse. | |
277 | Today's "modern" wrestling moves have been seen in tomb drawings from ancient Egypt. | |
278 | China has only one time zone. | |
279 | Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world. | |
280 | The amount of concrete used in the Hoover Dam could build a highway from New York to California. | |
281 | The original name of Nashville, Tennessee, was Big Salt Lick. | |
282 | If you drive from Los Angeles to Reno, NV, you will be heading west. | |
283 | A compass needle does not point directly north. | |
284 | Mt. Everest has grown one foot over the last 100 years. | |
285 | In ancient Rome, lemons were used as an antidote to all poisons. | |
286 | The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature. | |
287 | Wisconsin has points located farther east than parts of Florida. | |
288 | Four Corners, AZ, is the only place where a person can stand in 4 states at the same time. | |
289 | In 1908, the first lollipop-making machine started in New Haven, CT. | |
290 | One out of every eight residents in the U.S. lives in California. | |
291 | Africa is divided into more countries than any other continent. | |
292 | Heavier, not bigger, lemons produce more juice. | |
293 | Vermont is the only New England state without a seacoast. | |
294 | No only child has been a U.S. President. | |
295 | Leonardo da Vinci could draw with one hand while writing with the other. | |
296 | In 1860, Abraham Lincoln grew a beard at the suggestion of an 11-year-old girl. | |
297 | David Rice Atchison was President of the United States for only one day. | |
298 | The sailfish has been clocked at speeds of over 60 miles per hour. | |
299 | The Library of Congress has 600 miles of shelves. | |
300 | Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell. | |
301 | William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: April 23. | |
302 | Ketchup was once sold as a medicine. | |
303 | Napoleon suffered from a fear of cats. | |
304 | In 1900, 1/3 of all automobiles in New York City were powered by electricity. | |
305 | The 4th Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich so he could eat and gamble at the same time. | |
306 | In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac. | |
307 | All dog breeds except chow-chows have black lips to prevent them from getting sunburned. | |
308 | Connecticut was the first state to pass a Lemon Law in 1982. | |
309 | Ancient Egyptians believed the "vein of love" ran from the third finger on the left hand to the heart. | |
310 | The word "facetious" features all the vowels in alphabetical order. | |
311 | The standard Chinese typewriter has 1,500 characters. | |
312 | A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping. | |
313 | "O" is the oldest letter of the alphabet, dating back to 3000 B.C. | |
314 | The Japanese word "judo" means "the gentle way." | |
315 | No two lip impressions are the same. | |
316 | It took Leonardo da Vinci 12 years to paint the lips of the Mona Lisa. | |
317 | Lemon sharks can give birth to about 36 babies at one time. | |
318 | Top-performing companies are called "blue chips" after the costliest chips in casinos. | |
319 | The name for the space between your eyebrows is "nasion." | |
320 | There is a town called Jackpot in Nevada. | |
321 | The word "purple" does not rhyme with any other word in the English language. | |
322 | In the U.S., there are about 15,000 vacuum cleaner-related accidents. | |
323 | The Lemon-Yellow Tree Frog is only active in the darkness of night. | |
324 | The legs of bats are too weak to support their weight, so they hang upside down. | |
325 | 75% of people wash from top to bottom in the shower. | |
326 | On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects. | |
327 | Chewing gum was invented in New York City in 1870 by Thomas Adams. | |
328 | The Statue of Liberty features 7 points in her crown-one for each of the continents. | |
329 | The world's first escalator was built in Coney Island, NY, in 1896. | |
330 | The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps. | |
331 | The area code in Cape Canaveral, FL, is 321. | |
332 | Ohio is the only U.S. state that does not have a rectangular flag. | |
333 | Long Island is the largest island in the Continental U.S. | |
334 | The beaver is the official animal of Canada. | |
335 | Maine produces more toothpicks than any other state in the U.S. | |
336 | The last letter to be added to our alphabet was "J." | |
337 | Farmington, Maine, celebrates Chester Greenwood Day to honor the inventor of earmuffs. | |
338 | Of all the trees in Australia, 75% are eucalyptus. | |
339 | There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country. | |
340 | There is an underground mushroom in Oregon that measures 3.5 miles across. | |
341 | Of the 92 counties in Indiana, only 5 observe daylight savings time. | |
342 | California and Arizona grow approximately 95% of the fresh lemons in the U.S. | |
343 | The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents. | |
344 | Leonardo da Vinci discovered that a tree's rings reveal its age. | |
345 | The popsicle was invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy. | |
346 | The medical term for writer's cramp is graphospasm. | |
347 | A male firefly's light is twice as bright as a female's. | |
348 | It is estimated that the world's oceans contain 10 billion tons of gold. | |
349 | Most cats don't like lemonade. | |
350 | The watersheds that supply water to New York City are roughly the size of Delaware. | |
351 | Cold water weighs less than hot water. | |
352 | Storm clouds hold about 6 trillion raindrops. | |
353 | The weight of the moon is 81 billion tons. | |
354 | Bamboo can grow 3 feet in one day. | |
355 | A tune that gets stuck in your head is called an earworm. | |
356 | You exhale air at 15 m.p.h. | |
357 | A baboon is a variety of lemon. | |
358 | Butterflies were formerly known by the name "flutterby." | |
359 | A teaspoon contains 120 drops of water. | |
360 | Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight. | |
361 | The pineapple is a very big berry. | |
362 | "Arachibutlphobia" is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. | |
363 | Pearls dissolve in vinegar. | |
364 | Borborygmi is the noise that your stomach makes when you are hungry. | |
365 | The oil in cashews helps prevent tooth decay. | |
366 | The center of some golf balls contain honey. | |
367 | International tug of war rules state that the rope must be over 100 feet long. | |
368 | In 2003, a 6-year-old from Naples, FL was ticketed for not having a permit for her lemonade stand. | |
369 | On Valentine's Day, there is no charge to get married in the Empire State Building's chapel. | |
370 | Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes. | |
371 | Grapes are the most popular fruit in the world. | |
372 | A housefly hums in the key of F. | |
373 | Endocarp is the edible pulp inside a lemon. | |
374 | Thomas Edison coined the word "hello" and introduced it as a way to answer the phone. | |
375 | "Way" is the most frequently used noun in the English language. | |
376 | The "high five" was introduced by a professional baseball player in 1977. | |
377 | "Disco" means "I learn" in Latin. | |
378 | It costs the U.S. government 2.5 cents to produce a quarter. | |
379 | The "lemon yellow" crayon was introduced in 1949 and retired in 1990. | |
380 | It is illegal for a portrait of a living person to appear on U.S. postage stamps. | |
381 | Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables. | |
382 | The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood. | |
383 | Mt. Katahdin in Maine is the first place in the U.S. to get sunlight each morning. | |
384 | Each year, the average person walks the distance from NY to Miami. | |
385 | Lemons are more acidic than vinegar. | |
386 | New York City's public school students represent about 188 different countries. | |
387 | A banana is a giant herb. | |
388 | The first person in the U.S. arrested for speeding was a NYC cab driver. | |
389 | In the U.S., all interstate highways that run east to west are even-numbered. | |
390 | Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. | |
391 | A sea lemon is a mollusk that feeds on sponges. | |
392 | Three out of every six Americans live within 50 miles of where they were born. | |
393 | The raised bump reflectors on U.S. roads are named "Botts' dots." | |
394 | Nearly 9,000 people injure themselves with a toothpick each year. | |
395 | It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. | |
396 | The dragonfly can reach speeds of up to 36 mph. | |
397 | Bamboo can grow over three feet per day. | |
398 | Hippos can open their mouths 180 degrees. | |
399 | Manhattan was the first capital of the United States. | |
400 | About 80 women go into labor on NYC subways every year. | |
401 | The coldest city in the U.S. is International Falls, Minnesota. | |
402 | Christopher Columbus brought the first lemon seeds to America. | |
403 | The largest hailstone ever recorded in the U.S. was 17.5 inches around. | |
404 | The Statue of Liberty's nose is four feet six inches long. | |
405 | The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is as thick as the Alps Mountains are high. | |
406 | The deepest place in the ocean is about 7 miles deep. | |
407 | The largest dog litter was 23 puppies. | |
408 | Panda bears eat up to 16 hours a day. | |
409 | Approximately 16,500 people in the U.S. go by the last name Lemon. | |
410 | Bald eagles can swim using a stroke similar to the butterfly stroke. | |
411 | Lifejackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for flotation. | |
412 | Two trees can create enough oxygen for a family of four. | |
413 | The T-rex's closest living relative is the chicken. | |
414 | Chameleons can move both their eyes in different directions at the same time. | |
415 | The most popular pet name in the United States is 'Max.' | |
416 | Many butterflies and moths are able to taste with their feet. | |
417 | All polar bears are left-handed. | |
418 | The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny. | |
419 | A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second. | |
420 | ||
421 | Greyhounds can reach speeds of 45 miles per hour. | |
422 | Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family. | |
423 | U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper – it's actually a blend of cotton and linen. | |
424 | The 'ZIP' in the zip code stands for Zone Improvement Plan. | |
425 | Kangaroos can't walk backwards. | |
426 | The Empire State Building has 73 elevators. | |
427 | Lemons ripen after you pick them, but oranges do not. | |
428 | There are 118 ridges on the edge of a United States dime. | |
429 | There are 336 dimples on a regulation American golf ball. | |
430 | One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches. | |
431 | A twit is the technical term for a pregnant goldfish. | |
432 | Antarctica holds 90% of the world's fresh water. | |
433 | The state of Tennessee was originally called Franklin. | |
434 | In the U.S. a pig has to weigh more than 180 lbs to be called a hog. | |
435 | Bloodhounds can track a man by smell for up to 100 miles. | |
436 | Beavers have orange teeth. | |
437 | The woodpecker can hammer wood up to 16 times per second. | |
438 | Mount Everest rises a few millimeters every year. | |
439 | Snails can sleep for up to three years. | |
440 | The pupils in goats' eyes are rectangular. | |
441 | Jousting is the official sport in the state of Maryland. | |
442 | Bees' wings beat 11,400 times per minute. | |
443 | The pound sign, or #, is called an 'octothorp.' | |
444 | The Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 sandal. | |
445 | If there are two full moons in a month, the second one is called a 'blue' moon. | |
446 | You breathe in about 13 pints of air every minute. | |
447 | A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds. | |
448 | The sun evaporates about a trillion tons of water a day. | |
449 | Sound travels quicker in water than in air. | |
450 | A group of cats is called a 'clowder.' | |
451 | Human eyes have over two million working parts. | |
452 | There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue. | |
453 | Raindrops can fall as fast as 20 miles per hour. | |
454 | Polar bear fur is transparent, not white. | |
455 | Lobsters can live up to 50 years. | |
456 | About 85% of the world's population is right-handed | |
457 | The first traffic light was in use in London in 1868, before the advent of cars. | |
458 | Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball. | |
459 | A group of a dozen or more cows is called a 'flink.' | |
460 | Astronauts actually get taller when in space. | |
461 | A fifteen-year-old boy invented earmuffs in 1873. | |
462 | There is a ranch in Texas that is bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island. | |
463 | The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle.' | |
464 | Cows do not have upper front teeth. | |
465 | The great white shark can go up to three months between meals. | |
466 | During the Boston Tea Party, 342 chests of tea were thrown into the harbor. | |
467 | Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun once. | |
468 | Camels have three eyelids. | |
469 | 454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound. | |
470 | Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day. | |
471 | The most common name for a pet goldfish is 'Jaws.' | |
472 | A nautical mile is 800 feet longer than a land mile. | |
473 | Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water. | |
474 | To temporarily revive your ballpoint pen, dip the tip into hot water for a few seconds. | |
475 | Wrapping rubber bands around the ends of hangers can prevent clothes from slipping off. | |
476 | Replacing your car's air filter can improve gas mileage by 10 percent. | |
477 | A chalkboard eraser is one of the best ways to wipe a foggy windshield. | |
478 | Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer a few hours before using. | |
