Sound carries so well in the Arctic that on a calm day, a conversation can be heard from 1.8 miles away.
There is over 70,000,000 rats in New York, That is an average of about 9 rats per person
The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.
Forty-six US federal agencies have officers with the authority to carry firearms and arrest people.
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
In Bexley, Ohio Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.
The state flower of Texas is the Bluebonnet; the state tree is a pecan.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."
The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.
The dioxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is 150,000 times deadlier than cyanide.
During his lifetime Paganini published only five compisitions. He didn't expect anybody to be able to play them, and at that time nobody could.
A 14-year old French girl had extraordinary electrical power. With a gentle touch she could knock over heavy pieces of furniture and people in physical contact with her received an electrical shock.
Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
The top downhill speed of the Ford Model T was 50 miles per hour.
Jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.
Greenland has more ice on it than Iceland does. In fact, Iceland has more grass and trees than Greenland does.
The first credit card, issued in 1950, was Diner's Club. Frank X. McNamara started the company with 200 card holders.
It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.
Most people hear better out of their right ear.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
Bird eggs come in a wide variety of sizes. The largest egg from a living bird belongs to the ostrich. It is more than 2,000 times larger than the smallest bird egg, which is produced by the hummingbird. Ostrich eggs are about 7.1 inches long, 5.5 inches wide and typically weigh 2.7 pounds. Hummingbird eggs are half an inch long, a third of an inch wide and weigh half a gram, or less than a fifth of an ounce.
Jimmy Carter was the first President born in a hospital.
Astronauts grow taller in space
Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most popular whole bean coffee flavorings.
The record for the most weddings is held by King Mogul of Siam, who had 9000 weddings and 9000 wives.
The Eiffel Tower is painted approximately once every 7 years and requires nearly 50 tons of paint each time.
In German, "eins" and "acht" are the only numbers with their letters in alphabetical order.
A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
In West Virginia you cannot fly a red flag in front of your house if you are disappointed in your sherrif.
Cows sweat through their noses.
Key West, Florida is the southernmost point in the continental United States. South Point, Hawaii is the country's southernmost point overall.
MacDonalds fries are made with beef flavoring. mmmmmmm.
The average flea can jump up to 350 times its own length. To match that a human would have to jump 1,000 feet.
Polaris is the closest visible star to true north and is thus referred to as the North Star. By sometime around the year 2100, the wobble of the Earth's axis will slowly begin pointing the North Pole away from Polaris. By the year 14,000 A.D., the new North Star will be Vega.
Hamlet is the most demanding of Shakespeare�s roles with 1,422 lines or roughly 36% of the total number of spoken lines in the play. Hamlet�s role is made up of 11,610 words. The character Falstaff has the most lines of any character in all of Shakespeare�s plays combined with 1,614 spoken lines in three different plays: Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
Mary Queen of Scots was a skilful billiards player
There are 10,000,000 bricks in the Empire State Building.
In 1789, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States.
Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum. They were a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.
One 75-watt light bulb gives off more light than three 25-watt light bulbs.
A Fag is to work hard or to tire by strenuous activity and cigarettes are sometimes called Fags
Bees kill more people a year than sharks do.
It is illegal to take more than 2 baths a month within Boston confines.
A wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a hurricane.
It is estimated that a plastic container can resist decomposition for as long as 50,000 years.
Tallahassee, FL was the only Southern capital east of the Mississippi not captured during the U.S. Civil War.
An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and white worms like fried pork rinds.
A healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.
The animal whose brain accounts for the largest share of its body weight is the squirrel monkey. It's brain makes up about 5% of its total weight.
Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states in the United States.
In Pennsylvania: "Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes."
The first cookbook published in the United States was Compleat Housewife, or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion, printed in Williamsburg, VA in 1742.
In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.
In Siberia, in 1994, a container full of marijuana was discovered in the 2,000-year-old grave of a Scythian princess and priestess, among the many other articles buried with her.
A foal is a baby horse.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Bumping foreheads with a hands shake is the traditional greeting in Tibet.
Source: Growing up jewish
Potato chips are American's favorite snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
It is illegal in Reno, Nevada to conceal a spray-painted shopping cart in your basement.
The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots.
Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves.
Chicken liver can be used to change A type blood to O type blood
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
Every year, Mexico City sinks about 10 inches.
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I.