#1
A Goldfish's attention span is three seconds.
#2
Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
#3
Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes under water.
#4
Slugs have four noses.
#5
Camels have three eyelids.
#6
A honey bee can fly at 15mph.
#7
A queen bee can lay 800-1,500 eggs per day.
#9
The average speed of a housefly is 4.5 mph.
#10
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
#11
Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp.
#12
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward.
#13
Cats have over 100 vocal chords.
#14
Camel's milk does not curdle.
#15
All porcupines float in water.
#16
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
#17
A hummingbird weighs less then a penny.
#18
A jellyfish is 95% water.
#19
Children grow faster in the spring.
#20
Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower.
#21
Almonds are part of the peach family.
#22
Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
#23
The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument.
#24
The state of Maine has 62 lighthouses.
#25
The only food that does not spoil is honey.
#26
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
#27
A ball of glass will bounce higher then a ball of rubber.
#28
Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.
#29
On average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.
#31
The average human will eat an average of eight spiders while sleeping.
#32
There are one million ants to every human in the world.
#33
Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music!
#34
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.
#35
Elephants only sleep two hours a day.
#36
A duck's quack doesn't echo.
#37
A snail breathes through its foot.
#39
An ant's smell is stronger then a dog's.
#40
It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down.
#41
Shrimp can only swim backward.
#42
Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.
#43
A cat's lower jaw cannot move sideways.
#44
The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
#45
Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles per day.
#46
Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.
#47
Giraffes have no vocal chords.
#48
Cats can hear ultrasound.
#49
Despite its hump ... camels has a straight spine.
#50
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
#51
There are 63,360 inches in a mile.
#52
Eleven percent of people in the world are left-handed.
#53
The average women consumes six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.
#54
The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.
#55
A human brain weighs about three pounds.
#56
A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
#57
You blink over 10,000,000 times a year.
#58
A sneeze travels out of your nose at 100 mph.
#59
Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.
#60
The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.
#62
The lifespan of a taste bud is 10 days.
#63
The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.
#64
Strawberries contain more vitamin C then oranges.
#65
A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion math calculations.
#66
Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza a day.
#67
There are 18 different animal shapes in the animal cracker zoo.
#68
The longest one syllable word is "screeched."
#69
No word in the English language rhymes with month.
#70
A "jiffy" is actually 1/100 of a second.
#71
There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virginia.
#72
The average person uses 150 gallons of water per day for personal use.
#73
The average person spends two weeks of its life waiting for a traffic...
#74
You share your birthday with nine million others in the world.
#75
The average person makes 1,140 phone calls per year.
#76
The average person spends two years on the phone in his/her lifetime.
#77
No piece of paper can be folded more then seven times.
#78
Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S.
#79
There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter.
#80
About 18 percent of animal owners share their bed with their pet.
#81
Alaska has more caribou than people.
#82
August has the highest percentage of births.
#83
Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros).
#84
Oysters can change genders back and forth.
#85
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
#86
Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
#87
A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance.
#88
A ten gallon hat holds less then one gallon of liquid.
#89
The average American walks 18,000 steps a day.
#90
The average raindrop falls at seven mph.
#91
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
#93
A kangaroo can jump 30 feet.
#94
Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.
#95
Squids can have eyeballs the size of volleyballs.
#96
The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime.
#97
A turkey can run at 20 mph.
#98
When the moon is directly over you, you weigh less.
#99
You burn 20 calories an hour chewing gum.
#100
In a year, the average person walks four miles making their bed.
#101
About half of all Americans are on a diet at any given time.
#102
A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.
#103
Frowning burns more calories then smiling.
#104
There are more then 30,000 diets on public record.
#105
You will burn seven percent more calories walking on hard dirt then pavement.
#106
You weigh less at the top of a mountain then sea level.
#107
You burn more calories sleeping then watching TV.
#108
Licking a stamp burns 10 calories.
#109
Smelling apples and/or bananas can help you lose weight.
#111
Only male turkeys gobble.
#112
At birth, a Dalmatian is always pure white.
#113
The fastest recorded speed of a racehorse was over 43 mph.
#114
The oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived to be 152 years old.
#115
Bamboo makes up 99 percent of a panda's diet.
#116
The largest fish is the whale shark - it can be over 50 feet long and...