479 | Knots come out easier if you sprinkle talcum powder on them. | |
480 | You can tell which day a loaf of bread was baked by the color of its plastic twist tag. | |
481 | Over 50 percent of your body heat is lost through your head and neck. | |
482 | Dieting by not eating will actually make your body start conserving calories as fat. | |
483 | Smile more – every two thousand frowns creates one wrinkle. | |
484 | Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it shrinks by almost 50%. | |
485 | Refrigerating apples can help them last up to 10 times longer than those left at room temperature. | |
486 | While chopping onions, hold a piece of bread between your lips to keep your eyes from watering. | |
487 | Place an apple in the bag with your potatoes to keep them from budding. | |
488 | Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when storing. | |
489 | To keep an ice cream cone from dripping, stuff a miniature marshmallow into the bottom of the cone. | |
490 | To take lumps out of a bag of sugar, place it in the refrigerator for 24 hours. | |
491 | ||
492 | To remove crayon marks from walls, use a hairdryer to heat the wax. | |
493 | To make a zipper slide up and down more smoothly, rub a bar of soap over the teeth. | |
494 | Wipe the leaves of your plants with the soft inside of a banana skin to bring up shine and remove dust. | |
495 | ||
496 | To clean paint off your hands, use olive oil – it softens the paint and makes it easy to remove. | |
497 | To fix a button about to fall off, dab a little clear nail polish over the threads holding it on. | |
498-650 | Never printed | |
651 | Forty-six percent of leisure visitors to downtown New York City come from outside the United States. | |
652 | ||
653 | ||
654 | New York taxi drivers collectively speak 60 languages | |
655 | ||
656 | ||
657 | ||
658 | New York City is made up of 50 islands. | |
659 | ||
660 | The strike note of The Liberty Bell is E flat. | |
661 | Pigs were banished from Philadelphia's city streets in 1710. | |
662 | Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States. | |
663 | Forty percent of America's population lives within a one-day drive to Philadelphia. | |
664 | It is against the law to put pretzels in bags in Philadelphia. | |
665 | One in six doctors in America was trained in Philadelphia. | |
666 | ||
667 | The shoreline at Wildwood grows almost 100 feet per year. | |
668 | Cape May is the oldest seashore resort in America. | |
669 | In the game Monopoly, the properties are named after streets in Atlantic City. | |
670 | Long Beach Island was once frequented by pirates. | |
671 | There is a town called "Jersey Shore" in Pennsylvania. | |
672 | The Wildwood Boardwalk extends nearly two miles and has more than 70,000 wooden planks. | |
673a | The average sea turtle can't reproduce until it's 25 years old. | |
673b | The first Ferris wheel was built in Atlantic City in 1869. | |
674a | The oldest living animal ever found was a 405-year-old clam, named Ming by researchers. | |
674b | Snapple helped fund the creation of more than 138 new PSAL Teams. | |
675a | More than 180 countries celebrate Earth Day together every April 22nd. | |
675b | Snapple helped fund the creation of the C.H.A.M.P.S. Sports & Fitness Program, benefiting more than 15,000 NYC Public School Middle Students. | |
676 | At five feet, the whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America. | |
677 | A full-grown tree produces enough oxygen to support a family of four. | |
678 | Unlike a normal housecat, the Siberian tiger loves to swim. | |
679 | A tiger's night vision is six times better than a human's. | |
680 | More Siberian tigers live in zoos than in the wild. | |
681 | The jaguar, the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere, once lived all over the southern U.S. | |
682a | More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States. | |
682b | The giant panda can eat up to 83 lbs of bamboo a day. | |
683a | Snails have teeth. | |
683b | Wildlife Forever has helped plant 132,420 trees in America since its founding in 1987. | |
684 | Manhattan Island was once home to as many different species as Yellowstone National Park. | |
685 | Dogs can make about ten sounds, cats make about 100. | |
686 | A pelican can hold more food in its beak than its belly. | |
687 | The average cat can jump five times as high as its tail is long. | |
688 | Flying fish can leap out of the water at 20 mph or more, and can glide for over 500 feet. | |
689 | The roadrunner chases after its prey at a blurring speed of up to 25 mph. | |
690 | A chameleon shoots out its tongue to catch prey at speeds faster than a fighter jet. | |
691 | The archer fish can spit water up to seven feet to shoot down bugs from overhanging leaves. | |
692 | The spotted skunk does a handstand to warn its enemies before spraying its stench. | |
693 | A male cricket's ear is located on the tibia of its leg. | |
694 | Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor. | |
695 | The National Park Service manages over 350 parks on 80 million acres of public land. | |
696 | With an average life expectancy of 81.2 years, the people of Okinawa, Japan live the longest. | |
697 | Pilates stretches your muscles, improving your posture and helping you appear taller. | |
698 | Stepping out for a walk every day can actually help you sleep better at night. | |
699 | After working out, it takes five hours for your body temperature to return to normal. | |
700 | Turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth can save up to five gallons of water. | |
701 | It takes more water to fill a bathtub than it does to enjoy an average-length shower. | |
702 | On average, a laptop uses half as much energy as a desktop computer. | |
703 | The average bar of soap lasts twice as long as a bottle of body wash. | |
704 | Recycled paper is made using 40% less energy than non-recycled paper. | |
705 | Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees. | |
706 | Steel is 100% recyclable. | |
707 | Most rechargeable batteries can be recharged up to 1,000 times. | |
708 | Manufacturing recycled goods uses up to 95% less energy than using raw materials. | |
709 | Hybrid cars produce up to 75% less pollution than other vehicles. | |
710 | A tankless water heater uses half the energy of a standard model. | |
711a | To estimate the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds then add 37. | |
711b | Baking soda makes a great scouring cleanser, and it's naturally chemical-free. | |
712 | 100% recyclable, old newspapers are great for washing windows. | |
713 | An egg that is fresh will sink in water, but a stale one won't. | |
714 | When thirsty, a camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three minutes. | |
715 | In one day, a full-grown oak tree expels 7 tons of water through its leaves. | |
716 | There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium. | |
717 | The mango is the most-consumed fruit in the world. | |
718 | On average, a strawberry has 200 seeds on it. | |
719 | A strawberry is not an actual berry but a banana is. | |
720 | Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air. | |
721 | The pomegranate is one of the oldest fruits known to man. | |
722 | The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon. | |
723 | The optimum depth of water in a birdbath is two and a half inches. | |
724 | A pineapple is neither an apple or a pine. It is, in fact, a large berry. | |
725 | Only female mosquitoes bite. | |
726 | A polar bear cannot be seen by an infrared camera, due to its transparent fur. | |
727 | A spider's silk is stronger than steel. | |
728 | The planet Saturn has a density lower than water. It would float if placed in water. | |
729 | Twins have a very high occurrence of left-handedness. | |
730 | The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia. | |
731 | There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses. | |
732 | The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex. | |
733 | All scorpions glow. | |
734 | Potatoes have more chromosomes than humans. | |
735 | A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon. | |
736 | More babies are born at night than during the day. | |
737 | The human brain takes up 2% of human body weight but uses 20% of its energy. | |
738 | There are more species of fish in the Amazon river than in the Atlantic ocean. | |
739 | You transfer more germs shaking hands than kissing. | |
740 | Poison ivy is not ivy and poison oak is not an oak. They are both part of the cashew family. | |
741 | Plants, like humans, can run a fever if they are sick. | |
742 | Over half of the world's geysers are found in Yellowstone National Park. | |
743 | A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein. | |
744 | Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away. | |
745 | Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex. | |
746 | The only insect that can turn its head is a praying mantis. | |
747 | Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre. | |
748 | A dog's average body temperature is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. | |
749 | The average housefly lives for one month. | |
750 | The common garden worm has five pairs of hearts. | |
751 | Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. | |
752 | A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink. | |
753 | A group of goats is called a trip. | |
754 | An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime. | |
755 | There are more chickens than people in the world. | |
756 | Penguins can jump 6 feet. | |
757 | There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle. | |
758 | The only lizard that has a voice is the gecko. | |
759 | A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. | |
760 | Dolphins sleep with one eye open. | |
761 | Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue. | |
762 | A duck has three eyelids. | |
763 | Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. | |
764 | The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. | |
765 | A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. | |
766 | The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as five minutes. | |
767 | Honeybees have hair on their eyes. | |
768 | Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale. | |
769 | If a sheep and a goat mate the offspring is called a geep. | |
770 | Pistol shrimp can make a noise loud enough to break glass. | |
771 | Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. | |
772 | Male moose shed their antlers every winter and grow a new pair the next year. | |
773 | Mountain goats aren't actually goats. They are antelopes. | |
774 | Koalas only drink water in extreme heat or drought. | |
775 | Bees are born fully grown. | |
776 | Ferret comes from the Latin word for little thief. | |
777 | Cats have 2 sets of vocal cords: one for purring and one for meowing. | |
778 | Some bears build nests in trees for sunbathing and resting. | |
779 | A group of jellyfish is called a smack. | |
780 | The indentation in the middle of the area between the nose and the upper lip is called the philtrum. | |
781 | Women blink nearly twice as much as men. | |
782 | The human jaw can generate a force up to 200 pounds on the molars. | |
783 | Men get hiccups more than women. | |
784 | The human brain is about 80% water. | |
785 | The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. | |
786 | The brain operates on the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb. | |
787 | Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. | |
788 | The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. | |
789 | The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man. | |
790 | Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3. | |
791 | The average person takes 23,000 breaths a day. | |
792 | The state of Florida is bigger than England. | |
793 | Broadway is one of the longest streets in the world. It is 150 miles long. | |
794 | Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, and Zabriskien Point, the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart. | |
795 | Hawaii is moving toward Japan at the rate of almost 4 inches per year. | |
796 | India has more English speakers than the United States. | |
797 | In Youngstown Ohio, it is against the law to run out of gas. | |
798 | Tennessee was previously named Franklin after Benjamin Franklin. | |
799 | The official color of California's Golden Gate Bridge is International Orange. | |
800 | Most lipstick contains fish scales. | |
801 | It is not possible to tickle yourself. | |
802 | Every state except Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii is home to at least one species of venomous snake. | |
803 | Antarctica is the only continent with no owls. | |
804 | There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. | |
805 | India has a Bill of Rights for cows. | |
806 | In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes." | |
807 | Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump." | |
808 | Some violins contain 70 separate pieces of wood. | |
809 | French author Michel Thayer published a 233-page novel which has no verbs. | |
810 | Australia is the only continent without an active volcano. | |
811 | The dots on a domino are called pips. | |
812 | 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 | |
813 | The number sign # is called an octothorpe. | |
814 | Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport in the early 1900s. | |
815 | The name of the city we call Bangkok is 115 letters long in the Thai language. | |
816 | In Ancient Greece throwing an apple to a woman was considered a marriage proposal. | |
817 | Karate originated in India. | |
818 | The infinity sign is called a lemniscate. | |
819 | Children grow faster during springtime. | |
820 | Relative to size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body. | |
821 | It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech. | |
822 | The only jointless bone in the body is in your throat. | |
823 | Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight. | |
