1-The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
2-In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
3-Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
4-The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared
5-. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
6-When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
7-The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million
8-On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
9-"Dunno" is now part of the English language.
10-The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
11-The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly
12-1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
13-There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
14-The word "lithological" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
15-Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
16-Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.
17-When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
18-Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.
19-The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).
20-There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.
21-The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.
22-Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
5-. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
6-When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
7-The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million
8-On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
9-"Dunno" is now part of the English language.
10-The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
11-The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly
12-1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
13-There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
14-The word "lithological" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
15-Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
16-Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.
17-When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
18-Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.
19-The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).
20-There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.
21-The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.
22-Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
23-Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
24-You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
25-A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
25-A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
26-The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.
27-The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
28-The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
29-In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
30-The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
31-The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
32-Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
33-Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
30-The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
31-The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
32-Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
33-Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
34-The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
35-Children grow faster in the springtime.
36-Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
37-Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"
38-The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
39-"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
40-The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
39-"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
40-The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
41-Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.
42-you don't dream in succession. You dream about 15 minutes of your dream at a time.. and sometimes if not all the time (i can't remember) out of order
43-A dog's nose print is the same as a human's finger print in and of the fact that no two are the same.
44-Dolphin's are the only animal other than humans that have sex for pleasure.
45-The human tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.
46-Making out helps the mental growth of teenagers.
47-Chewing gum helps the concentration.
48-Eating too much spicy food can tear a hole in the lining of your stomach.
49-Elephants really are afraid of mice. (As shown on Mythbuster's)
50-If you are blond, petite, female with a family history of osteoporosis you are the most likely to get it.
51-Cats are North America’s most popular pets: there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of households in North America own a cat.
52-The bride’s veil traditionally symbolized her youth and virginity. Veils also hid the bride from jealous spirits or the Evil Eye. In the past, veils could be red, blue, or yellow (the color of Hymen, the Greek god of marriage). The modern white veil became popular during the Victorian era as a symbol of purity and modesty. A white veil also connoted that a bride was wealthy enough to wear white.
53-Weird things that have been found in shark stomachs include shoes, chairs, the rear half of a horse, a box of nails, a torpedo, drums, and bottles of wine.
54-Second to African-American women, Native American women are diagnosed with STIs/STDS (sexually transmitted infections/sexually transmitted diseases) at a higher rater than all other racial/ethnic groups.
55-In Holland’s embassy in Moscow, Russia, the staff noticed that the two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies. The cats heard the microphones when they turned on.
56-Wolves have about 200 million scent cells. Humans have only about 5 million. Wolves can smell other animals more than one mile (1.6 kilometers) away.
57-Iceland is made up almost entirely of volcanic rocks like those found on the ocean floor. It gradually built up above sea level through intense and prolonged eruptions.
58-Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming sits on the site of an ancient super-voclano. It erupted around 2 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago, and 640,000 years ago. If it follows the same pattern, another eruption is due any time now.
59-Insects such as termites and ants provide 10% of the protein consumed worldwide. Where insects are an integral part of a diet, they contribute as much as 40% of protein.
60-The average Facebook users spend more than 55 minutes a day on the site. They use the Like button nine times a month and write 25 comments each month.
61-Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only ten.
62-Nearly 40% of men do not feel confident meeting a woman for the first time.
63-It is more likely that Americans will recycle than vote.
64-While it is a myth that stress can turn hair gray, stress can cause hair loss. In fact, telogen effluvium (hair loss) can begin up to three months after a stressful event.
65-Marrying younger than age 25 dramatically raises the divorce risk. Also, the divorce risk is higher when the woman is much older than the man, though the reverse isn’t as a strong factor.
66-Plastic bags are easier to recycle and require less energy to produce than paper bags.
67-The most difficult locations in which to qualify for a National Merit Scholarship are Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. The easiest states in which to qualify are Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Wyoming.
Kissing
68-A woman in China partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend reportedly ruptured her eardrum with a passionate kiss. Apparently, the kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out, and caused the breakdown of the ear.
69-The science of kissing is called philematology.
70-Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips.
71-On July 5-6, 2005 a couple in London locked lips for 31 hours, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds, making it the longest kiss ever recorded.
72-French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face. A pucker kiss involves only two.
73-The term “French kiss” came into the English language around 1923 as a slur on the French culture which was thought to be overly concerned with sex. In France, it’s called a tongue kiss or soul kiss because if done right, it feels as if two souls are merging. In fact, several ancient cultures thought that mouth-to-mouth kissing mingled two lovers’ souls.
74-The Four Vedic Sanskrit texts (1500 B.C.) contain the the first mention of a kiss in writing.c
75-The Romans created three categories of kissing: (1) Osculum, a kiss on the cheek, (2) Basium, a kiss on the lips, and (3) Savolium, a deep kiss.
76-Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hershey’s kiss contains 26 calories, which takes five minutes of walking–or about four minutes of kissing–to burn off.
77-It is possible for a woman to reach an orgasm through kissing.
78-Scientists believe that kissing may be a way of exchanging body salts or sebum that form relationships with parents and lovers, just as it does some birds. During mating, some birds chew food, then kiss-feed it to a prospective mate. If a bird’s sebaceous glands are removed so there is no sebum, its mate flies off.
79-Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath.
80-The Kama (desire) Sutra (type of verse) lists over 30 types of kisses, such as “fighting of the tongue.”
81-According to one study, many men are more particular about which women they kissed than who they went to bed with, suggesting that kissing is somehow more about love than coitus is.
82-Kissing may have originated when mothers orally passed chewed solid food to their infants during weaning. Another theory suggests kissing evolved from prospective mates sniffing each others’ pheromones for biological compatibility.
83-Leper-kissing became fashionable among medieval ascetics and religious nobility during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It was deemed proof of humility.
