| Weird Facts |
| Here's a lot of dumb random facts that I seem to have stumbled upon during my journeys. And, as always, if you have any tell me. |
| Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. No word in the English language rhymes with orange, or purple. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing. A duck's quack doesn�t echo, and no one knows why. Heinz ketchup travels from the bottle at 25 miles a year The longest word that doesn�t repeat a letter is �uncopyrightable�. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. 13 People A Year Are Killed By Vending Machines falling Over On Them. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. Sneezing is more dangerous than you thought. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. Most lipstick contains fish scales. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. (go ahead, try) Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.(so turn off the tv and take a nap, fatty) The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. The coca-cola can was originally green. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. (there�s a lesson in that) Marilyn Monroe had six toes. Turtles can breathe through their butts. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." Almonds are members of the peach family. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. |