824 | On average a man spends about five months of his life shaving. | |
825 | Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. | |
826 | In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. | |
827 | Your skull is made up of 29 different bones. | |
828 | Every hour more than one billion cells in the body must be replaced. | |
829 | Women's hearts beat faster than men's hearts. | |
830 | The average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds. | |
831 | Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. | |
832 | Brain waves can power an electric train. | |
833 | Children have more taste buds than adults. | |
834 | Right-handed people tend to chew food on the right side and lefties chew on the left. | |
835 | You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. | |
836 | Pomology is the study of fruit. | |
837 | The most widely-eaten fruit in America is the banana. | |
838 | Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them. | |
839 | A cucumber consists of 96% water. | |
840 | The only food that does not spoil is honey. | |
841 | The most popular ice cream flavor is vanilla. | |
842 | Vanilla is used to make chocolate. | |
843 | Bamboo (the world's tallest grass) can grow up to 90cm in a day. | |
844 | One lump of sugar is equivalent to three feet of sugar cane. | |
845 | A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry. | |
846 | An average of three billion cups of tea are consumed daily, worldwide. | |
847 | Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia. | |
848 | Wild camels once roamed Arizona's deserts. | |
849 | New York was the first state to require cars to have license plates. | |
850 | Hawaii is further south than Florida. | |
851 | Miami installed the first ATM for rollerbladers. | |
852 | Clearwater, Florida has the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita in the U.S. | |
853 | Hawaii has its own time zone. | |
854 | Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. | |
855 | Oregon has more ghost towns than any other U.S. state. | |
856 | The world's largest silver nugget (1840 lbs) was found in 1894 near Aspen, CO. | |
857 | Louisiana is home to over 80% of the world's crayfish. | |
858 | New Jersey is home to the world's first drive-in movie theater. | |
859 | George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789. | |
860 | Cleveland, OH is home to the first electric traffic lights. | |
861 | South Carolina is home to the first tea farm in the U.S. | |
862 | The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee, WI in 1867. | |
863 | The term rookies comes from a Civil War term, "reckie", which was short for recruit. | |
864 | Taft was the heaviest U.S. President at 329lbs; Madison was the smallest at 100lbs. | |
865 | Harry Truman was the last U.S. President to not have a college degree. | |
866 | Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at 6'4". James Madison was the shortest at 5'4". | |
867 | Franklin Roosevelt was related to 5 U.S. Presidents by blood and 6 by marriage. | |
868 | Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger. | |
869 | Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear while in office. | |
870 | President Warren G. Harding once lost White House china in a poker game. | |
871 | Ulysses Simpson Grant once got a $20.00 fine for speeding on his horse. | |
872 | President William Taft weighed over 300 lbs and once got stuck in the White House bathtub. | |
873 | President William McKinley had a pet parrot that he named "Washington Post." | |
874 | Harry S Truman's middle name is S. | |
875 | Before Thomas Jefferson took office people bowed to the president, rather than shaking his hand. | |
876 | The youngest U.S. president to be in office was Theodore Roosevelt at age 42. | |
877 | People don't sneeze when they are asleep because the nerves involved in the sneeze reflex are also resting. | |
878 | Only male fireflies can fly. | |
879 | Most Koala bears sleep about 22 hours a day. | |
880 | A Venus flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger. | |
881 | A baby caribou can outrun its mother at 3 days old. | |
882 | In 1859, 24 rabbits were released in Australia. Within 6 years, the population grew to 2 million. | |
883 | Butterflies taste with their hind feet. | |
884 | A strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size. | |
885 | Vultures can fly for six hours without flapping their wings. | |
886 | The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on Earth. It weighs less than a penny. | |
887 | The "Valley of Square Trees" in Panama is the only known place in the world where trees have rectangular trunks. | |
888 | In some cultures' telling of Snow White, the Dwarfs are thieves. | |
889 | The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers. | |
890 | The number "1" or the word "One" appears on the dollar bill 16 times. | |
891 | Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter. | |
892 | The can opener was invented 48 years after the can. | |
893 | Jack-O-Lanterns were originally made out of turnips. | |
894 | Jousting is the official sport of Maryland. | |
895 | If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger nuts will rise to the top. | |
896 | 2nd Street is the most common street name in the United States; First Street is the 6th most common. | |
897 | The Mayflower only held 102 people. | |
898 | The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling. | |
899 | The plastic things on the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. | |
900 | Neckties were first worn in Croatia, which is why they were called cravats. | |
901 | The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second. | |
902 | Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. | |
903 | The first TV toy commercial aired in 1946 for Mr. Potato Head. | |
904 | If done perfectly, any Rubick's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns. | |
905 | The side of a hammer is called a cheek. | |
906 | Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. | |
907 | Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. | |
908 | In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either "unbathed" or "poorly dressed." | |
909 | In Texas, it is illegal to graffiti someone's cow. | |
910 | Less than 2% of the water on Earth is fresh. | |
911 | A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water. | |
912 | Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time. | |
913 | The Saturn V moon rocket consumed 15 tons of fuel per second. | |
914 | A manned rocket can reach the moon in less time than it took a stagecoach to travel the length of England. | |
915 | At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet. | |
916 | The scientific term for a sneezing is sternutation. | |
917 | The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write roughly 50,000 English words. | |
918 | The first lollipop was invented in Connecticut. | |
919 | The lollipop was named after one of the most famous racehorses in the early 1900s, Lolly Pop. | |
920 | Buzz Aldrin was one of the first men on the moon. His mother's maiden name was also Moon. | |
921 | If you had 1 billion dollars and spent 1 thousand dollars a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all. | |
922 | Maine is the only state with a one-syllable name. | |
923 | In Germany, the shhh sound means hurry up. | |
924 | The highest denomination issued by the U.S. was the 100,000 dollar bill. | |
925 | The White House was originally called the President's Palace. It became the White House in 1901. | |
926 | George Washington was the only unanimously elected President. | |
927 | John Adams was the only President to be defeated by his Vice President, Thomas Jefferson. | |
928 | New York City has 722 miles of subway track. | |
M5-929 | Feeding America distributes over 3 BiLLiON lbs of food annually. | |
M5-930 | Maroon 5's Jesse Carmichael is also a certified yoga instructor. | |
M5-931 | Maroon 5's James Valentine was once a top fencer in the state of Nebraska. | |
M5-932 | Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine has a dog named Frankie. | |
M5-933 | Maroon 5's Adam Lavine has a tattoo that reads "Mom". | |
M5-934 | Maroon 5 band members Adam, Mickey & Jesse have been friends since the 7th grade. | |
M5-935 | Maroon 5's former name was "Kara's Flowers." | |
M5-936 | Maroon 5's hometown is Los Angeles, California. | |
M5-937 | Feeding America distributes food to more than 37 million people a year. | |
M5-938 | Maroon 5's Adam Levine is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. | |
M5-939 | Maroon 5 drummer Matt Flynn is a certified mixologist. | |
M5-940 | Maroon 5 drummer Matt Flynn's main hobby is bee keeping. | |
M5-941 | Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine is a certified Eagle Scout. | |
AGT-942 | The youngest contestant to make the Top Ten on America's Got Talent was just 4! | |
AGT-943 | The oldest contestant on America's Got Talent was 75. | |
AGT-944 | A live America's Got Talent episode uses 11 cameras to capture all the action. | |
AGT-945 | 100 lbs of confetti are dropped on contestants in the finale of America's Got Talent. | |
AGT-946 | Three 18-wheelers and one 52-foot truck are used to take America's Got Talent on the road. | |
AGT-947 | 4,000,000 individual LEDs light up the America's Got Talent stage. | |
AGT-948 | Each of the judges' 'Xs' on America's Got Talent weighs 300 pounds. | |
AGT-949 | Dogs, cats, snakes, ferrets and a pig have all auditioned on America's Got Talent! | |
AGT-950 | The America's Got Talent team travels almost 8,000 miles searching for talent each year. | |
AGT-951 | America's Got Talent wardrobe department used over 10,000 rhinestones in season 6. | |
AGT-952 | America's Got Talent's hair department uses 150 bottles of hair spray during live shows. | |
AGT-953 | America's Got Talent contestants have waited in line for 24 hours to audition for the show. | |
929 | Manatees' eyes close in a circular motion, much like the aperture of a camera | |
930 | Even though it is nearly twice as far away from the sun as Mercury, Venus is by far the hottest planet. | |
931 | The nothingness of a black hole generates a sound in the key of B flat. | |
932 | Horses can't vomit. | |
933 | A crocodile can't stick out its tongue. | |
934 | Babies are born with about 300 separate bones. Adults have 206. | |
935 | Newborn babies cannot cry tears for at least three weeks. | |
936 | A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus. | |
937 | Squirrels lose more than half of the nuts they hide. | |
938 | It cost the United States Mint two cents to produce and distribute a penny in 2012. | |
939 | Until its demolition in 2012, 1% of Greenland's total population lived in a single apartment building called Blok P. | |
940 | Forty percent of twins invent their own language. | |
941 | In South Korea, it is against the rules for a professional baseball player to wear cabbage leaves inside of his hat. | |
942 | Curly hair follicles are oval, while straight hair follicles are round. | |
943 | George Washington had false teeth made of gold, ivory, and lead - but never wood. | |
944 | Napoleon Bonaparte was not short. At 5' 7", he was of average height for his time. | |
945 | The Inca built the largest and wealthiest empire in South America, but had no concept of money. | |
946 | It is against the law to use "The Star Spangled Banner" as dance music in Massachusetts. | |
947 | Queen Cleopatra of Eqypt was not actually Egyptian, but a Macedonian Greek. | |
948 | Early football fields were painted with both horizontal and vertical lines, creating a pattern that resembled a gridiron. | |
949 | Two national capitals are named after U.S. presidents: Washington, D.C. and Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. | |
950 | The first spam message was transmitted over telegraph wires in 1864. | |
951 | A pearl can be dissolved by vinegar. | |
952 | Queen Isabella I of Spain, who funded Columbus' voyage across the ocean, claimed to have only bathed twice in her life. | |
953 | The longest attack of hiccups ever lasted 68 years. | |
954 | Until its demolition in 2012, 1% of Greenland's total population lived in a single apartment building called Blok P. | |
955 | A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit - five times hotter than the sun. | |
956 | At the deepest point in the ocean, the water pressure is equivalent to having about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you. | |
957 | In only 7.6 billion years, the sun will reach its maximum size and shine 1,000 times brighter. | |
958 | The state of Alabama once financed the construction of a bridge by holding a rooster auction. | |
959 | Federal law once allowed the government to quarantine peolple who came in contact with aliens. | |
960 | There are 21 "secret" highways that are part of the Intersate Highway System. They are not identified as such by road signs. | |
961 | The aphid, a small, sap-sucking insect, is born pregnant. | |
962 | John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. | |
963 | The Pacific Ocean is eight inches higher than the Atlantic Ocean at the Panama Canal. | |
964 | It is illegal in the United Kingdom to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances. | |
965 | It is illegal to play annoying games in the street in the United Kingdom. | |
966 | Tennis was originally played with bare hands. | |
967 | There are ten times more microbial cells than human cells in our bodies. | |
968 | -40 degrees Fahrenheit is the same temperature as -40 degrees Celsius. | |
969 | John Tyler had more children than any other U.S. president. The last of his 15 children was born when he was 70 years old. | |
970 | Dolphins are unable to smell. | |
971 | Charlie Chaplin failed to make the finals of a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. | |
972 | The name of the city of Portland, Oregon was decided by a coin toss. The name that lost was Boston. | |