84-Pliny asserts that kissing a donkey’s nostril will cure the common cold.
85-Under the Hays Code (1930-1968), people kissing in American films could no longer be horizontal; at least one had to be sitting or standing, not lying down. In addition, all on-screen married couples slept in twin beds...and if kissing on one of the beds occurred, at least one of the spouses had to have a foot on the floor.
86-Kissing played an important role in ancient Greco-Roman culture and was seen as a sign of respect, thanks, reunion, and agreement, as well as as a rite of inclusion. Kisses were exchanged between peers, political leaders, teachers, and priests. Hence, the kiss of Judas (“Kiss of Death”) to betray Christ inverted the very point of kissing in this early Christian context.
87-Although many men and women consider it childish, more than 95% of them occasionally like to rub noses while kissing. Often called an “Eskimo kiss” in Western culture, this form of kissing is based loosely on a traditional Inuit greeting called a “kunik.”
88-In 1929, anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski visited the Trobriand Islands to observe their sexual customs. He found that two lovers will go through a several phases of sucking and biting in a variation of the French kiss that culminates in biting off each other’s eyelashes. In fact, in the South Pacific, short eyelashes are a status symbol.
89-Diseases which can be transmitted through kissing include mononucleosis (“kissing disease”) and herpes. Contraction of HIV through kissing is extremely unlikely, though one woman was infected in 1997 when the woman and infected man both had gum disease. Transmission was likely through the man’s blood and not his salvia.
90-The mouth is full of bacteria. When two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and 1 billion bacteria.
Redheads
91-The ancient Greeks believed that redheads would turn into vampires after they died.
92-Approximately 1-2% of humans, or about two in 100 people in the world, have red hair.
93-Otherwise dark hair may turn red or blond in cases of severe protein deficiency due to severe starvation.
94-Red hair doesn’t gray as much as other hair colors. Red hair initially tends to turn blond and then white.
95-According to Hamburg sex researcher Dr. Werner Habermehl, women with red hair have more sex than women with other hair colors. He also postulates that women in a relationship who dye their hair red may be signaling that they are unhappy and looking for something better.
96-During the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, many women were burned at the stake as witches merely because they had red hair.
97-Redheaded women report bruising more easily than other women of different hair colors.
98-Lilith, the supposed first wife of Adam, is said to have had red hair. She was ultimately kicked out of the Garden of Eden because she refused to be subordinate to Adam.
99-Because redheads have thicker hair than people with other hair colors, they have fewer strands of hair. For example, while blondes have on average 140,000 hairs, redheads have approximately 90,000.
100-Hitler reportedly banned the marriage of redheads in order to prevent “deviant offspring.”
101-According to legend, the first redhead was Prince Idon of Mu who, upon discovering Atlantis, was imprinted with the island’s stunning red sunset and leaves in the form of red hair and freckles so future generations would be reminded of Atlantis’ first sunset.
102-Red hair is a recessive trait, which means that a child must inherit one red hair gene from each parent. Recessive traits often come in pairs, and redheads are more likely than other people to be left handed.
103-The sixteenth-century artist Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) painted so many redheads that his name became associated with a shade of red.
104-In ancient Rome, redheaded slaves were often more expensive than those with other hair color.
105-Satan is often portrayed as a redhead most likely because red was viewed as the color of sexual desire and moral degradation.
106-In 1995, Professor Jonathan Reese discovered that mutations of the gene MC1R on chromosome 16 were responsible for red hair (known as the “ginger gene”). The gene mutation responsible for red hair in humans probably arose 20,000-40,000 years ago.
107-According to a Clairol Color Attitude survey, 71% of redheads think that the word “bold” describes them, which is 24 points ahead of blonds.
108-Some scholars postulate that the same gene mutation that causes red hair also affects the way redheads respond to pain and anesthetics.
109-In Egypt, redheads were buried alive as sacrifices to the god Osiris.While Scotland has the highest proportion (13%) of redheads (followed by Ireland with 10%), the United States has the largest population of redheads in the world, with between 6-18 million redheads, or 2-6% of the population.
110-There is a common perception that redheads could become extinct in 100 years. However, a National Geographic article states that while redheads may decline, barring a catastrophe, the gene for red hair will not likely become extinct.
112-The gene that causes red hair initially had the benefit of increasing the body’s ability to make vitamin D, which was important for people living farther away from the equator. However, today’s redheads are more likely to develop skin cancer and premature wrinkles
43-A dog's nose print is the same as a human's finger print in and of the fact that no two are the same.
44-Dolphin's are the only animal other than humans that have sex for pleasure.
45-The human tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.
46-Making out helps the mental growth of teenagers.
47-Chewing gum helps the concentration.
48-Eating too much spicy food can tear a hole in the lining of your stomach.
49-Elephants really are afraid of mice. (As shown on Mythbuster's)
50-If you are blond, petite, female with a family history of osteoporosis you are the most likely to get it.
51-Cats are North America’s most popular pets: there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of households in North America own a cat.
52-The bride’s veil traditionally symbolized her youth and virginity. Veils also hid the bride from jealous spirits or the Evil Eye. In the past, veils could be red, blue, or yellow (the color of Hymen, the Greek god of marriage). The modern white veil became popular during the Victorian era as a symbol of purity and modesty. A white veil also connoted that a bride was wealthy enough to wear white.
53-Weird things that have been found in shark stomachs include shoes, chairs, the rear half of a horse, a box of nails, a torpedo, drums, and bottles of wine.
54-Second to African-American women, Native American women are diagnosed with STIs/STDS (sexually transmitted infections/sexually transmitted diseases) at a higher rater than all other racial/ethnic groups.
55-In Holland’s embassy in Moscow, Russia, the staff noticed that the two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies. The cats heard the microphones when they turned on.
