Here are 50 random facts. Some are interesting, Some are funny but some are just dumb as well.
1. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
2. The oldest known goldfish live to be 41. It's name was Fred.
3. On average, 2000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
4. Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners of their eye.
5. 56,000,000 people go to Major League Baseball games each year.
6. An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
7. One Third of Americans flush the toilet while they are still sitting on it.
8. The longest one syllable word in the english language is "screeched".
9. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
10. The state with the highest percentage of people who work is Alaska.
11. In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related trips to the hospital in Britain, and slipping on skins being a more popular reason than reactions.
12. Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and one in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
13. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
14. If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones tend to go to the top.
15. Entomophobia is the fear of insect.
16. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
17. John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
18. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
19. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
20. August has the most birthdays.
21. February has the least birthdays.
22. One in every four americans has appeared on television.
23. Nike Air Soles do not actually have 'air' in them.
24. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
25. Armadillos are the only animals besides humans that can contract leprosy.
26. 29,249th digit of pi is seven.
27. Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.
28. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.
29. Arnold Schoberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number thirteen. He died thirteen minutes from midnight on friday the thirteenth.
30. The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about five inches every year.
31. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
32. All clams start out as males, some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
33. In 1832 Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature, and lost.
34. There are around 2,600 species of frogs. They live on every continent except Antarctica.
35. An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away.
36. Microsoft made 16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
37. About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
38. Ninety percent of New York City taxi drivers are recently arrived immigrants.
39. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
40. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without a repeating letter is "uncopyrightable"
41. The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight'.
42. On average, half of the false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
43. Bananas aren't fruit! They are a type of herb.
44. Australian termites have been known to build mounds twenty feet gight and at least 100 feet wide.
45. In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
46. By the age of sixty, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
47. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long.
48. A moth has no stomach.
49. In 1985, Pete Rose became the first professional athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box.
50. Americans spend more annually on cat food than baby food.
1. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
2. The oldest known goldfish live to be 41. It's name was Fred.
3. On average, 2000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
4. Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners of their eye.
5. 56,000,000 people go to Major League Baseball games each year.
6. An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
7. One Third of Americans flush the toilet while they are still sitting on it.
8. The longest one syllable word in the english language is "screeched".
9. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
10. The state with the highest percentage of people who work is Alaska.
11. In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related trips to the hospital in Britain, and slipping on skins being a more popular reason than reactions.
12. Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and one in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
13. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
14. If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones tend to go to the top.
15. Entomophobia is the fear of insect.
16. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
17. John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
18. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
19. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
20. August has the most birthdays.
21. February has the least birthdays.
22. One in every four americans has appeared on television.
23. Nike Air Soles do not actually have 'air' in them.
24. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
25. Armadillos are the only animals besides humans that can contract leprosy.
26. 29,249th digit of pi is seven.
27. Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.
28. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.
29. Arnold Schoberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number thirteen. He died thirteen minutes from midnight on friday the thirteenth.
30. The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about five inches every year.
31. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
32. All clams start out as males, some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
33. In 1832 Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature, and lost.
34. There are around 2,600 species of frogs. They live on every continent except Antarctica.
35. An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away.
36. Microsoft made 16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
37. About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
38. Ninety percent of New York City taxi drivers are recently arrived immigrants.
39. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
40. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without a repeating letter is "uncopyrightable"
41. The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight'.
42. On average, half of the false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
43. Bananas aren't fruit! They are a type of herb.
44. Australian termites have been known to build mounds twenty feet gight and at least 100 feet wide.
45. In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
46. By the age of sixty, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
47. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long.
48. A moth has no stomach.
49. In 1985, Pete Rose became the first professional athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box.
50. Americans spend more annually on cat food than baby food.