973 | Within five minutes of waking, 50% of a dream is forgotten. Within ten minutes, 90% of it is forgotten. | |
974 | All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be painted black unless they are carrying an important person. | |
975 | The letter J is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements. | |
976 | K' was chosen to stand for a strikeout in baseball because 'S' was being used to denote a sacrifice. | |
977 | The tradition of baseball managers wearing player uniforms started because the first managers were also players. | |
978 | George Washington feared being buried alive. | |
979 | A dimpled golf ball produces less drag and flies farther than a smooth golf ball would fly. | |
980 | When grazing or resting, cows tend to align their bodies with the magnetic north and south poles. | |
981 | President Chester A. Arthur owned 80 pairs of pants, which he changed several times per day. | |
982 | Cows do not have upper front teeth. | |
983 | Between 1979 and 1999, the planet Neptune was further from the Sun than Pluto. This will happen again in 2227. | |
984 | When creating a mummy, the Ancient Egyptians removed the brain by inserting a hook through the nostrils. | |
985 | All of the major candidates in the 1992, 1996 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections were left-handed. | |
986 | In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness. | |
987 | The first American gold rush happened in North Carolina, not California. | |
988 | Each year, the Moon moves away from Earth by about four centimeters. | |
989 | To make one pound of honey, a honeybee must tap about two million flowers. | |
990 | Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area. | |
991 | The Chicago river flows backwards, the flow reversal project was completed in 1900. | |
992 | The patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire. | |
993 | Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster. | |
994 | Baby bunnies are called kittens. | |
995 | A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. | |
996 | Sea otters hold each other's paws while sleeping so they don't drift apart. | |
997 | Gentoo penguins propose to their life mates with a pebble. | |
998 | Male pups will intentionally let female pups “win” when they play-fight so they can get to know them better. | |
999 | A cat's nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint. | |
1000 | A group of porcupines is called a prickle. | |
1001 | 99% of our solar system's mass is the sun. | |
1002 | More energy from the sun hits Earth every hour than the planet uses in a year. | |
1003 | If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently. | |
1004 | Just a sugar cube of neutron star matter would weigh about one hundred million tons on Earth. | |
1005 | A soup can full of neutron star material would have more mass than the Moon. | |
1006 | Ancient Chinese warriors would show off to their enemies before battle, by juggling. | |
1007 | OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but it's first known use was in 1917. | |
1008 | In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. | |
1009 | The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. | |
1010 | Rats and mice are ticklish, and even laugh when tickled. | |
1011 | Norway once knighted a penguin. | |
1012 | The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache. | |
1013 | It is illegal to sing off-key in North Carolina. | |
1014 | Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order. | |
1015 | One is the only number with letters in reverse alphabetical order. | |
1016 | Strawberries are grown in every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada. | |
1017 | The phrase, “You're a real peach” originated from the tradition of giving peaches to loved ones. | |
1018 | At latitude 60° south, it is possible to sail clear around the world without touching land. | |
1019 | Interstate 90 is the longest U.S. Interstate Highway with over 3,000 miles from Seattle, WA to Boston, MA. | |
1020 | DFW Airport in Texas is larger than the island of Manhattan. | |
1021 | Benjamin Franklin invented flippers. | |
1022 | Miami installed the first ATM for inline skaters. | |
1023 | Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands. | |
1024 | Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans: 7. | |
1025 | The official taxonomic classification for llamas is Llama glama. | |
1026 | Remove all the space between its atoms and Earth would be the size of a baseball. | |
1027 | The soil on Mars is rust color because it's full of rust. | |
1028 | Sound travels up to 15 times faster through steel than air, at speeds up to 19,000 feet per second. | |
1029 | Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas. | |
1030 | Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa. | |
1031 | An octopus has three hearts. | |
1032 | The Chicago Bears were originally based out of Decatur, IL and called the Staleys. | |
1033 | The Bears' unique "rounded" style on their uniforms dates back to the 1950s. | |
1034 | The Bears' trademark "C" logo first appeared on helmets in 1962. | |
1035 | The original Decatur Staleys were renamed the Chicago Bears on January 28, 1922. | |
1036 | The Bears have the most Pro Football Hall of Famers (27) of all NFL teams. | |
1037 | The Chicago Bears have sold out every home game since Sept. 9, 1984. | |
1038 | The Chicago Bears are the only NFL franchise with over 750 all-time wins. | |
1039 | ||
1040 | The Chicago Bears have the most retired jersey numbers in the NFL with 14. | |
1041 | The Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 and the Chicago Staleys in 1921. | |
1042 | The Bears played their home games at Wrigley Field for 50 seasons (1921-1970). | |
1043 | The largest crowd to attend a Bears game was 100,470 people, in 1958 in Los Angeles. | |
1044 | The 1985 Bears went 15-1 and won the Super Bowl after going 1-3 in the preseason. | |
1045 | The Bears' first regular-season game outside the U.S. was played in Toronto in 2010. | |
1046 | The Bears sent a record nine players to the Pro Bowl in 1985 when they won the Super Bowl. | |
1047 | The Bears' first Thanksgiving game was a 6-0 loss to the Chicago Tigers in 1920. | |
1048 | The Bears clinched the 2005 NFC North title with a win in Green Bay, WI on Christmas Day. | |
1049 | The Bears teams that won back-to-back NFL titles in 1940-41 boasted six future Hall of Fame players. | |
1050 | In 1925, the Bears played 19 games in a two-month span on a coast-to-coast barnstorming tour. | |
1051 | When the NFL was formed in 1920, the Bears and 11 other teams paid a $100 entry fee. | |
1052 | The Bears dominated the NFL in the 1940s, winning four league championships. | |
1053 | The Bears had winning records in 24 of their first 25 seasons of existence from 1920-1944. | |
1054 | In 1970, the Bears played a home game at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium, beating the Eagles. | |
1055 | The Bears played a preseason game against the CFL's Montreal Alouettes in 1961. | |
1056 | The Bears beat Green Bay 33-14 in the NFL's first divisional playoff game in 1941. | |
1057 | The Bears made the playoffs in 1994 after finishing fourth in the NFL Central Division. | |
1058 | The Bears have played preseason games in Canada, England, Sweden, Germany and Ireland. | |
1059 | The Bears changed the "C" on their helmets from white to orange in 1973. | |
1060 | The Bears added the initials "GSH" to the left sleeve in 1984, in honor of their late coach George S. Halas. | |
1061 | In 1920, the vertical stripes on the Bears jerseys were strips of leather used to help the players secure the ball. | |
1062 | The Bears changed their jersey colors to navy and orange in 1958. | |
1063 | The Bears are known by the Pro Football Hall of Fame as having the last player to play without a helmet. | |
1064 | The Bears' team colors, orange and navy, were selected after those of the University of Illinois. | |
1065 | The Chicago Bears fight song, "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" was introduced in 1941. | |
1066 | The Bears have come back to win the game with 20-point deficits twice since the 1980s - 1987 at Tampa Bay and in 2006 at Arizona. | |
1067 | The Chicago Bears have opened the season with a win 54 times, the most in the NFL. | |
1068 | The Chicago Bears have selected more players out of the University of Notre Dame than any other school. | |
1069 | The Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals played football's first indoor game on December 15, 1930. | |
1070 | The Chicago Bears unveiled their Famous T-formation in a 73-0 win over Washington for the NFL title in 1940. | |
1071 | The Bears' last game at Wrigley Field was a 35-15 win over Green Bay on Dec. 13, 1970. | |
1072 | The Bears' first game at Soldier Field was a 17-15 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 19, 1971. | |
1073 | The Bears have held training camp in 3 different states - Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. | |
1074 | The Bears' first training camp held away from their facilities was hosted by the Univesity of Notre Dame in 1933. | |
1075 | The Bears held training camp at Lane Tech High in Chicago in 1934. | |
1076 | The Bears moved their training camp St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, WI in 1935. | |
1077 | The Bears and Packers agreed their playoff game should be played to a "sudden death" finish in the event of a tie in 1941. | |
1078 | ||
1079 | The Bears opened training camp at Lake Forest College in 1975. | |
1080 | In their 1000th game in franchise history on October 3rd, 1993, the Bears defeated Atlanta. | |
1081 | The Bears moved their training camp to UW-Platteville in 1984. | |
1082 | The Bears opened training camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL in 2002. | |
1083 | The Bears played all of their home games in 2002 at the University of Illinois while Soldier Field was under construction. | |
1084 | The number 42 has only been worn by one Bears player. | |
1085 | 87 players who have played for the Bears, have also played high school football in Illinois. | |
1086 | Evanston High School has produced the most Bears players out of any high school in Illinois (5). | |
1087 | Twenty players by the last name of "Johnson" or "Williams"' have played for the Bears - more than any other last name. | |
1088 | Strawberries are actually members of the rose family. | |
1089 | ||
1090 | Unlike many fruits, strawberries don't continue to ripen after being picked. | |
1091 | ||
1092 | Folklore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you’ll soon fall in love. | |
1093 | ||
1094 | If all the strawberries produced in California in one year were laid berry to berry, they'd go around the world 15 times. | |
1095 | Over 30,000 acres of strawberries are planted in California each year | |
1096 | ||
1097 | ||
1098 | ||
1099 | ||
1100 | Mint comes in over 30 varieties. | |
1101 | ||
1102 | ||
1103 | ||
1104 | Mint has been found in Egyptian tombs from as far back as 1000 B.C. | |
1105 | In ancient Greece, the strawberry was a symbol for Venus, the Goddess of Love. | |
1106 | ||
1107 | Ancient Romans thought strawberries could cure bad breath and chronic fainting. | |
1108 | Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring | |
1109 | ||
1110 | Giant strawberries can grow as large as apples | |
1111 | Strawberries at room temperature are sweeter than cold strawberries. | |
1112 | There are over 10 million bricks in The Empire State Building. | |
1113 | Earth, Texas, is the only place on Earth named Earth. | |
1114 | ||
1115 | ||
1116 | Apple pie was adopted as Vermont's official state pie in 1999. | |
1117 | ||
1118 | ||
1119 | The Grand Canyon could hold about 900 trillion footballs. | |
1120 | The United States has no official language | |
1121 | There was an amendment proposed in 1893 to rename the U.S. the "United States of the Earth." | |
1122 | The largest free-flying American flag in the world is 90 feet long by 60 feet wide. | |
1123 | ||
1124 | Mt. Rushmore cost less than $1 million dollars to complete. | |
1125 | ||
1126 | ||
1127 | The Star Spangled Banner was first played during the 1918 World Series and became the official national anthem in 1931. | |
1128 | ||
1129 | ||
1130 | In 2014, a hot dog was sold for $169 in Seattle, WA | |
1131 | ||
1132 | ||
1133 | Only 12 U.S. presidents have been elected to office for two terms and served those two terms. | |
1134 | Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office for four terms prior to the 22nd Amendment. | |
1135 | John F. Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest elected president, and Ronald Reagan, at 73, the oldest. | |
1136 | James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president. | |
1137 | Eight presidents have died while in office. | |
1138 | President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III but took his stepfather’s last name when his mother remarried. | |
1139 | Prior to the 12th Amendment in 1804, the presidential candidate who received the second highest number of electoral votes was vice president. | |
1140 | George Washington was a successful liquor distributor, making rye whiskey, apple brandy, and peach brandy in his Mount Vernon distillery. | |
1141 | Thomas Jefferson and John Adams chipped off a piece of Shakespeare's chair as a souvenir when they visited his home in 1786. | |
1142 | George Washington started losing his permanent teeth in his 20s and had only one natural tooth by the time he was president. | |
1143 | George Washington had false teeth made from many different materials, including an elephant tusk and hippopotamus ivory. | |
1144 | Astronauts can vote from space. | |
1145 | John Quincy Adams regularly skinny-dipped in the Potomac River. | |
1146 | Calvin Coolidge was so shy he was nicknamed “Silent Cal.” | |
1147 | Calvin Coolidge loved to wear a cowboy hat and ride his mechanical horse. | |
1148 | “Hooverball,” a cross between volleyball and tennis using a medicine ball, was invented by President Herbert Hoover's personal physician to keep Hoover fit. | |