#117
The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out.
#118
Honeybees are the only insects that create a form of food for humans.
#119
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
#120
The only continent without native reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
#121
The only bird that can swim and not fly is a penguin.
#122
A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
#123
Beavers were once the size of bears.
#124
Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time.
#125
Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.
#126
A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.
#127
A hummingbird's heart beats 1,400 times a minute.
#128
Dragonflies have six legs but can't walk.
#129
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
#130
Koala and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
#131
Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh...
#132
A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
#133
Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass.
#134
An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.
#135
A single coffee tree produces only about a pound of coffee beans per year.
#136
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
#137
The city of Los Angeles has three times more automobiles than people.
#138
Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.
#139
Hawaii is the only state with one school district.
#140
Holland is the only country with a national dog.
#141
The square dance is the official dance of the state of Washington.
#142
Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero...
#143
"Q" is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any...
#144
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots...
#145
Lake Superior is the world's largest lake.
#146
The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as Manhattan.
#147
Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on...
#148
The tallest man was 8 ft. 11 in.
#149
Theodore Roosevelt was the only president who was blind in one eye.
#150
The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.
#151
The fastest served ball in tennis was clocked at 154 mph in 1963.
#152
In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph.
#153
The speed limit in NYC was eight mph in 1895.
#154
Americans spend more than $630 million a year on golf balls.
#155
In 1926, the first outdoor mini-golf courses were built on rooftops in NYC.
#156
Swimming pools in the U.S. contain enough water to cover San Francisco.
#157
The first TV soap opera debuted in 1946.
#158
The first MTV video was "Video Killed the Radio Star," by the Buggles.
#159
The first TV show ever to be put into reruns was "The Lone Ranger."
#160
One alternative title that had been considered for NBC's hit "Friends"...
#161
The first TV network kids show in the U.S. was "Captain Kangaroo."
#162
The temperature of the sun can reach up to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit.
#163
The first penny had the motto "Mind your own business."
#164
The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horses.
#165
Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise.
#166
Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.
#167
You have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound.
#168
One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
#169
The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip.
#170
In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names.
#171
The most sensitive parts of the body are the mouth and the fingertips.
#172
The eye makes movements 50 times every second.
#173
Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.
#174
The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.
#175
In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.
#176
The first bike was called a hobbyhorse.
#177
The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
#178
The first ballpoint pens were sold in 1945 for $12.00.
#179
The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
#180
The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
#181
The first jukebox was located in San Francisco in 1899.
#182
A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.
#183
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. has 365 steps to represent every...
#184
The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N.
#185
A male kangaroo is called a boomer.
#186
A female kangaroo is called a flyer.
#187
There are over 61,000 pizzerias in the U.S.
#188
Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest, and highest continent on earth.
#189
The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from California to...
#190
Thailand means "Land of the Free."
#191
Popcorn was invented by the American Indians.
#192
Jupiter spins so fast that there is a new sunrise nearly every 10 hours.
#193
The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won't happen again...
#194
You don't have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court Justice.
#195
Eleven of the 50 states are named after an actual person.
#196
If you doubled one penny every day for 30 days, you would have $5,368,709.
#197
The first person crossed Niagara Falls by tightrope in 1859.
#198
The U.S. is the largest country names after an actual person (Amerigo...
#199
The largest cheesecake ever made weighed 57,508 lbs.
#200
The first country to use postcards was Austria.
#206
Over 1 million earths would fit inside the sun.
#208
Add up opposing sides of a dice cue and you'll always get seven.
#214
Giraffes can lick their own eyes.
#218
A jackrabbit can travel more than 12 feet in one hop.
#221
The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach...
#227
Tsiology is anything written about tea.
#228
There is a town in South Dakota named Tea.
#229
The Caspian Sea is actually a lake.
#232
The blue whale's heart is the size of a small car.
#233
There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right side up.
#236
Cows give more milk when they listen to music.
#238
An ostrich's brain is smaller than its eye.
#244
The watermelon seed-spitting world record is about 70 feet.
#251
There are more French restaurants in New York City than in Paris.
#257
The first food eaten in space by a U.S. astronaut was applesauce.
#258
Lemon wood is carved into chess pieces.
#262
The act of chewing an apple is a more efficient way to stay awake than...