56-Wolves have about 200 million scent cells. Humans have only about 5 million. Wolves can smell other animals more than one mile (1.6 kilometers) away.
57-Iceland is made up almost entirely of volcanic rocks like those found on the ocean floor. It gradually built up above sea level through intense and prolonged eruptions.
58-Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming sits on the site of an ancient super-voclano. It erupted around 2 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago, and 640,000 years ago. If it follows the same pattern, another eruption is due any time now.
59-Insects such as termites and ants provide 10% of the protein consumed worldwide. Where insects are an integral part of a diet, they contribute as much as 40% of protein.
60-The average Facebook users spend more than 55 minutes a day on the site. They use the Like button nine times a month and write 25 comments each month.
61-Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only ten.
62-Nearly 40% of men do not feel confident meeting a woman for the first time.
63-It is more likely that Americans will recycle than vote.
64-While it is a myth that stress can turn hair gray, stress can cause hair loss. In fact, telogen effluvium (hair loss) can begin up to three months after a stressful event.
65-Marrying younger than age 25 dramatically raises the divorce risk. Also, the divorce risk is higher when the woman is much older than the man, though the reverse isn’t as a strong factor.
66-Plastic bags are easier to recycle and require less energy to produce than paper bags.
67-The most difficult locations in which to qualify for a National Merit Scholarship are Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. The easiest states in which to qualify are Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Wyoming.
Kissing
68-A woman in China partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend reportedly ruptured her eardrum with a passionate kiss. Apparently, the kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out, and caused the breakdown of the ear.
69-The science of kissing is called philematology.
70-Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips.
71-On July 5-6, 2005 a couple in London locked lips for 31 hours, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds, making it the longest kiss ever recorded.
72-French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face. A pucker kiss involves only two.
73-The term “French kiss” came into the English language around 1923 as a slur on the French culture which was thought to be overly concerned with sex. In France, it’s called a tongue kiss or soul kiss because if done right, it feels as if two souls are merging. In fact, several ancient cultures thought that mouth-to-mouth kissing mingled two lovers’ souls.
74-The Four Vedic Sanskrit texts (1500 B.C.) contain the the first mention of a kiss in writing.c
75-The Romans created three categories of kissing: (1) Osculum, a kiss on the cheek, (2) Basium, a kiss on the lips, and (3) Savolium, a deep kiss.
76-Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hershey’s kiss contains 26 calories, which takes five minutes of walking–or about four minutes of kissing–to burn off.
77-It is possible for a woman to reach an orgasm through kissing.
78-Scientists believe that kissing may be a way of exchanging body salts or sebum that form relationships with parents and lovers, just as it does some birds. During mating, some birds chew food, then kiss-feed it to a prospective mate. If a bird’s sebaceous glands are removed so there is no sebum, its mate flies off.
79-Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath.
80-The Kama (desire) Sutra (type of verse) lists over 30 types of kisses, such as “fighting of the tongue.”
81-According to one study, many men are more particular about which women they kissed than who they went to bed with, suggesting that kissing is somehow more about love than coitus is.
82-Kissing may have originated when mothers orally passed chewed solid food to their infants during weaning. Another theory suggests kissing evolved from prospective mates sniffing each others’ pheromones for biological compatibility.
83-Leper-kissing became fashionable among medieval ascetics and religious nobility during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It was deemed proof of humility.
84-Pliny asserts that kissing a donkey’s nostril will cure the common cold.
85-Under the Hays Code (1930-1968), people kissing in American films could no longer be horizontal; at least one had to be sitting or standing, not lying down. In addition, all on-screen married couples slept in twin beds...and if kissing on one of the beds occurred, at least one of the spouses had to have a foot on the floor.
86-Kissing played an important role in ancient Greco-Roman culture and was seen as a sign of respect, thanks, reunion, and agreement, as well as as a rite of inclusion. Kisses were exchanged between peers, political leaders, teachers, and priests. Hence, the kiss of Judas (“Kiss of Death”) to betray Christ inverted the very point of kissing in this early Christian context.
87-Although many men and women consider it childish, more than 95% of them occasionally like to rub noses while kissing. Often called an “Eskimo kiss” in Western culture, this form of kissing is based loosely on a traditional Inuit greeting called a “kunik.”
88-In 1929, anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski visited the Trobriand Islands to observe their sexual customs. He found that two lovers will go through a several phases of sucking and biting in a variation of the French kiss that culminates in biting off each other’s eyelashes. In fact, in the South Pacific, short eyelashes are a status symbol.
89-Diseases which can be transmitted through kissing include mononucleosis (“kissing disease”) and herpes. Contraction of HIV through kissing is extremely unlikely, though one woman was infected in 1997 when the woman and infected man both had gum disease. Transmission was likely through the man’s blood and not his salvia.
90-The mouth is full of bacteria. When two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and 1 billion bacteria.
Redheads
91-The ancient Greeks believed that redheads would turn into vampires after they died.
92-Approximately 1-2% of humans, or about two in 100 people in the world, have red hair.
93-Otherwise dark hair may turn red or blond in cases of severe protein deficiency due to severe starvation.
94-Red hair doesn’t gray as much as other hair colors. Red hair initially tends to turn blond and then white.
95-According to Hamburg sex researcher Dr. Werner Habermehl, women with red hair have more sex than women with other hair colors. He also postulates that women in a relationship who dye their hair red may be signaling that they are unhappy and looking for something better.
96-During the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, many women were burned at the stake as witches merely because they had red hair.
97-Redheaded women report bruising more easily than other women of different hair colors.
98-Lilith, the supposed first wife of Adam, is said to have had red hair. She was ultimately kicked out of the Garden of Eden because she refused to be subordinate to Adam.