1149 | Andrew Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels, many of which were fought to defend the honor of his wife, Rachel. | |
1150 | Martin Van Buren's nickname was "Old Kinderhook" because he was raised in Kinderhook, N.Y. | |
1151 | James Buchanan bought slaves in Washington, D.C., and quietly freed them in Pennsylvania. | |
1152 | Abraham Lincoln was only defeated once out of about 300 wrestling matches, making it to the Wrestling Hall of Fame with honors as "Outstanding American." | |
1153 | In his youth, President Andrew Johnson apprenticed as a tailor. | |
1154 | Ulysses S. Grant smoked at least 20 cigars a day; citizens sent him at least 10,000 boxes in gratitude after winning the Battle of Shiloh. | |
1155 | Not only was James Garfield ambidextrous, he could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other at the same time. | |
1156 | Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House; however, he was so scared of getting electrocuted he’d never touch the light switches himself. | |
1157 | William McKinley almost always wore a red carnation on his lapel as a good luck charm. | |
1158 | Herbert Hoover's son had two pet alligators that were occasionally permitted to run loose throughout the White House. | |
1159 | Jimmy Carter filed a report for a UFO sighting in 1973, calling it “the darndest thing I’ve ever seen.” | |
1160 | In 1940, the University of California bestowed Ronald Reagan with the Most Nearly Perfect Male Figure Award. | |
1161 | Bill Clinton's face is so symmetrical that he ranked in facial symmetry alongside male models. | |
1162 | In 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. | |
1163 | Gerald Ford was the only president and vice president never to be elected to either office. | |
1164 | Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency of the United States in 1872. | |
1165 | James Monroe received every electoral vote but one in the 1820 election. | |
1166 | There are only three eligibility requirements to become U.S. president: must be 35, a natural-born U.S. citizen and resided in the U.S. for at least 14 years. | |
1167 | To cut groundskeeping costs during World War I, President Woodrow Wilson brought a flock of sheep to trim the White House grounds. | |
1168 | Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to use a phone, and his phone number was extremely easy to remember – it was simply “1.” | |
1169 | Martin Van Buren was the first president born a U.S. citizen; all presidents before him were British. | |
1170 | Andrew Jackson's pet parrot "Poll" was removed from his funeral for cursing. | |
1171 | Teddy bears get their name from President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, who once refused to shoot a black bear. | |
1172 | There has never been a U.S. president whose name started with the common letter S. | |
1173 | Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president who was also a licensed bartender. | |
1174 | Barack Obama is named the 44th president, but is the 43rd person to hold office because Grover Cleveland had two separate terms. | |
1175 | Four times in U.S history has a presidential candidate won the popular vote but lost the election. | |
1176 | President Herbert Hoover and his wife were fluent in Mandarin Chinese and would use it in the White House to speak privately to each other. | |
1177 | November was chosen to be election month because it fell between harvest and brutal winter weather. | |
1178 | Six of the last 12 U.S. presidents have been left-handed, far greater than the national average of lefties at 10%. | |
1179 | William Henry Harrison owned a pet goat while in office. | |
1180 | John Adams had a horse named Cleopatra. | |
1181 | James Madison had a pet parrot who outlived both him and his wife. | |
1182 | John Quincy Adams' wife raised silkworms. | |
1183 | Martin Van Buren was given two tiger cubs while he was president. | |
1184 | William Harrison had a billy goat at the White House. | |
1185 | Franklin Pierce was gifted two small "sleeve dogs" – he kept one and gave the other to Jefferson Davis. | |
1186 | Abraham Lincoln's son had a pet turkey, which he gave a pardon so it wasn't killed and eaten. | |
1187 | James Garfield had a dog appropriately named Veto. | |
1188 | William Taft liked milk so much that he had cows graze on the White House lawn, Pauline being the last in history to graze there. | |
1189 | Calvin Coolidge had a bulldog named Boston Beans, a terrier named Peter Pan, and a pet raccoon. | |
1190 | John Kennedy had a pony named Macaroni. | |
1191 | Lyndon Johnson had 2 beagles named Him and Her which he was criticized for picking them up by their ears. | |
1192 | Jimmy Carter had a dog named Grits, a gift given to his daughter Amy. | |
1193 | Bill Clinton had a cat named Socks, which was the first presidential pet to have its own website. | |
1194 | Woodrow Wilson passed Georgia Bar Exam despite not finishing law school; he also held a PhD. | |
1195 | President Zachary Taylor's nickname was "Old Rough and Ready" because of his famed war career. | |
1196 | Andrew Jackson was once given a 1,400 pound cheese wheel as a gift, which he served at his outgoing President's Reception. | |
1197 | Blueberry jelly beans were created for Ronald Reagan’s presidential inauguration in 1981. | |
1198 | Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first Texas-born president. | |
1199 | Lyndon Johnson's family all had the initials LBJ. | |
1200 | Thomas Jefferson was convinced that if he soaked his feet in a bucket of cold water every day, he’d never get sick. | |
1201 | Gerald Ford worked as a fashion model during college and actually appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan. | |
1202 | Dwight Eisenhower was the only U.S. president to serve in both World War I and World War II. | |
1203 | Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital. | |
1204 | Calvin Coolidge liked to have his head rubbed with petroleum jelly while eating breakfast in bed, believing it was good for his health. | |
1205 | A portion of Grover Cleveland's jaw was artificial, composed of vulcanized rubber. | |
1206 | Russia and the United States are less than 3 miles apart. | |
1207 | John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the Fourth of July in 1826. | |
1208 | Abraham Lincoln's dog Fido was the first "First Dog" to be photographed. | |
1209 | President Calvin Coolidge owned two lion cubs: Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau. | |
1210 | President Rutherford B. Hayes' cat Siam was the first Siamese cat in the U.S. | |
1211 | President John Quincy Adams' pet alligator lived in a White House bathroom. | |
1212 | First Lady Abigail Adams famously wrote "If you love me...you must love my dog." | |
1213 | John Adams' pets Satan & Juno were the first dogs to live in the White House. | |
1214 | Calvin Coolidge walked pet raccoon Rebecca on a leash around the White House. | |
1215 | More U.S. presidents have had pet birds than cats. | |
1216 | Thomas Jefferson's pet mockingbird was trained to eat out of his mouth. | |
1217 | Spotty Bush, an English Springer Spaniel, has been the only presidential pet to live at the White House during two different administrations. | |
1218 | Andrew Jackson was the first president to ride on a railroad train. | |
1219 | Pat Nixon was the first First Lady to wear pants in public. | |
1220 | First Lady Martha Washington was the first American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. | |
1221 | When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. | |
1222 | Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise. | |
1223 | Tennessee ties with Missouri as the most neighborly state, bordered by 8 states. | |
1224 | The cotton candy machine was invented in 1897, by a dentist. | |
1225 | You can’t hum while plugging your nose. | |
1226 | Elephants are afraid of bees. | |
1227 | They used to offer goat carriage rides in Central Park. | |
1228 | Chimps can develop their own fashion trends. | |
1229 | Monday is the only day of the week with an anagram: dynamo. | |
1230 | The only Michelangelo painting in the Western Hemisphere is on display in Fort Worth, TX. | |
1231 | Humans are 1-2 centimeters taller in the morning than at night. | |
1232 | Baby giraffes fall up to 6 feet to the ground when they are born. | |
1233 | It takes around 200 muscles to take a step. | |
1234 | The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down. | |
1235 | A bald eagle nest can weigh up to two tons. | |
1236 | Worrying squirrels is not tolerated in Missouri. | |
1237 | Wombat droppings are cube-shaped. | |
1238 | Adult humans are the only mammal that can't breathe and swallow at the same time. | |
1239 | Hens do not need a rooster to lay an egg. | |
1240 | There are more nerve connections or "synapses" in your brain than there are stars in our galaxy. | |
1241 | There are more English words beginning with the letter "S" than any other letter. | |
1242 | There are more fake than real flamingos. | |
1243 | The word “bride” comes from an old Proto-Germanic word meaning “to cook.” | |
1244 | The word utopia – an ideal place – ironically comes from a Greek word meaning “no place.” | |
1245 | Los Angeles was originally founded as El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles. | |
1246 | The woolly mammoth still roamed the earth while the pyramids were being built. | |
1247 | Nine-banded armadillos almost always give birth to four identical quadruplets. | |
1248 | Jellyfish don’t have brains. | |
1249 | Jellyfish can clone themselves. | |
1250 | The koala is the longest-sleeping animal, sleeping an average of 22 hours per day. | |
1251 | Walruses are true party animals; they can go without sleep for 84 hours. | |
1252 | The city of Chicago was raised by over a foot during the 1850s and ’60s without disrupting daily life. | |
1253 | Red kangaroos can hop up to 44 mph. | |
1254 | Arkansas has the only active diamond mine in the United States. | |
1255 | Robert Heft, who designed the current U.S. flag in a high school project, received a B- because it "lacked originality." | |
1256 | The first 18-hole golf course in America was built on a sheep farm in 1892. | |
1257 | Most newborns will lose all the hair they are born with in the first six months of life. | |
1258 | Ripening bananas glow an intense blue under black light. | |
1259 | Coconut water was used as an IV drip in WWII when saline solution was in short supply. | |
1260 | Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system with no moon. | |
1261 | Peanuts are not actually nuts but legumes. | |
1262 | The Oscar statuette is brittanium plated with 24K gold. | |
1263 | The only thing that can scratch a diamond is a diamond. | |
1264 | There is a star that is a diamond of ten billion trillion trillion carats. | |
1265 | One ounce of gold can be stretched into a thin wire measuring 50 miles. | |
1266 | A $100,000 bill exists, but was only used by Federal Reserve Banks. | |
1267 | 10 million bricks were used to build the Empire State Building. | |
1268 | One quarter of all the body’s bones are in the feet. | |
1269 | Lake Havasu City, AZ, has been recorded as the hottest city in the U.S. with average summer temperatures of 94.6. | |
1270 | Early sunscreens included ingredients like rice bran oil, iron, clay, and tar. | |
1271 | One of the first sunscreens was sold in the 1910s under the name Zeozon. | |
1272 | In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league. | |
1273 | The largest bill ever issued by the U.S. was a $100,000 bill in 1934. | |
1274 | Kickball is referred to as “soccer-baseball” in some parts of Canada. | |
1275 | Less than 1% of Sweden’s household waste ends up in a dump. | |
1276 | Duck Duck Goose is called Duck Duck Grey Duck in Minnesota. | |
1277 | There are more tigers owned by Americans than in the wild worldwide. | |
1278 | Hawaiian pizza was actually created in Canada. | |
1279 | A city in Greece struggles to build subway systems because they keep digging up ancient ruins. | |
1280 | Elvis was a natural blonde. | |
1281 | On Venus, it snows metal. | |
1282 | Eating 600 bananas is the equivalent of one chest X-ray in terms of radiation. | |
1283 | The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. | |
1284 | The average dog can understand over 150 words. | |
1285 | At one time, serving ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas was prohibited. | |
1286 | Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color. | |
1287 | Blueberries are also called “star berries.” | |
1288 | There are more varieties of blueberries than states in the U.S. | |
1289 | Typically, blueberries become ripe after 2-5 weeks on a bush. | |
1290 | Love blueberries. Celebrate them all year round, but especially in July, National Blueberry Month. | |
1291 | While blueberries grow in clusters on their bush, the individual blueberries ripen at different times. | |
1292 | The first commercial batch of blueberries came from Whitesbog, New Jersey, in 1916. | |
1293 | The perfect blueberry should be “dusty” in color. | |
1294 | Maine produces more wild blueberries than anywhere else in the world. | |
1295 | 75% of the U.S.’s tart cherries come from Michigan. | |
1296 | Traverse, MI, considers itself the Cherry Capital of the World. | |
1297 | Once cherries have been picked, they don’t ripen. | |
1298 | Make sure to eat a chocolate-covered cherry on January 3; it’s National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day. | |
1299 | On average, how many cherries are in a pound? 44. | |
1300 | The word “cherry” comes from the Turkish town of Cerasus. | |
1301 | A cherry pie is made of about 250 cherries. | |
1302 | Eau Claire, Michigan, is known as “The Cherry Pit Spitting Capital of the World.” | |
1303 | The National Anthem of Greece has 158 verses. | |
1304 | North Korea and Finland are technically separated by only one country. | |
1305 | Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts. | |
1306 | Emergency phone number in Europe is 112. | |
