Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades (King David) Clubs (Alexander the Great) Hearts (Charlemagne) and Diamonds (Julius Caesar)
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than Left-handed people do.
The first automatic vibrator was invented in 1869 and was steam powered. It was used to treat female disorders
Americans use over 16,000 tons of aspirin a year
Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard
George Washington grew marijuana in his garden
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His,parents thought he might be retarded
The origin of the word "penis" is Latin, meaning "tail."
Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a starOdds of being killed by falling out of bed- 1 in 2 million
About 50% of women have one breast that is larger than the other
Average number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200
In 1709 it was believed that the widespread infertility of Spanish women was due to singing during sex
The electric chair was invented by a dentist
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." Is False, the name can be traced backed to the early 1800's. The name was very rare and only became popular after the book was written
There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun
It is impossible to lick your elbow
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
More People use blue toothbrushes then red ones
Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,and Budweiser, in that order
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the General Purpose" vehicle, GP
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable
The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
The reason people say "God Bless you" when you sneeze is because your heart actually stops as long as it takes for you to sneeze
Pacing yourself with your finger allows you to read faster
More people have a phobia of frogs than rats
More people have a phobia of vomiting than death
The human brain only accounts for 2% of your body weight, but takes up more than 20% of your blood flow
Males sweat 40% more then females
Testosterone in males decreases 10% every 10 years
Plain grain products lower your IQ, while whole grain products increase your IQ
Cows milk gives 8 in 10 people coronary heart disease
Eating lemons make you live longer
Broccoli is the food with the best anti-cancer properties
Eating half an orange a day reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%
Eating one meal of fish a week reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
On average people fear spiders more than they do death
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders. (This is nice to know!)
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill
Almonds are a member of the peach family
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
Most lipstick contains fish scales
On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom
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