99-Because redheads have thicker hair than people with other hair colors, they have fewer strands of hair. For example, while blondes have on average 140,000 hairs, redheads have approximately 90,000.
100-Hitler reportedly banned the marriage of redheads in order to prevent “deviant offspring.”
101-According to legend, the first redhead was Prince Idon of Mu who, upon discovering Atlantis, was imprinted with the island’s stunning red sunset and leaves in the form of red hair and freckles so future generations would be reminded of Atlantis’ first sunset.
102-Red hair is a recessive trait, which means that a child must inherit one red hair gene from each parent. Recessive traits often come in pairs, and redheads are more likely than other people to be left handed.
103-The sixteenth-century artist Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) painted so many redheads that his name became associated with a shade of red.
104-In ancient Rome, redheaded slaves were often more expensive than those with other hair color.
105-Satan is often portrayed as a redhead most likely because red was viewed as the color of sexual desire and moral degradation.
106-In 1995, Professor Jonathan Reese discovered that mutations of the gene MC1R on chromosome 16 were responsible for red hair (known as the “ginger gene”). The gene mutation responsible for red hair in humans probably arose 20,000-40,000 years ago.
107-According to a Clairol Color Attitude survey, 71% of redheads think that the word “bold” describes them, which is 24 points ahead of blonds.
108-Some scholars postulate that the same gene mutation that causes red hair also affects the way redheads respond to pain and anesthetics.
109-In Egypt, redheads were buried alive as sacrifices to the god Osiris.While Scotland has the highest proportion (13%) of redheads (followed by Ireland with 10%), the United States has the largest population of redheads in the world, with between 6-18 million redheads, or 2-6% of the population.
110-There is a common perception that redheads could become extinct in 100 years. However, a National Geographic article states that while redheads may decline, barring a catastrophe, the gene for red hair will not likely become extinct.
112-The gene that causes red hair initially had the benefit of increasing the body’s ability to make vitamin D, which was important for people living farther away from the equator. However, today’s redheads are more likely to develop skin cancer and premature wrinkles
113-Ruadh gu brath is Gaelic for “Red heads forever!”
114-“Gingerphobia” is a fear of redheads. “Gingerism” is the bullying or prejudice of redheads.
Woman
115-The breasts of human women are much larger in proportion than those of other female mammals. The prominent size, while not necessary for milk production, is most likely a result of sexual selection.
Woman
115-The breasts of human women are much larger in proportion than those of other female mammals. The prominent size, while not necessary for milk production, is most likely a result of sexual selection.
116-The word “woman” is believed to have derived from the Middle English term wyfman, broken down simply as the wife (wyf) of man. In Old English, women were described simply as wyf, while the term man was used to describe a human person, regardless of gender.
117-The average height of a woman in the U.S. is approximately 5 feet 4 inches, and the average weight is about 163 pounds. These figures vary greatly throughout the world, due to differences in nutrition and prenatal care.
118-In almost every country worldwide, the life expectancy for women is higher than for men.
119-While the population of males is slightly greater than females worldwide (98.6 women for every 100 men), there are roughly four million more women than men in the U.S. In the age 85-and-older category, there are more than twice as many women as men currently living in the U.S.
118-In almost every country worldwide, the life expectancy for women is higher than for men.
119-While the population of males is slightly greater than females worldwide (98.6 women for every 100 men), there are roughly four million more women than men in the U.S. In the age 85-and-older category, there are more than twice as many women as men currently living in the U.S.
120-Depression is the most common cause of disability in women, and approximately 25% of all women will experience severe depression at some point in their lives.
121-Approximately one in five women worldwide reports being sexually abused before the age of 15.
122-Each day 1,600 women die as result of pregnancy or childbirth complications. Nearly 99% of these deaths occur in developing nations.
123-Approximately 95% of all women in the U.S. have been married at least once by the age of 55.
124-The probability of a woman giving birth to a baby girl instead of a baby boy increases significantly the nearer the mother lives to the equator. While the cause of this gender selection is unknown, scientists believe the constant sunlight hours and abundant food supply in tropical regions may favor female births.
125-According to a 2007 Census Bureau report, one-third of American women aged 25 to 29 have earned a bachelor’s or advanced college degree.
126-Approximately 14% of active members in the U.S. armed forces today are women. In 1950, women comprised less than 2% of the U.S. military.
127-According to an ancient Sumerian legend, the universe was created by a female, the goddess Tiamat. This role of a female creator is not unique, as the Australian Aboriginal creation myth also credits the creation of life to a woman.
128-On average, there are 86 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women in the U.S., though the actual numbers vary according to region.
129-One of the most famous “true vampires” was Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) who was accused of biting the flesh of girls while torturing them and bathing in their blood to retain her youthful beauty. She was by all accounts a very attractive woman.
130-Vampire legends may have been based on Vlad of Walachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler (c. 1431-1476). He had a habit of nailing hats to people’s heads, skinning them alive, and impaling them on upright stakes. He also liked to dip bread into the blood of his enemies and eat it. His name, Vlad, means son of the dragon or Dracula, who has been identified as the historical Dracula. Though Vlad the Impaler was murdered in 1476, his tomb is reported empty.
131-Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was known to drink blood. The ancient fanged goddess Kaliof India also had a powerful desire for blood.
132-A vampire supposedly has control over the animal world and can turn into a bat, rat, owl, moth, fox, or wolf.
133-Garlic, a traditional vampire repellent, has been used as a form of protection for over 2,000 years. The ancient Egyptians believed garlic was a gift from God, Roman soldiers thought it gave them courage, sailors believed it protected them from shipwreck, and German miners believed it protected them from evil spirits when they went underground. In several cultures, brides carried garlic under their clothes for protection, and cloves of garlic were used to protect people from a wide range of illnesses. Modern-day scientists found that the oil in garlic, allicin, is a highly effective antibiotic.