1307 | Canada's postal code for Santa Claus at the North Pole is H0H 0H0. | |
1308 | Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto. | |
1309 | In New Zealand, it is illegal to name your twin babies "Fish" and "Chips." | |
1310 | Chocolate bars and blue denim both originated in Guatemala. | |
1311 | In New Zealand, parents have to run baby names by the government for approval. | |
1312 | When a child loses their tooth in Greece, they throw it on the roof as a good luck wish that their adult teeth will be strong. | |
1313 | Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. | |
1314 | No one in Greece can choose not to vote; voting is required by law for every citizen who is 18 or older. | |
1315 | Australia has 10,685 beaches; you could visit a new beach every day for more than 29 years. | |
1316 | China is large enough to cover about five separate time zones, but only has one national time zone since the Chinese Civil War in 1949. | |
1317 | There is a language in Botswana that consists of mainly five types of clicks. | |
1318 | An African elephant can turn the pages of a book with its trunk. | |
1319 | Ancient Egyptians slept on head rests made of wood, ivory, or stone. | |
1320 | A traffic jam once lasted for 11 days in Beijing, China. | |
1321 | Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys. | |
1322 | The blue in the Sistine Chapel is made of ground lapis lazuli gems and oils. | |
1323 | The Bridge of Eggs built in Lima, Peru, was made of mortar that was mixed with egg whites. | |
1324 | In South Korea, you are one year old at birth. | |
1325 | The Great Wall of China is 13,170.7 miles long, over five times the distance from LA to NYC. | |
1326 | The horizontal line between two numbers in a fraction is called a vinculum. | |
1327 | The metal ring on the end of a pencil is called a ferrule. | |
1328 | You cannot taste food until mixed with saliva. | |
1329 | There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs. | |
1330 | Lake Hillier, in Western Australia, is colored a bright pink. | |
1331 | Spiked dog collars were invented by the Ancient Greeks, who used them on their sheepdogs to protect their necks from wolves. | |
1332 | Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. is a grammatically correct sentence. | |
1333 | On Jupiter and Saturn, it rains diamonds. | |
1334 | Nowhere in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme does it say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg. | |
1335 | There are only 18 minutes of total action in a baseball game. | |
1336 | Located on the Detroit River, the J.W. Wescott II is the only floating post office in the U.S. and has its own ZIP Code: 48222. | |
1337 | Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. | |
1338 | Tomatoes have more genes than humans. | |
1339 | In Texas, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you ever find it. | |
1340 | Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away. | |
1341 | A snail can grow back a new eye if it loses one. | |
1342 | You can tell a turtle’s gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt and females hiss. | |
1343 | French poodles actually originated in Germany. | |
1344 | Marine mammals swim by moving their tails up and down, while fish swim by moving their tails left and right. | |
1345 | “Knocker uppers” were professionals paid to shoot peas at windows. They were replaced by alarm clocks. | |
1346 | An average cumulus cloud weighs more than 70 adult T. rexes. | |
1347 | Clicking your computer mouse 1,400 times burns one calorie. | |
1348 | Guy was once an insult for anyone dressed in poor clothes, originating from the burning of effigies of the infamous British rebel, Guy Fawkes. | |
1349 | The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. | |
1350 | The tea bag was created by accident in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York. | |
1351 | The male ostrich can roar just like a lion. | |
1352 | A group of frogs is called an army. | |
1353 | Corn always has an even number of rows on each ear. | |
1354 | You are always looking at your nose; your brain just chooses to ignore it. | |
1355 | There is a single mega-colony of ants that spans three continents, covering much of Europe, the west coast of the U.S., and the west coast of Japan. | |
1356 | The world's largest mountain range is under the sea. | |
1357 | The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record, lasting an exhausting 38 minutes. | |
1358 | Below the Kalahari Desert lies the world's largest underground lake. | |
1359 | Oregon and Mexico once shared a border. | |
1360 | Bluetooth technology was named after a 10th century Scandinavian king. | |
1361 | A nun held one of the first PhDs in computer science. | |
1362 | For 67 years, Nintendo only produced playing cards. | |
1363 | The ancient Chinese carried Pekingese puppies in the sleeves of their robes. | |
1364 | A tarantula can survive for more than two years without food. | |
1365 | Ethiopia follows a calendar that is seven years behind the rest of the world. | |
1366 | In Denmark, citizens have to select baby names from a list of 7,000 government-approved names. | |
1367 | Every tweet Americans send is archived by the Library of Congress. | |
1368 | A neuron star is as dense as stuffing 50 million elephants into a thimble. | |
1369 | More energy from the sun hits Earth every hour than the planet uses in a year. | |
1370 | An earthquake in 1812 caused the Mississippi River to flow backward. | |
1371 | In 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs was still paying a Civil War pension. | |
1372 | In Webster's Dictionary, the longest words without repeating letters are “uncopyrightable” and “dermatoglyphics.” | |
1373 | “Unprosperousness” is the longest word in which no letter occurs only once. | |
1374 | “Typewriter” and “perpetuity” are the longest words that can be typed on a single line of a QWERTY keyboard. | |
1375 | There have been three Olympic games held in countries that no longer exist. | |
1376 | Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon. | |
1377 | The word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase meaning "the king is dead." | |
1378 | The brain is the only organ in the human body without pain receptors. | |
1379 | There is a volcano on Mars the size of Arizona. | |
1380 | The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometers away. | |
1381 | Dogs’ sense of hearing is more than ten times more acute than a human’s. | |
1382 | A housefly hums in the key of F. | |
1383 | Venus is the only planet in the solar system where the sun rises in the west. | |
1384 | The state animal of Tennessee is a raccoon. | |
1385 | If you were to stretch out a Slinky until it’s flat, it would measure 87 feet long. | |
1386 | It's illegal in many countries to perform surgery on an octopus without anesthesia because of its intelligence. | |
1387 | There are more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy. | |
1388 | Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. | |
1389 | Fires spread faster uphill than downhill. | |
1390 | The Florida Everglades is the only place in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live together. | |
1391 | Newborns can't cry actual tears. This normally occurs between 3 weeks and 3 months of life. | |
1392 | If you could drive your car upward, you would be in space in less than an hour. | |
1393 | The sun is actually white, but the Earth’s atmosphere makes it appear yellow. | |
1394 | The Earth rotates at a speed of 1,040 MPH. | |
1395 | Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids. | |
1396 | The word "aegilops" is the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order. | |
1397 | Gorillas burp when they are happy. | |
1398 | Because of metal prices, since 2006 the U.S. Mint has had to spend more to make a penny than they are worth. | |
1399 | Never odd or even spelled backward is still "Never odd or even." | |
1400 | In Alabama, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. | |
1401 | Alaska is the most northern, western, and eastern U.S. state. | |
1402 | In France, it's illegal for employers to send emails after work hours. | |
1403 | A group of raccoons is called a gaze. | |
1404 | Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers. | |
1405 | Cherophobia is the fear of happiness. | |
1406 | The vertical distance between the Earth's highest and lowest points is about 12 miles. | |
1407 | A flock of crows is known as a murder. | |
1408 | Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" to win a bet with his publisher who thought he could not complete a book with only 50 words. | |
1409 | Over 80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government. | |
1410 | There are more people on Facebook today than there were on the Earth 200 years ago. | |
1411a | There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on earth. | |
1411b | The Eiffel Tower is 6 inches taller in the summer than in the winter. | |
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1413 | "Thursday" is named in honor of the Norse god, Thor. | |
1414 | If the human eye were a digital camera, if would have 576 megapixels | |
1415 | Mangoes have noses. | |
1416 | Mangoes can get sunburned. | |
1417 | Before 1859, baseball umpires sat behind home plate in rocking chairs. | |
1418 | The shortest professional baseball player was 3 feet, 7 inches tall. | |
1419 | The average life span of an MLB baseball is five to seven pitches. | |
1420 | The most valuable baseball card ever is worth about $2.8 million. | |
1421a | The paisley pattern is based on the mango. | |
1421b | Though they thrive in the desert, a prickly pear cactus can survive in -30ºF temperatures. | |
1422 | In India, mango leaves are used to celebrate the birth of a boy. | |
1423 | A flipped coin is more likely to land on the side it started on. | |
1424a | When sprinting, professional cyclists produce enough power to power a home. | |
1424b | We constantly feel an air pressure of about 14.7 lbs/ sq inch pushing down on us. | |
1425 | Mosquitoes prefer to bite people with Type O blood. | |
1426 | During a typical MLB season, approximately 160,000 baseballs are used. | |
1427 | The Bible is the world's most shoplifted book. | |
1428 | The British pound is the world's oldest currency still in use. | |
1429 | The Great Lakes have more than 30,000 islands. | |
1430 | Mountain lions can whistle. | |
1431 | While rabbits have near-perfect 360-degree panoramic vision, their most critical blind spot is directly in front of their nose. | |
1432 | When a koala is born, it is about the size of a jelly bean. | |
1433 | Toe wrestling is a competitive sport. | |
1434 | There have been 85 recorded instances of a pitcher striking out four batters in one inning. | |
1435 | 3.7 million bags of ballpark peanuts are eaten every year at ballparks. | |
1436 | Shakespeare created the name Jessica for his play "The Merchant of Venice." | |
1437 | Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body. | |
1438 | The mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II has a passport. | |
1439 | It is physically impossible for a pig to look at the sky. | |
1440 | There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth. | |
1441 | A caterpillar has more muscles than a human. | |
1442 | A shrimp's heart is in its head. | |
1443 | A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale. | |
1444 | Light could travel around the earth nearly 7.5 times in one second. | |
1445 | A single lightning bolt contains enough energy to cook 100,000 pieces of toast. | |
1446 | About one in every 2,000 babies is born with teeth. | |
1447 | Water can boil and freeze at the same time. | |
1448 | Less than 5% of the population needs just 4-5 hours of sleep. | |
1449 | Peanut butter can be converted into diamonds. | |
1450 | Astronauts can't burp in space. | |
1451 | An Immaculate Inning is when a pitcher strikes out three batters with only nine pitches. | |
1452 | Earth is the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman god. | |
1453 | Yawns are contagious to dogs as well as humans. | |
1454 | In the 1960s, the U.S. government tried to turn a cat into a spy. | |
1455 | Movie trailers used to come on at the end of movies, but no one stuck around to watch them. | |
1456 | MLB umpires often wear black underwear, in case they split their pants. | |
1457 | It is possible to record four outs in one-half inning of baseball. | |
1458 | There are nine different ways to reach first base. | |
1459 | During World War II, the U.S. military designed a grenade to be the size and weight of a baseball, since "any young American man should be able to properly throw it." | |
1460 | Philadelphia zookeeper Jim Murray sent baseball scores to telegraph offices by carrier pigeon every half inning in 1883. | |
1461 | From 1845 through 1867, home base was circular, made of iron, painted or enameled white, and 12 inches in diameter. | |
1462 | President Bill Clinton's first presidential pitch (on April 4, 1993) was the first ever from the pitcher's mound to the catcher's mitt. | |
1463 | Thunder is actually the sound caused by lightning. | |
1464 | Australia is wider than the moon. | |
1465 | 85% of people only breathe out of one nostril at a time. | |
1466 | An albatross can sleep while it flies. | |
1467 | In a room of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday. | |
1468 | Bubble wrap was originally invented as a wallpaper in 1957. | |
1469 | There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal. | |
1470 | Of the 193 members of the United Nations, Britain has invaded 171 of them. | |
1471 | The Apollo 11 guidance computer was no more powerful than today's pocket calculator. | |
1472 | “Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia” is the technical name for brain freeze. | |
1473 | Earth is actually located inside the sun's atmosphere. | |
1474 | The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence. | |
1475 | If you drilled a hole through the earth, it would take 42 minutes to fall through it. | |