#267
Double Dutch jump rope is considered a cross-training sport.
#268
One lemon tree will produce about 1,500 lemons a year.
#269
Horseback riding can improve your posture.
#270
Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry.
#272
At birth a human has 350 bones, but only 206 bones when full grown.
#273
Each year, the average American eats about 15 pounds of apples.
#275
It took the first man to walk around the world four years, three months...
#278
China only has one time zone.
#292
Heavier, not bigger, lemons produce more juice.
#294
No only child has been a U.S. President.
#300
Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.
#302
Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
#312
A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping.
#315
No two lip impressions are the same.
#326
On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.
#336
The last letter to be added to our alphabet was J.
#346
The medical term for writer's cramp is graphospasm.
#351
Cold water weighs less than hot water.
#354
Bamboo can grow three feet in one day.
#357
A baboon is a variety of lemon.
#358
Butterflies were formerly known by the name Flutterby.
#359
A teaspoon contains 120 drops of water.
#360
Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
#363
Pearls dissolve in vinegar.
#366
The center of some golf balls contain honey.
#370
Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.
#372
A housefly hums in the key of F.
#381
Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.
#383
Mount Katahdin in Maine is the first place in the U.S. to get sunlight...
#390
Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
#396
The dragonfly can reach speeds of up to 36 mph.
#399
Manhattan was the first capital of the United States.
#406
The deepest place in the ocean is about seven miles deep.
#408
Panda bears eat up to 16 hours a day.
#409
Approximately 16,500 people in the U.S. go by the last name Lemon.
#411
Lifejackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for flotation.
#419
A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.
#422
Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
#423
U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper - it's actually a blend of cotton...
#424
The "ZIP" in the ZIP code stands for Zone Improvement Plan.
#425
Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
#427
Lemons ripen after you pick them, but oranges do not.
#428
There are 118 ridges on the edge of a United States dime.
#429
There are 336 dimples on a regulation American golf ball.
#430
One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
#431
A twit is the technical term for a pregnant goldfish.
#436
Beavers have orange teeth.
#437
The woodpecker can hammer wood up to 16 times per second.
#438
Mount Everest rises a few millimeters every year.
#439
Snails can sleep for up to three years.
#440
The pupils in goats' eyes are rectangular.
#442
Bees' wings beat 11,400 times per minute.
#444
The Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 sandal.
#445
If there are two full moons in a month, the second one is called a "blue"...
#446
You breathe in about 13 pints of air every minute.
#447
A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
#448
The sun evaporates about a trillion tons of water a day.
#449
Sound travels quicker in water than in air.
#450
A group of cats is called a clowder.
#452
There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue.
#453
Raindrops can fall as fast as 20 miles per hour.
#454
Polar bear fur is transparent, not white.
#455
Lobsters can live up to 50 years.
#458
Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
#463
The dot over the letter "I" is called a tittle.
#464
Cows do not have upper front teeth.
#469
454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound.
#473
Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.
#474
To temporarily revive your ballpoint pen, dip the tip into hot water for...
#475
Wrapping rubber bands around the ends of hangers can prevent clothes from...
#476
Replacing your car's air filter can improve gas mileage by 10 percent.
#477
A chalkboard eraser is one of the best ways to wipe a foggy windshield.
#478
Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer...
#479
Knots come out easier if you sprinkle talcum powder on them.
#480
You can tell which day a loaf of bread was baked by the color of its...
#484
Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it...
#485
Refrigerating apples can help them last up to 10 times longer than those...
#486
While chopping onions, hold a piece of bread between your lips to keep...
#487
Place an apple in the bag with your potatoes to keep them from budding.
#488
Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when...
#489
To keep an ice cream cone from dripping, stuff a miniature marshmallow...
#490
To take lumps out of a bag of sugar, place it in the refrigerator for 24...
#492
To remove crayon marks from walls, use a hairdryer to heat the wax.
#493
To make a zipper slide up and down more smoothly, rub a bar of soap over...
#494
Wipe the leaves of your plants with the soft inside of a banana skin to...
#496
To clean paint off your hands, use olive oil - it softens the paint and...
#497
To fix a button about to fall off, dab a little clear nail polish over...
#651
Forty-six percent of leisure visitors to downtown New York City come from...
#654
New York taxi drivers collectively speak 60 languages
#658
New York City is made up of 50 islands.