134-According to some legends, a vampire may engage in sex with his former wife, which often led to pregnancy. In fact, this belief may have provided a convenient explanation as to why a widow, who was supposed to be celibate, became pregnant. The resulting child was called a gloglave (pl. glog) in Bulgarian or vampirdzii in Turkish. Rather than being ostracized, the child was considered a hero who had powers to slay a vampire
135-Folklore vampires can become vampires not only through a bite, but also if they were once a werewolf, practiced sorcery, were excommunicated, committed suicide, were an illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate, or were still born or died before baptism. In addition, anyone who has eaten the flesh of a sheep killed by a wolf, was a seventh son, was the child of a pregnant woman who was looked upon by a vampire, was a nun who stepped over an unburied body, had teeth when they were born, or had a cat jump on their corpse before being buried could also turn into vampires
136-A key ingredient in steel manufacturing is lime.
137-The size of your foot is the distance from your wrist to your elbow.
138-Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
139-Avocado leaves, bark, skin, or pit are found to be harmful to animals.
140-If you stare at the numbers "63407113" long enough on a calculator you'll eventually see the word "reactive".
122-Each day 1,600 women die as result of pregnancy or childbirth complications. Nearly 99% of these deaths occur in developing nations.
123-Approximately 95% of all women in the U.S. have been married at least once by the age of 55.
124-The probability of a woman giving birth to a baby girl instead of a baby boy increases significantly the nearer the mother lives to the equator. While the cause of this gender selection is unknown, scientists believe the constant sunlight hours and abundant food supply in tropical regions may favor female births.
125-According to a 2007 Census Bureau report, one-third of American women aged 25 to 29 have earned a bachelor’s or advanced college degree.
126-Approximately 14% of active members in the U.S. armed forces today are women. In 1950, women comprised less than 2% of the U.S. military.
127-According to an ancient Sumerian legend, the universe was created by a female, the goddess Tiamat. This role of a female creator is not unique, as the Australian Aboriginal creation myth also credits the creation of life to a woman.
128-On average, there are 86 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women in the U.S., though the actual numbers vary according to region.
129-One of the most famous “true vampires” was Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) who was accused of biting the flesh of girls while torturing them and bathing in their blood to retain her youthful beauty. She was by all accounts a very attractive woman.
130-Vampire legends may have been based on Vlad of Walachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler (c. 1431-1476). He had a habit of nailing hats to people’s heads, skinning them alive, and impaling them on upright stakes. He also liked to dip bread into the blood of his enemies and eat it. His name, Vlad, means son of the dragon or Dracula, who has been identified as the historical Dracula. Though Vlad the Impaler was murdered in 1476, his tomb is reported empty.
131-Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was known to drink blood. The ancient fanged goddess Kaliof India also had a powerful desire for blood.
132-A vampire supposedly has control over the animal world and can turn into a bat, rat, owl, moth, fox, or wolf.
133-Garlic, a traditional vampire repellent, has been used as a form of protection for over 2,000 years. The ancient Egyptians believed garlic was a gift from God, Roman soldiers thought it gave them courage, sailors believed it protected them from shipwreck, and German miners believed it protected them from evil spirits when they went underground. In several cultures, brides carried garlic under their clothes for protection, and cloves of garlic were used to protect people from a wide range of illnesses. Modern-day scientists found that the oil in garlic, allicin, is a highly effective antibiotic.
134-According to some legends, a vampire may engage in sex with his former wife, which often led to pregnancy. In fact, this belief may have provided a convenient explanation as to why a widow, who was supposed to be celibate, became pregnant. The resulting child was called a gloglave (pl. glog) in Bulgarian or vampirdzii in Turkish. Rather than being ostracized, the child was considered a hero who had powers to slay a vampire
135-Folklore vampires can become vampires not only through a bite, but also if they were once a werewolf, practiced sorcery, were excommunicated, committed suicide, were an illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate, or were still born or died before baptism. In addition, anyone who has eaten the flesh of a sheep killed by a wolf, was a seventh son, was the child of a pregnant woman who was looked upon by a vampire, was a nun who stepped over an unburied body, had teeth when they were born, or had a cat jump on their corpse before being buried could also turn into vampires
136-A key ingredient in steel manufacturing is lime.
137-The size of your foot is the distance from your wrist to your elbow.
138-Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
139-Avocado leaves, bark, skin, or pit are found to be harmful to animals.
140-If you stare at the numbers "63407113" long enough on a calculator you'll eventually see the word "reactive".
141-A sneeze covers a room in exactly 5 seconds.
142-You blink over 20,000,000 times a year.
143-When you have a cold, put Vick's Vapour Rub on the bottom of your feet along with a pair of socks before you go to bed. It will pull out all the sinuses and headaches from your head so you can release the viruses when you go to the bathroom in the morning.
144-During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
145-The University of Florida has an emergency plan in case of a sudden zombie attack.
146-During the day, if someone sings a song around you, 90% chance you will find yourself singing it sometime during the day!
147-"Anthropodermic bibliopegy" is the practice of binding books in human skin.
148-Spiders have transparent blood.
149-Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom".
150-About 600 cows are used to manufacture a full season’s worth of NFL footballs.
151-2,500 lefthanders die each year trying to operate a right handed device.
152-In Forrest Gump, each time Forrest ages he is shown wearing a blue plaid shirt.
153-Sheep can recognize each other through pictures.
154-The color of the Sun is actually white.
155-There is a town in France named Condom.
156-Agoraphobia is the fear of open space.
157-Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
158-There are 18 different animal cracker shapes.
159-In China, finishing all the food in a meal is considered to be rude.
160-Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music.
161-Mosquitoes are more attracted to people who just ate bananas.