1476 | The planet 55 Cancri e is made of diamonds and would be worth $26.9 nonillion. | |
1477 | France used the guillotine as recently as 1977. | |
1478 | Sloths move so slow that algae can grow on them. | |
1479 | Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals. | |
1480 | Michelangelo hated painting and wrote a poem about it. | |
1481 | The dwarf lantern shark grows to be no bigger than a human hand. | |
1482 | "Tools of ignorance" is a nickname for the equipment worn by catchers. | |
1483 | More than 100 baseballs are used during a typical MLB game. | |
1484 | Pitchers were prohibited from delivering the ball overhand for much of the 19th century. | |
1485 | Walks were scored as hits during the 1887 season. | |
1486 | A regulation baseball has 108 stitches. | |
1487 | A "can of corn" is a routine fly ball hit to an outfielder. | |
1488 | Baseball is played in more than 100 countries. | |
1489 | “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was written in 1908 by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, both of whom had never been to a baseball game. | |
1490 | A baseball pitcher’s curveball can break up to 17 inches. | |
1491 | MLB baseballs are rubbed in Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud, a unique mud found only near Palmyra, New Jersey. | |
1492 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art has over 30,000 baseball cards as part of the Jefferson R. Burdick collection. | |
1493 | William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the U.S., began the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in 1910. | |
1494 | MLB National League (1876) is the oldest professional sports league that is still in existence. | |
1495 | The first modern-day World Series game was played in 1903. | |
1496 | The Mendoza Line is a .200 batting average. | |
1497 | There are 13 different pitches a pitcher can throw in baseball. | |
1498 | The first MLB All-Star Game was played in 1933. | |
1499 | A player was once ejected from an MLB game for sleeping during the game. | |
1500 | Baseball hits that bounced over the fence were considered home runs until the 1930s. | |
1501 | The most home runs ever recorded in an MLB season is 73. | |
1502 | The highest batting average ever recorded in an MLB season is .440. | |
1503 | MLB has not had a lefty play catcher since 1989. | |
1504 | The longest MLB game went 26 innings. | |
1505 | Hippos can outrun a human | |
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1507 | ||
1508 | Silly String was originally designed to be a spray on cast for broken bones. | |
1509 | An avocado is actually a large berry. | |
1510 | There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. | |
1511 | It is impossible to sneeze while you are sleeping. | |
1512 | The Cookie Monster's real first name is Sid. | |
1513 | ||
1514 | In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck. | |
1515 | ||
1516 | Scotland has 421 words for snow. | |
1517 | In New York, it is illegal to sell a haunted house without telling the buyer. | |
1518 | ||
1519 | Octopuses think with their tentacles. | |
1520 | Jingle Bells was originally written for Thanksgiving. | |
1521 | The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent the 100 ways to cook an egg. | |
1522 | Some cats are allergic to humans. | |
1523 | A banana is a berry | |
1524 | ||
1525 | The tiny pocket in jeans was made for pocket watches. | |
1526 | Snapple is named after its first product that delivered a snappy apple taste | |
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1535 | ||
1536 | Two of Snapple’s founders were window washers in Brooklyn. | |
1537 | One of Snapple’s original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family. | |
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1545 | ||
1546 | ||
1547 | The Snapple name combines the words Snappy and Apple. | |
1548 | ||
1549 | ||
1550 | Ants won’t cross a chalk line. | |
1551 | Mangos are related to cashews and pistachios. | |
1552 | Banana trees are actually herbs. | |
1553 | "Donut Towns" are towns that are completely surrounded by other towns. | |
1554 | Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth. | |
1555 | Both green and black tea come from leaves of the same tree. | |
1556 | ||
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1559 | ||
1560 | You can start a fire with ice. | |
1561 | The fire hydrant patent was ironically destroyed in a fire. | |
1562 | Cotton can catch fire with enough super glue applied. | |
1563 | Blue flames are the hottest, reaching temps up to 3,000 degrees Celsius. | |
1564 | Large rain drops can fall at speeds of 20 mph. | |
1565 | Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground. | |
1566 | A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill. | |
1567 | Air's alchemy symbol is a triangle with a horizontal bar. | |
1568 | Fire's alchemy symbol is a triangle, resembling a campfire. | |
1569 | The alchemy symbol for water is an inverted triangle, resembling a cup or glass. | |
1570 | No rain fell in Iquique, Chile, for 14 years. | |
1571 | Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level). | |
1572 | Commercial airplanes maintain a cabin pressure of about 6,400 feet (just over 1 mile) above sea level. | |
1573 | Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs. | |
1574 | Every minute about a billion tons of water falls on Earth. | |
1575 | Oxygen supply influences the color of a fire's flame. | |
1576 | Wind moves air from high to low pressure areas. | |
1577 | About 1/3 of your taste buds are numbed while flying. | |
1578 | Even with wings, humans would be unable to fly. | |
1579 | The average raindrop takes 2 minutes to hit the ground. | |
1580 | Ocean algae produces about 75 percent of the world's oxygen. | |
1581 | Flightless birds, like the penguin, could once fly. | |
1582 | A very small raindrop can travel up to 7 minutes from the sky before reaching you. | |
1583 | Pressurized plane cabin air is the same average humidity of the Sahara Desert. | |
1584 | Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air. | |
1585 | The air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. | |
1586 | The first hot air balloon passengers were a sheep, duck, and rooster. | |
1587 | Earth's sky is purple, our eyes just see it as blue. | |
1588 | The fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. | |
1589 | A bolt of lightning can reach roughly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. | |
1590 | Humans can encourage precipitation with cloud seeding. | |
1591 | The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor. | |
1592 | The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash. | |
1593 | The water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. | |
1594 | Heavy raindrops are shaped like hamburger buns. | |
1595 | Kangaroos cannot jump without their tails touching the ground. | |
1596 | Birds can sleep with one eye open. | |
1597 | A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale. | |
1598 | Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England. | |
1599 | A man once ate an entire airplane—it took him 2 years. | |
1600 | The longest alphabet has 74 letters. | |
1601 | A species of moth has the best hearing in the world. | |
1602 | In 2015, the Oxford word of the year was the tears of joy emoji. | |
1603 | "just setting up my twttr" was the first ever tweet. | |
1604 | Tomatoes are considered both fruits and vegetables—the answer depends on whom you ask. | |
1605 | A suction cup will not work in outer space. | |
1606 | Before emojis, there were emoticons, which are icons created from keyboard characters. | |
1607 | In the 1800s, Cadbury created the first heart-shaped chocolate box. | |
1608 | Early tales of leprechauns reported red clothing. | |
1609 | The color of a chicken's earlobe is a good indicator of the color of the eggshell it will lay. | |
1610 | The summer solstice marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. | |
1611 | The 50-star flag was designed for a high school class assignment. | |
1612 | Labor Day is the unofficial end of hot dog season. | |
1613 | Mistletoe is evergreen -even after a tree's leaves have fallen, it stays green. | |
1614 | An AA battery with no charge remaining will not bounce when dropped. | |
1615 | The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing. | |
1616 | Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can. | |
1617 | People don't sneeze in their sleep. | |
1618 | Platypuses are venomous. | |
1619 | Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day. | |
1620 | There are over 2,500 apple varieties grown in the U.S. | |
1621 | You can tell what a narwhal has eaten each year based on the layers of its tusk. | |
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1623 | The dragon fruit cactus only blooms at night. | |
1624 | The first flight traveled at less than 7 mph (ground speed). | |
1625 | Sharks are older than trees | |
1626a | The earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn | |
1626b | Before tennis rackets were invented in the 1600s, players used the palms of their hands to play. | |
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1629 | Golden Gate Park is bigger than Central Park | |
1630 | San Francisco locals refer to the city's notorious fog as "Karl the Fog". | |
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1633 | ||
1634 | Lobsters have teeth in their stomach | |
1635 | San Francisco is built on more than 50 hills | |
1636 | ||
1637 | Antarctica is technically a desert. | |
1638 | The Summer Solstice (June 21) is the longest day of the year with about 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight. | |
1639 | California is the birthplace of the internet | |
1640 | The famous Windows wallpaper of rolling green hills under a bright blue sky was taken in Sonoma County, CA | |
1641 | National Hat Day is January 15th. | |
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1646 | ||
1647 | The Metaverse got its name from the 1992 novel Snow Crash. | |
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1650 | Surgeons that regularly play video games make 37% fewer errors. | |
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1659 | ||
1660 | Lemons are a cross between a citron and a sour orange. | |
1661 | Lemon juice can be used as invisible ink that can be revealed with heat. | |
1662 | ||
1663 | The difference between college and pro footballs are the stripes on the end. Pro footballs don’t have stripes. | |
1664 | ||
1665 | Candy Corn was originally called "Chicken Feed." | |
1666 | ||
1667a | Lovebirds are actual birds. | |
1667b | The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia. | |
1668a | In Celtic folktales, leprechauns were cranky souls responsible for mending the shoes of fairies. | |
1668b | The first jack-o-lantern was made of turnip, not pumpkin. | |
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1671 | ||
1672 | Candy corn was originally called "Chicken Feed." | |
1673 | Turkeys have 270 degree eyesight. | |
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1680 | ||
1681 | Ants don't have lungs, they take in oxygen through tiny holes all over the body called spiracles. | |
1682 | ||
1683 | ||
1684 | Garden snails have around 14,000 teeth. | |
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1691 | Fingernails grow 2-3 times faster than toenails. | |
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1693 | Eggplants are actually a berry. | |
1694 | Astronauts at the International Space Station see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day. | |
1695 | You have enough blood vessels to circle the Earth 2.5 times. | |
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1700 | France has the most time zones of any country (12). | |
1701 | Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats. | |
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1707 | Rhinos can run up to 35 mph. | |
1708 | Cats typically meow to communicate with humans, not other cats. | |
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1712 | Ships float higher in salt water than in fresh water. | |
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1714 | Banana peels can be used to polish shoes. | |
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1717 | A group of flies is called a 'business'. | |
1718 | People born on a Leap Day are sometimes called 'leaplings'. | |
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1723 | If we could hear the Sun, it would create a deep, constant roar. | |
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1728 | Yellow is the most visible color in darkness, which is one reason why taxis are often yellow. | |
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1730 | Birds can sleep while flying. | |
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1732 | Hockey pucks are frozen before games to reduce bouncing. | |
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1739 | It will be over 20 years until the next total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. | |
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1741 | Astronauts are weightless in space because they are in free fall, not from a lack of gravity. | |
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1746 | Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years. | |
1747 | Mangoes are related to poison ivy. | |
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1772 | Platypuses have no stomachs. | |
1773 | Popcorn kernels can pop up to 3 feet in the air. | |
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1777 | Every Shih Tzu alive today can be traced to one of 14 dogs. | |
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1787 | No two sunsets are the same. | |
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1790 | Golf balls were once made of a leather pouch stuffed with feathers. | |
1791 | February used to be the last month of the year. | |