#660
The strike note of The Liberty Bell is E flat.
#661
Pigs were banished from Philadelphia's city streets in 1710.
#662
Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States.
#663
Forty percent of America's population lives within a one-day drive to...
#664
It is against the law to put pretzels in bags in Philadelphia.
#665
One in six doctors in America was trained in Philadelphia.
#667
The shoreline at Wildwood grows almost 100 feet per year.
#668
Cape May is the oldest seashore resort in America.
#669
In the game Monopoly, the properties are named after streets in Atlantic...
#670
Long Beach Island was once frequented by pirates.
#671
There is a town called "Jersey Shore" in Pennsylvania.
#672
The Wildwood Boardwalk extends nearly two miles and has more than 70,000...
#673
The first Ferris wheel was built in Atlantic City in 1869.
#674
Snapple helped fund the creation of more than 138 new PSAL Teams.
#675
Snapple helped fund the creation of the C.H.A.M.P.S. Sports & Fitness...
#673
The average turtle can’t reproduce until it’s 25 years old.
#674
The oldest living animal ever found was a 405 year-old clam, named Ming...
#675
More than 180 countries celebrate Earth Day together every April 22nd.
#676
At 5 feet, the whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America.
#677
A full-grown tree produces enough oxygen to support a family of four.
#678
Unlike your housecat, the Siberian tiger actually loves to swim!
#679
A tiger’s night vision is six times better than a human’s.
#680
More Siberian tigers live in zoos than in the wild.
#681
The jaguar, the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere, once lived all...
#682
The giant panda can eat up to 83 lbs of bamboo a day.
#683
Wildlife Forever has helped plant 132,420 trees in America since its...
#684
Manhattan Island was once home to as many different species as...
#685
Dogs can make about 10 sounds, cats make about 100.
#686
A Pelican can hold more food in its beak than its belly.
#687
The average cat can jump 5 times as high as its tail is long.
#688
Flying fish leap out of the water at 20 mph or more, and can glide for...
#689
The roadrunner chases after its prey at a blurring speed of up to 25 mph.
#690
A chameleon shoots out its tongue to catch prey at speeds faster than a...
#691
The archer fish can spit water up to 7 feet to shoot down bugs from...
#692
The spotted skunk does a handstand to warn off its enemies before it...
#693
A male cricket's ear is located on the tibia of its leg.
#694
Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on...
#695
The National Park Service manages over 350 parks on 80 million acres of...
#696
With an average life expectancy of 81.2 years, the people of Okinawa,...
#697
Pilates stretches your muscles, improving your posture and helping you...
#698
Stepping out for a walk every day can actually help you sleep better at night.
#699
After working out, it takes 5 hours for your body temperature to return...
#700
Turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth can save up to 5 gallons...
#701
It takes more water to fill a bathtub than it does to enjoy a nice, warm...
#702
On average, a laptop uses half as much energy as a desktop computer.
#703
The average bar of soap lasts twice as long as a bottle of body wash.
#704
Recycled paper is made using 40% less energy than normal paper.
#705
Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees.
#706
Steel is 100% recyclable.
#707
Most rechargeable batteries can be recharged up to 1,000 times.
#708
Manufacturing recycled goods uses up to 95% less energy than using raw...
#709
Hybrid cars produce up to 75% less pollution than other vehicles.
#710
A tankless water heater uses half the energy of a standard model.
#711
Baking soda makes a great scouring cleanser, and it's naturally chemical-free.
#712
100% recyclable, old newspapers are great for washing windows.
#713
An egg that is fresh will sink in water, but a stale one won't.
#714
When thirsty, a camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three...
#715
In one day, a full-grown oak tree expels 7 tons of water through its leaves.
#716
There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium.
#717
The mango is the most consumed fruit in the world.
#718
On average a strawberry has 200 seeds on it.
#719
A strawberry is not an actual berry but a banana is.
#720
Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
#721
The pomegranate is one of the oldest fruits known to man.
#722
The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.
#723
The optimum depth of water in a birdbath is two and a half inches.
#724
A Pineapple is neither an apple or a pine. It is, in fact, a large berry.
#725
Only female mosquitoes bite.
#726
A polar bear cannot be seen by an infrared camera, due to it’s...