162-Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
163-Your skeleton has about 300 bones when you are born, but only 206 when you grow up.
164-About 6,000,000 pounds of space dust settle on earth every year.
165-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
166-Left-Handed people die sooner than right handed people. On average, right-handed people live nine years longer than left-handed people.
167-Lightning strikes the earth approximately 8,640,00 times per day.
168-More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night.
169-"Mountain Dew" is an old slang term for moonshine.
170-When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka
171-1 in 12 people have sex in their sleep. It's called "sexsomnia".
172-The founder of Victoria's Secret was a man named Roy Raymond.
173-If two pieces of metal touch in space, they get stuck together PERMANENTLY. In space, there is no oxidation layer. When pieces of metal come into contact with each other in space, they stick together to become one continuous piece of metal.
174-Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th".
175-Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child is 2-6 years of age.
176-Horses cannot breathe through their mouth. If their nostrils become obstructed, they could suffocate.
177-Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on the penny, making him the only U.S. president on a coin that does that.
178-"Silent" and "listen" are spelled with the same letters.
179-Starfish have an eye on each one of their 5 arms.
180-A way you can tell if you're whispering or not is to put your hand at your throat. If you feel vibrations, you're talking. If you don't, you're whispering.
181-If you bite down on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark you will see SPARKS.
182-An eyelash lives about 150-200 days before it falls off.
183-There are 7 rays on each crown of each Statue of Liberty. They represent the 7 continents and 7 seas of the world.
184-Oysters can change genders back and forth.
185-The most shoplifted book of all time is THE BIBLE.
186-The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted 70 straight days.
187-One way to tickle yourself is to rub your tongue along the roof of your mouth
188-Men have nipples because, as an embryo, everyone is a female until the Y chromosome kicks in.
189-The ability to smell cyanide is genetic and only 40% for the population can smell it. Cyanide is a deadly poison and people have described it as having a "bitter almond" smell.
190-When you snap a whip, that sound you hear is the whip BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER.
191-The opposite sides of dice always add up to seven.
192-If you walk and talk with someone, eventually you will synchronize your steps with each other.
193-Einstein's final words died with him-the nurse at his bedside didn't speak German!
194-Peter the Great made his wife keep her lover's head in a jar after he had him executed.
195-Newborn babies cry but they have no tears. Their tear ducts aren't formed until they are a month old.
196-In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die, and one of the nurses was accused of killing patients to win the bets.
197-Crickets hear from their knees, and they chirp from their wings.
198-"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
199-Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere in the world, there is a duck watching you.
200-Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always the same sex.
201-On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
202-Many hotels and hospitals in China don't label the fourth floor. Why? The pronunciation of “four” is close to that of “death” in Chinese.
203-The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
204-Men produce at least 1,500 sperm cells a second. Since sperm are short-lived, they must constantly be replenished.
205-The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet long set by Hans N. Langseth.
206-You can't hum while holding your nose closed.
207-A clock at the palace of King Louis XIV stopped at 7:45am, the time of his death.
208-The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours.
209-The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
210-Hitler dated 3 women in his lifetime - all 3 attempted suicide, and 2 succeeded, including his NIECE.
211-The word 'racecar' is spelled the same forwards and backwards.
212-The largest dog ever reported in the Guiness Book of World Records was a 8 feet 3 inch, 343-pound English Mastiff named Zorba.
213-Your earlobes line up with your nipples.
214-Author Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835. The comet returns to Earth every 76 years. He vowed that he would not die until he saw the famous comet. He died the day after its next appearance in 1910.
215-'Dysania' is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
216-American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
217-It takes 12 bees their entire lifetime to make one tablespoon of honey.
218-The tongue of an adult blue whale weighs about as much as a full-grown elephant.
219-Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.
142-You blink over 20,000,000 times a year.
143-When you have a cold, put Vick's Vapour Rub on the bottom of your feet along with a pair of socks before you go to bed. It will pull out all the sinuses and headaches from your head so you can release the viruses when you go to the bathroom in the morning.
144-During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
145-The University of Florida has an emergency plan in case of a sudden zombie attack.
146-During the day, if someone sings a song around you, 90% chance you will find yourself singing it sometime during the day!
147-"Anthropodermic bibliopegy" is the practice of binding books in human skin.
148-Spiders have transparent blood.
149-Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom".
150-About 600 cows are used to manufacture a full season’s worth of NFL footballs.
151-2,500 lefthanders die each year trying to operate a right handed device.
152-In Forrest Gump, each time Forrest ages he is shown wearing a blue plaid shirt.
153-Sheep can recognize each other through pictures.
154-The color of the Sun is actually white.
155-There is a town in France named Condom.
156-Agoraphobia is the fear of open space.
157-Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
158-There are 18 different animal cracker shapes.
159-In China, finishing all the food in a meal is considered to be rude.
160-Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music.
161-Mosquitoes are more attracted to people who just ate bananas.
162-Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
163-Your skeleton has about 300 bones when you are born, but only 206 when you grow up.
164-About 6,000,000 pounds of space dust settle on earth every year.
165-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
166-Left-Handed people die sooner than right handed people. On average, right-handed people live nine years longer than left-handed people.
167-Lightning strikes the earth approximately 8,640,00 times per day.
168-More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night.
169-"Mountain Dew" is an old slang term for moonshine.
170-When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka
171-1 in 12 people have sex in their sleep. It's called "sexsomnia".
172-The founder of Victoria's Secret was a man named Roy Raymond.
173-If two pieces of metal touch in space, they get stuck together PERMANENTLY. In space, there is no oxidation layer. When pieces of metal come into contact with each other in space, they stick together to become one continuous piece of metal.
174-Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th".
175-Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child is 2-6 years of age.
176-Horses cannot breathe through their mouth. If their nostrils become obstructed, they could suffocate.