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1793 | In medieval Europe, animals were often taken to court and tried for various crimes. | |
1794 | Venus fly traps are only found natively in the US in North and South Carolina. | |
1795 | Owls can't move their eyes, so they must turn their heads to see | |
1796 | Sunsets on Mars are blue. | |
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1798 | Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia' is the fear of long words. | |
1799 | In some cases, hot water freezes faster than cold water. | |
1800 | Pigeon droppings are the property of the British royal family. | |
1801 | 'Karaoke' is Japanese for 'empty orchestra'. | |
1802 | Nebraska is the only state that is triply landlocked. | |
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1804 | Talkeetna, Alaska had a cat as mayor for 20 years. | |
1805 | Atlanta, TX is closer to Atlanta, GA than El Paso TX. | |
1806 | Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter. | |
1807 | No number before 1,000 contains the letter A. | |
1808 | The lighter was invented before the match. | |
1809 | There is a fence in Australia as long as the distance from NYC to London. | |
1810 | Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril. | |
1811 | Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. | |
1812 | Shadows are darker on the Moon. | |
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1814 | The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. | |
1815 | Ants can survive in a microwave because they are smaller than the wavelength of radiation. | |
1816 | An animal's yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer the yawn. | |
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1819 | A single strand of spaghetti is called a 'spaghetto.' | |
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1821 | All narwhal horns spiral in the same direction. | |
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1823 | The Netherlands has a squirrel bridge. | |
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1830 | Humans are the only animals with chins. | |
1831 | The average college football game lasts 3 hours and 22 minutes. | |
1832 | It's illegal to build sandcastles at certain beaches in Spain. | |
1833 | The cornea is the only part of the body that doesn't have a blood supply. It gets oxygen directly from the air. | |
1834 | The world's largest waterfall is underwater. | |
1835 | The fear of palindromes, aibohphobia, is ironically a palindrome. | |
1836 | Orca whales are one of only a handful of natural predators of the moose. | |
1837 | The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships are held in Finland. | |
1838 | Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to lizards. | |
1839 | The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac. | |
1840 | You can be allergic to cold weather. | |
1841 | The Leaning Tower of Pisa was never straight. | |
1842 | The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call. | |
1843 | A group of pandas is called an embarassment. | |
1844 | Michigan is home to the only floating post office. | |
1845 | "Wi-Fi" is not short for anything. | |
1846 | The speed of a computer mouse is measured in "mickeys". | |
1847 | During Prohibition, moonshiners would wear "cow shoes" that left hoofprints to evade police. | |
1848 | Tsundoku is the act of acquiring books and not reading them. | |
1849 | The city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses to identify damages, but instead, residents wrote them love letters. | |
1850 | A tiny town in Spain literally lives under a rock, as the homes are built into the rock. | |
1851 | A flock of ravens is called an "unkindness". | |
1852 | The Eiffel Tower was originally offered to Barcelona, but they turned it down. | |
1853 | September was originally the 7th month of the year, and "septem" is the Latin word for seven. | |
1854 | There are parts of Africa in all four hemispheres. | |
1855 | Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature. | |
1856 | The longest English word is 189,819 letters long and takes 3.5 hours to pronounce. | |
1857 | Researchers in California taught a sea lion to dance to a beat. | |
1858 | In Germany, citizens volunteer to help toads cross the road. | |
1859 | Some sloths have more neck bones than giraffes. | |
1860 | During WWI, soldiers used a terrier named Rags to communicate between divisions when shellfire damaged the telephone wires. | |
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1862 | The first stroller was engineered to be pulled by a goat or small pony. | |
1863 | In 2010, over 150 bottles of 170-year old champagne were found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in near perfect condition. | |
1864 | The average career length of an NFL player is just 3.3 years. | |
1865 | The first person convicted of speeding was going eight miles per hour. | |
1866 | The moon has moonquakes. | |
1867 | Bees occasionally sting other bees. | |
1868 | Bulls are partially colorblind and cannot see red. | |
1869 | Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. | |
1870 | The first known use of the phrase "trick-or-treat" occurred in the 1920s. | |
1871 | Cats can't taste anything sweet. | |
1872 | World Smile Day, the first Friday of October, was created by the artist behind the iconic yellow smiley-face. | |
1873 | More than 30 million pounds of candy corn are sold each year. | |
1874 | Messages from the human brain travel along nerves at up to 200 miles an hour. | |
1875 | Leaving a party without telling anyone is often called a "French Exit" or an "Irish Goodbye." | |
1876 | There is an active volcano in Colorado that last erupted as the pyramids were being built in Egypt. | |
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1878 | Redwoods are the tallest trees, reaching over 360 feet. | |
1879 | The word astronaut comes from the Ancient Greek words "Astro" ("star") and "naut" ("sailor"), so it literally means "star sailor." | |
1880 | The flashes of colored light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes." | |
1881 | At birth, a giant panda is as small as a kitten. | |
1882 | Service dogs emerged during World War I, when dogs were trained to assist soldiers. | |
1883 | An 11-year-old girl proposed the name of the (former) planet Pluto, after the Roman god of the Underworld. | |
1884 | There is an island called "Just Room Enough," where there's just enough room for a tree and a house. | |
1885 | There is an underwater version of rugby, unsurprisingly, called "underwater rugby." | |
1886 | Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family. | |
1887 | Fall has an actual smell, caused by trees shedding their leaves. | |
1888 | The sound of leaves rustling in the wind has a name: Psithurism. | |
1889 | A "griggle" is an apple left on the tree because it's too small to pick. | |
1890 | Heat weakens a magnet's magnetism. | |
1891 | The first professional football games on Thanksgiving were played November 25, 1920. | |
1892 | The average American gains one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. | |
1893 | There are two towns in the U.S. named "Turkey." | |
1894 | Minnesota raises the most turkeys in the U.S. | |
1895 | Scientists discovered sharks living in an underwater volcano but cannot investigate due to the acidity & heat. | |
1896 | The tradition of playing football on Thanksgiving originated with college football in 1876. | |
1897 | The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621. | |
1898 | The first x-ray was invented in Germany in November 1895. | |
1899 | For many years, Monowi, NE had a population of one. She was the Mayor, bartender and librarian. | |
1900 | Red squirrels make mushroom jerky to prepare for the winter. | |
1901 | The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old. | |
1902 | Chickadees' brains swell during fall to help them remember where seeds are buried. | |
1903 | Apple cider is the official state beverage of New Hampshire. | |
1904 | The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869. | |
1905 | Dingoes have rotating wrists allowing them to open doors. | |
1906 | Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears." | |
1907 | Black Friday was once called Big Friday. | |
1908 | Swedish meatballs originated from a recipe brought back from Turkey in the 18th century. | |
1909 | Elephants sing as loudly as a chainsaw, but at a frequency too low for humans to hear. | |
1910 | If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a "Pizzly Bear." | |
1911 | The ten highest mountain summits in the United States are all located in Alaska. | |
1912 | The most expensive book ever purchased was sold for over $30 million. | |
1913 | The first known game of basketball was played on December 21, 1891. | |
1914 | The tradition of kissing under mistletoe dates back to the 1700s. | |
1915 | December 30th is known as National Bacon Day in the United States. | |
1916 | The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901. | |
1917 | There must be pollen or dust in the air for snow to form. | |
1918 | It takes about 1 hour for a snowflake to reach the ground. | |
1919 | There is a hotel in Sweden made of ice that is re-sculpted each winter. | |
1920 | Reindeer migrate more milage than any other land animal. | |
1921 | The rare thundersnow occurs when a snowstorm has both thunder and lightning. | |
1922 | All mammals get goosebumps. | |
1923 | The first New Year's celebration dates back 4,000 years. | |
1924 | Originally, candy canes were only white, and they didn't have the bend. | |
1925 | Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman. | |
1926 | Sketches of the helicopter date back as early as 400 B.C. | |
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1928 | The term "January Thaw" is used to describe the brief period of warm weather that sometimes occurs in January. | |
1929 | January is national Hot Tea Month. | |
1930 | Alaska's integration to the U.S. was on January 3rd, 1959. | |
1931 | January was named for Janus, a Roman god of beginnings and doorways. | |
1932 | Ravens' moods are affected by others. | |
1933 | Some figs aren't considered vegan because they have dead wasps inside. | |
1934 | Nobody knows how to open the entire vault at Fort Knox. | |
1935 | Nomophobia is the fear of not having a mobile phone. | |
1936 | When threatened, ladybugs bleed from their knees. | |
1937 | Cookies were the first food baked in space. | |
1938 | A growlery is a place where you go to be alone when you're cranky. | |
1939 | Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies. | |
1940 | Humans shed about 500 million skin cells a day, losing about 1.5lbs of skin per year. | |
1941 | A duel between three people is called a "truel." | |
1942 | There is a snow maze in Manitoba that is around 50,000 sq. feet. | |
1943 | People once believed that birds flew to the moon for winter. | |
1944 | Lunar New Year festivities date back to the 14th Century BCE. | |
1945 | Both Arizona and Oregon became states on Valentine's Day. | |
1946 | Wisconsin uses cheese brines instead of salt to de-ice roads. | |
1947 | Shovel racing is a snow sport where riders race down hills on shovels at up to 70mph. | |
1948 | Groundhogs are sometimes called whistlepigs as they whistle when threatened. | |
1949 | Babies have a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on Leap Day. | |
1950 | The longest one-syllable words in the English language all start with "s" or "b". | |
1951 | You could fit 5 of the smallest snails discovered into a grain of sand. | |
1952 | The kererū (New Zealand Wood Pigeon) is known for getting drunk off fermented fruit & falling out of trees. | |
1953 | 400 trees in Poland's Krzywy Las ("Crooked Forest") are mysteriously and identically bent. | |
1954 | The fear of running out of something to read is called abibliophobia. | |
1955 | In the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to bookcases. | |
1956 | Small animals tend to perceive time as if it is passing in slow motion as they see more in a second than others. | |
1957 | Killing a dolphin in ancient Greece was punishable by death. | |
1958 | A group of goldfish is called a "troubling." | |
1959 | Though not commonly used, the day after tomorrow is called "overmorrow." | |
1960 | Tigers cannot purr. When they are happy or feel safe, they squint or close their eyes. | |
1961 | March 3 is "What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day." | |
1962 | A branded blimp is the official bird of Redondo Beach, California. | |
1963 | The "O" before an Irish name, such as "O'Reilly," means "descendant of". | |
1964 | Sweden has a rabbit show jumping competition called Kaninhoppning. | |
1965 | The Eiffel Tower was completed in March 1889. | |
1966 | March was named for Mars, the god of war, as March was when military campaigns resumed. | |
1967 | March is the most unproductive month of the year in the U.S. likely due to basketball viewership. | |
1968 | On March 10, 1876, the first-ever phone call was made. | |
1969 | Typing keyboards used to be arranged alphabetically. | |
1970 | The first Woman's History Day took place on 1909. | |
1971 | Basketball was invented because teachers were upset that so few students took P.E. classes in winter. | |
1972 | There are about 5,000 three-leaf clovers for every "lucky" four-leaf clover. | |
1973 | There is a festival in Ireland where a wild goat is caught and made king for 3 days. | |
1974 | The term "lawn mullet" means having a neatly manicured front yard while the back is unmowed. | |
1975 | "Equinox" means equal night, but there's actually a few more minutes of light than darkness on the Spring Equinox. | |
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1979 | Over 800 languages are spoken in Papau New Guinea. | |
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1984 | April is National Grilled Cheese Month in the United States. | |
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1992 | In some countries, people throw flour at each other as an April Fools' Day tradition. |