#727
A spider’s silk is stronger than steel.
#728
The planet Saturn has a density lower than water. It would float if...
#729
Twins have a very high occurrence of left handedness.
#730
The fear of vegetables is called lachanophobia.
#731
There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.
#732
The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
#734
Potatoes have more chromosomes than humans.
#735
A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
#736
More babies are born at night than during the day.
#737
The human brain takes up 2% of human body weight but uses 20% of its energy.
#738
There are more species of fish in the Amazon river than in the Atlantic Ocean.
#739
You transfer more germs shaking hands than kissing.
#740
Poison Ivy is not Ivy and Poison Oak is not an Oak. They are both part of...
#741
Plants, like humans, can run a fever if they are sick.
#742
Over half of the world's geysers are found in Yellowstone National Park.
#743
A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air...
#744
Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
#745
Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.
#746
The only insect that can turn its head is a praying mantis.
#747
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
#748
A dog's average body temperature is 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
#749
The average housefly lives for one month.
#750
The common garden worm has five pairs of hearts.
#751
Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.
#752
A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.
#753
A group of goats is called a trip.
#754
An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
#755
There are more chickens than people in the world.
#756
Penguins can jump 6 feet.
#757
There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.
#758
The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.
#759
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
#760
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
#761
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue.
#762
A duck has three eyelids.
#763
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
#764
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same...
#765
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
#766
The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as...
#767
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
#768
Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
#769
If a sheep and a goat mate the offspring is called a geep.
#770
Pistol shrimp can make a noise loud enough to break glass.
#771
Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens.
#772
Male moose shed their antlers every winter and grow a new pair the next year.
#773
Mountain goats aren't actually goats. They are antelopes.
#774
Koalas only drink water in extreme heat or drought.
#775
Bees are born fully grown.
#776
Ferret comes from the Latin word for little thief.
#777
Cats have 2 sets of vocal cords: one for purring and one for meowing.
#778
Some bears build nests in trees for sunbathing and resting.
#779
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.
#780
The indentation in the middle of the area between the nose and the upper...
#781
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
#782
The human jaw can generate a force up to 200 pounds on the molars.
#783
Men get hiccups more than women.
#784
The human brain is about 80% water.
#785
The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
#786
The brain operates on the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb.
#787
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
#788
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
#789
The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
#790
Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3.
#791
The average person takes 23,000 breaths a day.
#792
The state of Florida is bigger than England.
#793
Broadway is one of the longest streets in the world. It is 150 miles long.
#794
Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, and...
#795
Hawaii is moving toward Japan at the rate of almost 4 inches per year.
#796
India has more English speakers than the United States.
#797
In Youngstown Ohio, it is against the law to run out of gas.
#798
Tennessee was previously named Franklin after Benjamin Franklin.
#799
The official color of California's Golden Gate Bridge is International Orange.
#800
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
#801
It is not possible to tickle yourself.
#802
Every state except Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii is home to at least one...
#803
Antarctica is the only continent with no owls.
#804
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
#805
India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
#806
In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."
#807
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
#808
Some violins contain 70 separate pieces of wood.
#809
French author Michel Thayer published a 233 page novel which has no verbs.
#810
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.
#811
The dots on a domino are called pips.
#812
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
#813
The number sign #is called an octothorpe.
#814
Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport in the early 1900's.
#815
The name of the city we call Bangkok is 115 letters long in the Thai language.
#816
In Ancient Greece throwing an apple to a woman was considered a marriage...
#817
Karate originated in India.
#818
The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
#819
Children grow faster during springtime.
#820
Relative to size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
#821
It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech.
#822
The only jointless bone in the body is in your throat.
#823
Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
#824
On average a man spends about five months of his life shaving.
#825
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never...
#826
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times...
#827
Your skull is made up of 29 different bones.
#828
Every hour more than one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
#829
Women's hearts beat faster than men's hearts.
#830
The average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds.
#831
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15...
#832
Brain waves can power an electric train.
#833
Children have more taste buds than adults.
#834
Right handed people tend to chew food on the right side and lefties chew...
#835
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
#836
Pomology is the study of fruit.
#837
The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana.
#838
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them.
#839
A cucumber consists of 96% water.
#840
The only food that does not spoil is honey.
#841
The most popular ice cream flavor is vanilla.
