1. You breathe on average about 5 million
times a year.
2. Months that begin on a Sunday always
have a Friday the 13th in them.
3. You are born with 300 bones, by the
time you are an adult you will have 206.
4. The average lead pencil will write a line
about 35 miles long or write
approximately 50,000 English words.
5. One fourth of the bones in your body
are in your feet.
6. The average person spends 2 weeks of
their lifetime waiting for the light to
change from red to green.
7. It takes more calories to eat a piece of
celery than the celery has in it.
8. The present population is expected to
rise to 15 Billion by the year 2080.
9. The largest recorded snowflake was 15
inches wide and 8 inches thick.
10. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that
the sound it makes is actually a tiny
sonic boom.
11. Native Americans used to name their
children after the first thing they saw as
they left their tepees after their children
were born, hence the names Sitting Bull
and Running Water.
12. The Matami Tribe of West Africa play
their own version of football, instead of
a normal football they use a human
skull.
13. Coca-Cola would be green if the food
colorant wasn't added.
14. During the 17th Century, the Sultan of
Turkey ordered his hole harem of
women to be drowned and replaced
with a new one.
15. Coffins used for cremation are usually
made with plastic handles.
16. "Almost" is the longest word in the
English language with all the letters in
alphabetical order.
17. Human thigh bones are stronger than
concrete.
18. Cockroaches can live several weeks
with their heads cut off.
19. It is impossible to sneeze with your
eyes open. We dare you, give it a try!
20. A Ten Gallon Hat will only hold 3/4 of a
Gallon.
21. Of all the words in the English language,
the word "SET" has the most
definitions.
22. It is against the law to burp, or sneeze
inside a church in Nebraska.
23. In 1386 a pig in France was executed
by public hanging for the murder of a
child.
24. Earth is the only planet not named after
a god.
25. The world's oldest piece of chewing
gum is over 9,000 years old!
26. Scientists have tracked butterflies
travelling over 3,000 miles.
27. The silkworm consumes 86,000 times
its own weight in 56 days.
28. If removed from the stress of the
modern world, the average human
would sleep about 10 hours a day.
29. To produce a single pound of honey, a
single bee would have to visit 2 million
flowers.
30. A colony of 500 bats can eat
approximately 250,000 insects in an
hour.
31. One in Five adults believe that aliens are
hiding in our planet disguised as
humans.
32. Travelling masseuses in ancient Japan
were required by law to be blind.
33. The bloodhound is the only animal
whose evidence is admissible in court.
34. James Fixx, the man who popularized
jogging in America died of a heart
attack while running.
35. The average American spends about a
year and a half of his or her life
watching commercials on television.
What are you doing?! Get out and
spend that year and a half doing
something productive!
36. Ancient Greeks practiced a form
(ineffective) of birth control that
consisted of having a woman hold her
breath, making her squat, and
sneezing.
37. The FDA permits up to 5 whole insects
per 100 grams of apple butter.
38. There are no naturally occurring blue
foods, even blueberries are purple!
39. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is
present in all the important meetings of
the University of London.
40. The elephant is the only mammal that
can't jump!
41. Just like fingerprints, everyone's tongue
is different.
42. The longest recorded flight of a chicken
is 13 seconds.
43. 400 Quarter Pounders can be made
from a single cow.
44. Only 38% of Americans eat breakfast
every day.
45. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
46. 11% of the World is left handed.
47. A "Jiffy" is the scientific name for
1/100th of a second.
48. A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer
than the Wright brothers' first flight.
49. A broken clock is right two times a day.
50. A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere,
no one knows why.