177-Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on the penny, making him the only U.S. president on a coin that does that.
178-"Silent" and "listen" are spelled with the same letters.
179-Starfish have an eye on each one of their 5 arms.
180-A way you can tell if you're whispering or not is to put your hand at your throat. If you feel vibrations, you're talking. If you don't, you're whispering.
181-If you bite down on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark you will see SPARKS.
182-An eyelash lives about 150-200 days before it falls off.
183-There are 7 rays on each crown of each Statue of Liberty. They represent the 7 continents and 7 seas of the world.
184-Oysters can change genders back and forth.
185-The most shoplifted book of all time is THE BIBLE.
186-The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted 70 straight days.
187-One way to tickle yourself is to rub your tongue along the roof of your mouth
188-Men have nipples because, as an embryo, everyone is a female until the Y chromosome kicks in.
189-The ability to smell cyanide is genetic and only 40% for the population can smell it. Cyanide is a deadly poison and people have described it as having a "bitter almond" smell.
190-When you snap a whip, that sound you hear is the whip BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER.
191-The opposite sides of dice always add up to seven.
192-If you walk and talk with someone, eventually you will synchronize your steps with each other.
193-Einstein's final words died with him-the nurse at his bedside didn't speak German!
194-Peter the Great made his wife keep her lover's head in a jar after he had him executed.
195-Newborn babies cry but they have no tears. Their tear ducts aren't formed until they are a month old.
196-In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die, and one of the nurses was accused of killing patients to win the bets.
197-Crickets hear from their knees, and they chirp from their wings.
198-"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
199-Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere in the world, there is a duck watching you.
200-Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always the same sex.
201-On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
202-Many hotels and hospitals in China don't label the fourth floor. Why? The pronunciation of “four” is close to that of “death” in Chinese.
203-The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
204-Men produce at least 1,500 sperm cells a second. Since sperm are short-lived, they must constantly be replenished.
205-The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet long set by Hans N. Langseth.
206-You can't hum while holding your nose closed.
207-A clock at the palace of King Louis XIV stopped at 7:45am, the time of his death.
208-The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours.
209-The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
210-Hitler dated 3 women in his lifetime - all 3 attempted suicide, and 2 succeeded, including his NIECE.
211-The word 'racecar' is spelled the same forwards and backwards.
212-The largest dog ever reported in the Guiness Book of World Records was a 8 feet 3 inch, 343-pound English Mastiff named Zorba.
213-Your earlobes line up with your nipples.
214-Author Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835. The comet returns to Earth every 76 years. He vowed that he would not die until he saw the famous comet. He died the day after its next appearance in 1910.
215-'Dysania' is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
216-American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
217-It takes 12 bees their entire lifetime to make one tablespoon of honey.
218-The tongue of an adult blue whale weighs about as much as a full-grown elephant.
219-Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.
220-Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.
221-You're more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are to actually win the lottery.
222-A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
223-A man is 4 times more likely to get struck by lightning than a woman.
224-Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
225-If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
226-A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
227-Cats that fall from higher than 7 stories get fewer injuries than those that fall from lower levels.
228-If you take your age and multiply it by 7, then multiply by 1,443 the product repeats your age 3 times.
229-The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.", uses every letter in the English language.
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221-You're more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are to actually win the lottery.
222-A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
223-A man is 4 times more likely to get struck by lightning than a woman.
224-Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
225-If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
226-A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
227-Cats that fall from higher than 7 stories get fewer injuries than those that fall from lower levels.
228-If you take your age and multiply it by 7, then multiply by 1,443 the product repeats your age 3 times.
229-The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.", uses every letter in the English language.
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230- The lemon flower has five sepals, five petals, numerous
stamens, and a solitary pistil. The upper surface of each petal is white,
and the lower surface is pinkish. Lemon flowers have a sweet odor
comparable to, but less marked than, the odor of orange flowers.
231-Bees have five eyes. Two large compound eyes and three simple eyes. Bees can perceive movements that are separated by 1/300th of a second. Humans can only sense movements separated by 1/50th of a second. Bees can't recognize the color red, but they can see ultraviolet colors.
232-Deer are ungulates, which means that they have two-toed hoofs. They have long legs with powerful muscles and are able to run 40 miles per hour and jump 10 feet high. They are also fast swimmers.
233-A male lobster is called a cock and a female a hen or chicken (when she weighs about 1 pound).
234- A group of rats is called a mischief.
stamens, and a solitary pistil. The upper surface of each petal is white,
and the lower surface is pinkish. Lemon flowers have a sweet odor
comparable to, but less marked than, the odor of orange flowers.
231-Bees have five eyes. Two large compound eyes and three simple eyes. Bees can perceive movements that are separated by 1/300th of a second. Humans can only sense movements separated by 1/50th of a second. Bees can't recognize the color red, but they can see ultraviolet colors.
232-Deer are ungulates, which means that they have two-toed hoofs. They have long legs with powerful muscles and are able to run 40 miles per hour and jump 10 feet high. They are also fast swimmers.
233-A male lobster is called a cock and a female a hen or chicken (when she weighs about 1 pound).
234- A group of rats is called a mischief.
235-Rats use high-frequency sounds, smell, touch and body postures to communicate with each other.
236-Female sheep are called ewes, baby sheep are called lambs, and male sheep are called rams. A group of sheep is called a flock.
237-There are over 50 established breeds of domestic rabbit, thought to have been first domesticated by the Romans
238-Levan, is "navel" spelled backwards. It is so named because it is in the middle of Utah.
239-The Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The deepest point is 34 feet.
240-The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means people of the mountains.
241-Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
243-Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington, Alabama in 1914. He died in 1981.
238-Levan, is "navel" spelled backwards. It is so named because it is in the middle of Utah.