#842
Vanilla is used to make chocolate.
#843
Bamboo (the world's tallest grass) can grow up to 90cm in a day.
#844
One lump of sugar is equivalent to three feet of sugar cane.
#845
A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry.
#846
An average of three billion cups of tea are consumed daily worldwide.
#847
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in...
#848
Wild camels once roamed Arizona's deserts.
#849
New York was the first state to require cars to have license plates.
#850
Hawaii is further south than Florida.
#851
Miami installed the first ATM for rollerbladers.
#852
Clearwater, Florida has the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita...
#853
Hawaii has its own time zone.
#854
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
#855
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other US city.
#856
The world's largest silver nugget (1,840 lbs) was found in 1894 near...
#857
Louisiana is home to over 80% of the world's crayfish.
#858
New Jersey is home to the world's first drive-in movie theater.
#859
George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789.
#860
Cleveland, OH is home to the first electric traffic lights.
#861
South Carolina is home to the first tea farm in the U.S.
#862
The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee, WI in 1867.
#863
The term rookies comes from a Civil War term, "reckie", which was short...
#864
Taft was the heaviest U.S. President at 329lbs; Madison was the smallest...
#865
Harry Truman was the last U.S. President to not have a college degree.
#866
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at 6'4". James Madison was...
#867
Franklin Roosevelt was related to 5 U.S. Presidents by blood and 6 by...
#868
Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger.
#869
Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear while in office.
#870
President Warren G. Harding once lost white house china in a poker game.
#871
Ulysses Simpson Grant once got a $20.00 fine for speeding on his horse.
#872
President William Taft weighed over 300 lbs and once got stuck in the...
#873
President William McKinley had a pet parrot that he named “Washington...
#874
Harry S. Truman's middle name is S.
#875
Before Thomas Jefferson took office people bowed to the president, rather...
#876
The youngest U.S. president to be in office was Theodore Roosevelt at age 42.
#877
People don’t sneeze when they are asleep because the nerves involved in...
#878
Only male fireflies can fly.
#879
Most Koala bears sleep about 22 hours a day.
#880
The Venus flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger.
#881
A baby caribou can outrun its mother at 3 days old.
#882
In 1859, 24 rabbits were released in Australia. Within 6 years, the...
#883
Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
#884
A strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of...
#885
Vultures can fly for six hours without flapping their wings.
#886
The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on Earth. It weighs less than a...
#887
The "Valley of Square Trees" in Panama is the only known place in the...
#888
In some cultures' telling of Snow White, the dwarves are thieves.
#889
The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
#890
The number "1" or the word "One" appears on the dollar bill 16 times.
#891
Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound...
#892
The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
#893
Jack-O-Lanterns were originally made out of turnips.
#894
Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
#895
If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger nuts will rise to the top.
#896
2nd Street is the most common street name in the United States; First...
#897
The Mayflower only held 102 People.
#898
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
#899
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
#900
Neckties were first worn in Croatia, which is why they were called cravats.
#901
The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second.
#902
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
#903
The first TV toy commercial aired in 1946 for Mr. Potato Head.
#904
If done perfectly, any Rubick's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.
#905
The side of a hammer is called a cheek.
#906
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated..
#907
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood...
#908
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the...
#909
In Texas, it is illegal to graffiti someone's cow.
#910
Less than 2% of the water on Earth is fresh.
#911
A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water.
#912
Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time.
#913
The Saturn V moon rocket consumed 15 tons of fuel per second.
#914
A manned rocket can reach the moon in less time than it took a stagecoach...
#915
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a...
#917
The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write roughly...
#918
The first lollipop was invented in Connecticut.
#919
The Lollipop was named after one of the most famous Racehorses in the...
#920
Buzz Aldrin was one of the first men on the moon. His mother's maiden...
#921
If you had 1 billion dollars and spent 1 thousand dollars a day, it would...
#922
Maine is the only state with a one-syllable name.
#923
In Germany the shhh sound means hurry up.
#924
The highest denomination issued by the U.S. was the 100,000 dollar bill.
#925
The White House was originally called the President's Palace. It became...
#926
George Washington was the only unanimously elected President.
#927
John Adams was the only President to be defeated by his Vice President,...
#928
New York City has 722 miles of subway track.