You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
In the building trade a slate measuring 24 by 12 inches is called a
Federal law forbids recycling used eyeglasses in the United States.
Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue.
The Great Lakes are Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
Humans are the only animals that can blush.
Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
In 1987, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers became the first NHL goalie to score a goal. Actually, Ron Hextall was the first NHL goalie to score a goal by shooting the puck towards the opposing team's net in 1987. Billy Smith was the first goalie credited with a goal in 1979 when his clearing pass hit an opposing skater and went into the other team's goal.
Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.
Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846.
All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan" were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Sick Children in London.
Did you know that 85.7% of statisics are made up?
Our sun and the surrounding planets orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy once every 250 million years.
There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.
The apricot can be traced back to China at least four thousand years ago, and it first appeared in Greek mythology as the "golden apple".
The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.
As mentioned, the first Fords used Dodge engines. Many ford vehicles now use Nissan engines, especially in Mini-vans.
Gweneth Paltrow's nickname for Steven Speilberg is "Uncle Morty."
The most expensive painting ever sold at auction was Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh. On May 15, 1990, Ryoei Saito paid $75 million for it. He followed up that spending spree by paying the second-highest price ever, $71 million for Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir, just two days later.
McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.
Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.
Research show that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.
The Earths core is a ball of Iron-Nickle at 7,000 C and is 80% the size of the moon.
The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).
The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), and Pope Leo VIII (d 963-965) all died while having sex.
In the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.
If the goverment passed a law that all the outdoor lighting in the united states had to be provided by low pressure sodium light bulbs, then they would save enough money to pay for evey college students tuition.
Wrigley's promoted their new spearmint-flavored chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each of the 1.5 million names listed in US telephone books.
The rosy periwinkle plant, found in Madagascar, is used to cure leukemia.
No solar eclipse can last longer than 7 minutes 58 seconds because of the speed at which the sun moves.
A Cheetah at full speed takes strides of 8 meters.
One - quarter of the world's cattle live in India.
There are ten million bricks in the Empire State Building.
More than 100 years ago, the felt hat makers of England used mercury to stabilize wool. Most of them eventually became poisoned by the fumes, as demonstrated by the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Breathing mercury's fumes over a long period of time will cause erethism, a disorder characterized by nervousness, irritability, and strange personality changes.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the third largest city in the state.
Eating breakfast will help you burn from 5-20% more calories throughout the day.
The tsetse fly kills another 66,000 people annually.
Massachusetts law declares that peanuts may not be eaten in court.
If you leave a goldfish in a dark room for years, it will turn white.
The words "volt" and "voltage" are named for a member of the Italian nobility in the 1700s named Count Voltman.
The active ingredient in smelling salts is ammonia.
The Volkswagen was originally called the "Strength Through Joy Wagon".
Zebras are members of the Equus genus.
Before the 984 foot high Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was the tallest building in the world at 555 feet.
Six ounces of orange juice contains the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C.
The average adult guinea pig weighs 2 pounds.
The four principal characters from the cartoon series "The Chipmunks" are Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and Dave.
The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
A poll of 3,000 Americans found that for 41 percent, the thing they're most afraid of is speaking before a group of people. 32 percent stated they were afraid of heights.
Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Anne Archer are members of the Church of Scientology
The act of snapping your fingers has a name: fillip.
Men commit suicide three times more frequently than women do. But women attempt suicide two to three times more often than men.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
In Vermont it is illegal to paint landscapes in times of war.
There is a butterfly found in Brazil that has the smell and color of a chocolate.
If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception.)
The soundtrack to Oklahoma was the first album to sell one million copies on August 18, 1958.
The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice versa.
Everyone knows that the U.S. gold depository is in Fort Knox, Kentucky. But nobody seems to know that the U.S. silver depository is at West Point, New York.
Salt caravans crossing the Sahara desert sometimes numbered as many as 40,000 camels.
Pregnant female polar bears will not eat for several months while resting in her den under the snow. Thanx Tony W.
Among transsexuals who choose sex-change operations, females who elect to become males are reportedly happier and better adjusted after the procedures than males who elect to become female.
The 1st annual Grammy Awards were awarded in 1959. The Record of the Year was "Volare" by Domenico Modugno, the Album of the Year was "Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini and the winner of the best R&B performance was "Tequila" by Champs.
You can now buy a coffin which can be used as a wine rack, table, and / or bookcase before you are buried in it.
Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words.
The largest stained-glass window in the world is at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It can be found in the American Airlines terminal building and measures 300 feet long by 23 feet high.
Pope Adrian VI choked to death after a fly got stuck in his throat as he was taking a drink from a fountain
The deepest spot in any ocean is the Mariana Trench. It's 36,198 feet below sea level (about seven miles).
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.