1. Banging your head against a wall burns
150 calories an hour.
2. In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies
on Christmas Day!
3. Pteronophobia is the fear of being
tickled by feathers!
4. When hippos are upset, their sweat
turns red.
5. A flock of crows is known as a murder.
6. “Facebook Addiction Disorder” is a
mental disorder identified by
Psychologists.
7. The average woman uses her height in
lipstick every 5 years.
8. 29th May is officially “Put a Pillow on
Your Fridge Day“.
9. Cherophobia is the fear of fun.
10. Human saliva has a boiling point three
times that of regular water.
11. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the
ground it can’t hop.
12. Hyphephilia are people who get
aroused by touching fabrics.
13. Billy goats urinate on their own heads
to smell more attractive to females.
14. The person who invented the Frisbee
was cremated and made into frisbees
after he died!
15. During your lifetime, you will produce
enough saliva to fill two swimming
pools.
16. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly
away with it.
17. Polar bears can eat as many as 86
penguins in a single sitting.
18. King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe
beside him.
19. Bikinis and tampons invented by men.
20. If Pinokio says “My Noes Will Grow
Now”, it would cause a paradox. Details
here.
21. Heart attacks are more likely to happen
on a Monday.
22. If you consistently fart for 6 years & 9
months, enough gas is produced to
create the energy of an atomic bomb!
23. An average person’s yearly fast food
intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
24. The top six foods that make your fart
are beans, corn, bell peppers,
cauliflower, cabbage and milk!
25. There is a species of spider called the
Hobo Spider.
26. ‘Penis Fencing’ is a scientific term for
the mating ritual between flatworms. It
involves two flatworms attempting to
stab the other flatworm with their
penis.
27. A toaster uses almost half as much
energy as a full-sized oven.
28. A baby spider is called a spiderling.
29. You cannot snore and dream at the
same time.
30. The following can be read forward and
backwards: Do geese see God?
31. A baby octopus is about the size of a
flea when it is born.
32. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the
first passengers in a hot air balloon.
33. In Uganda, 50% of the population is
under 15 years of age.
34. Hitler’s mother considered abortion but
the doctor persuaded her to keep the
baby.
35. Arab women can initiate a divorce if
their husbands don’t pour coffee for
them.
36. Recycling one glass jar saves enough
energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
37. Smearing a small amount of dog feces
on an insect bite will relieve the itching
and swelling.
38. Catfish are the only animals that
naturally have an odd number of
whiskers.
39. Facebook, Skype and Twitter are all
banned in China.
40. 95% of people text things they could
never say in person.
41. The Titanic was the first ship to use the
SOS signal.
42. In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of
business because of a store across the
road called ’99p Stores’, which was
selling the same products but for just 1
pence cheaper! Read More.
43. About 8,000 Americans are injured by
musical instruments each year.
44. The French language has seventeen
different words for ‘surrender’.
45. Nearly three percent of the ice in
Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
46. Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert
Zimmerman.
47. A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out :p
48. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep
so they don’t drift away from each
other.
49. A small child could swim through the
veins of a blue whale.
50. Bin Laden’s death was announced on
1st May 2011. Hitler’s death was
announced on 1st May 1945.
51. J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name
‘Hermione’ so young girls wouldn’t be
teased for being nerdy!
52. Hewlett-Packard’s name was decided in
a coin toss.
53. The total number of steps in the Eiffel
Tower are 1665.
54. The Pokémon Hitmonlee and
Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee
and Jackie Chan.
55. The toothpaste ‘Colgate’ in Spanish
translates to ‘go hang yourself’. Read
More.
56. Pirates wore earrings because they
believed it improved their eyesight.
57. Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de
Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles
de Porciuncula.”
58. Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg Corn
Flakes in hopes that it would reduce
masturbation.
59. The testicles on an octopus are located
in its head!
