1. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 2. You share your birthday with at least 9 million people. 3. The Boston University Bridge is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. 4.5. Cats have over 100 vocal cord sounds. Dogs have about 10. 6. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 7. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars; he spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know he would be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the film. 8. In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere. 9. Montpeiler, Vermont is the only US state capital without a McDonald's. 10. No word in the English language rhymes with orange, month, silver or purple. 11. The cruise line, Queen Elizabeth II, moves six inches for each gallon of diesel it burns. 12. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. 13. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until 2-6 years of age. 14. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. 15. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 16. The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It to Beaver. 17. Only one person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older. 18. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.19. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour. 20. Humans, chimps, and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. 21. Human beings are the only animals with the ability to have sex facing each other. Creighton Smith (a primatologist) disagrees with this and he sent us proof click here Thanks Creighton !22. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 23. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 24. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day combined. 25. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. 26. Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie. 27. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. 28. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 29. Polar bears are always left handed. 30. Ants always fall over on their right side when intoxicated. 31. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.32. Butterflies taste with their feet. 33. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. 34. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 35. Starfish don't have brains.36. The average person eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. 37. A rhinoceros's horn is made of compacted hair. 38. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896... Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. 39. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.40. Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors. 41. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 42. More people are killed by donkeys annually than in plane crashes.43. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". 44. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. 45. If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. 46. Women blink nearly twice as often as men. 47. Right handed people, on average, live 9 years longer than left handed people. 48. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 49. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. 50. A snail can sleep for 3 years. 51. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 52. China has more English-speaking people than the United States.53. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.54. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.55. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.56. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.57. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.58. There are more chickens than people in the world. 59. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.60. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."61. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Gabriel Gabriel challenges this. She says, the flag on the Canadian 2 dollar bill isn't the American flag, its the union jack.....check it out with a good magnifying glass and you'll see.62. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.63. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".64. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. 65. Almonds are a member of the peach family.66. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. 67. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.68. There are only four words in the English languagewhich end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.69. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"70. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.71. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 72. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. 73. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 74. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."75. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. 76. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. David Buchan challenges this fact. Article was on TV & published in "The Times" here in the UK on 1st October 2003 that they have a memory span of up to 3 months (& can tell the time!). Story is listed in the Times news archive (but you need to register to view), so here's a link to the same info: Memory like a goldfish? 77. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. 78. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 79. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. 80. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 81. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.82. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. 83. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 84. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 85. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.86. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.87. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.88. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.89. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