239-The Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The deepest point is 34 feet.
240-The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means people of the mountains.
241-Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
243-Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington, Alabama in 1914. He died in 1981.
244-Paint smears will wipe off with a cloth if you put chap stick around the edges of the glass next to the trim.
245-To clean a marble counter top, use a mortar and pestle to smash up Crayola chalk into a fine powder, then dip a soft cloth in the powder and wipe the marble. When finished, wash the counter top with clear water and dry thoroughly.
246-Tradition holds that Joseph, the husband of Mary in the New Testament, was a cabinetmaker.
247-In the groundbreaking 1919 German silent horror movie The cabinet of Doctor Caligari, an evil hypnotist orders a sleep-walker to murder people.
248-Before the advent of paper, most documents were written on parchment (made from the skin of sheep or goats) or vellum (made from the skin of calves). A three-hundred-page book would require the skin of an estimated eighteen sheep.
249-Marco Polo is believed by most to be the first European to visit China despite the fact that his father and uncle had traveled to China five years before him
250-In 1633, the Vatican threatened to burn Galileo Galile at the stake for stating the Earth (and other planets) revolved around the sun.
251-President Thomas Jefferson sold his library of 6,487 books to congress for $23,950 after British troops burned the library of congress down.
252-President Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the US, ordered the first bathtub for the White House.
253-On Labor Day, the city of Nome, Alaska, hosts and annual Great Bathtub Race. Four team members, wearing wide-brim hats and suspenders, push or pull a bathtub on wheels down Front Street with a fifth team member sitting in the bathtub filled with water and bubble bath and carrying a bath towel.
254-The Pazyryk rug, the earliest known rug woven with pile, was discovered in a tomb in Siberia and dates back to 425 BC
255-The United States produces some one billion square yards of rugs and carpeting every year.
256-Comedian Howie Mandel began his career as a salesman in a carpet store.
257-In 1997, car manufacturers made 9.3 million cars. That same year, car manufacturers recalled 10.4 million cars.
258-Scientist believe that ancient Egyptians domesticated cats as early as 3500 BC to kill mice, rats, and snakes on farms and in grain storehouses.
259-The ancient Egyptian goddess Bast had the head of a cat and the body of a woman. The Egyptians worshipped Bast as the goddess of love and fertility.
260-Archeologists discovered an ancient cat cemetery in Egypt that contained more than 300,000 cat mummies.
261-During the middle ages, Europeans thought cats to be evil and associated them with dark magic. They killed hundreds of thousands of them, causing an increase in the rat population, and resulting in the spread of the bubonic plague that killed a quarter of the European people in the fourteenth centaury
262-Two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic: a Pomeranian belonging to Miss Margaret Hays in lifeboat seven, and a Pekingese belonging to Henry Sleeper Harper in lifeboat three.
263-The Dog Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, exhibits paintings, sculptures, and other works featuring dogs.
264-Rene Descartes invented coordinate geometry while laying in bed watching a fly walk across ceiling tiles.
265-Mechelangelo spent four years painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, between 1508 and 1512.
266-In the late 1800s, manufacturers begun making inexpensive “ready-made” clothing. Making is so more and more people were buying this, instead of hand making their own.
267-In the first century AD, the Romans invented central heating by embedding tubes made from terra cotta in the wals of homes to carry smoke generated by wood or coal fires in the basements.
268-Around 1500, Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci invented the first mechanical fan powered by water.
269-During the lifetime of an air conditioner, the owner spends three times the original price of the air conditioner to pay for the energy to run it.
270-A poll taken in the twentieth century states that most housewives found doing the dishes by hand a pleasant task to help them unwind at the end of the day.
271-In the play Alcestist, ancient Greek playwriter Euripides wrote: “Today’s today. Tomorrow, we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.”
272-The inventor of the electric blanket George Crowley died of pneumonia.
273-To prevent anyone from suspecting he is Superman, Clark Kent wears glasses.
274-Platunum blonde sex symbol Marilyn Monroe was a natural brunette who wore eyeglasses.
275-Eyeglasses with very thick lenses are called, “Coke bottle glasses”
276-The ancient Greeks had Marble floors in their temples and buildings.
277-The ancient Romans invented Cement and made floors from it.
278-Log cabins of the early American Pioneers had dirt floors.
279-The custom of placing flowers on a loved one’s grave began more than 500,000 years ago.
280-Flowers contain the reproductive organs of the plant; the seams and the pistils. The stamens produce pollen’ the pistils bear the sead.
281-Daffodiles symbolize unrequested love.
282-Chrysanthemums symbolize truth
283-Mangnolias symbolize perseverance
284-Garbology is the study of trash, a peculiar outgrowth of archelology.
285-No one knows who came up with they saying, “One man’s trash is another’s treasure.”
286-The word for garbage in French is: Ordures
287-The number one cause of house plants death is overwatering which causes root rot.
288-Plants with leaves of several colors require more sunlight than plants with just plain green leaves.
289-Plants do most of their growing at night, so house plants need a daily period of darkness to develop.
290-Plants are phototrophic which means they grow towards a light.
291-Bees pollinate fruit trees, vegetable plants, and flowers.
292-Superman has a small pouch hidden on the inside of his cape to store his “Clark Kent” cloths
293-95% of all accidents happen close to the home. The other five percent happen in other places such as the work area.
294-A single pond in Brazil can sustain a greater variety of fish than is found in all of Europe’s rivers.
295-A one ounce gold nugget is more rare than a five carrot dimond.
296-The most common four-letter-word used in crossword puzzles is “area”
297-Rout 66 started out as a camel trail.
298-The word “grenade” comes from the French word for pomegranate.
299-78% of US women say they would turn down a date if they had not shaved.
300-Love and fear cause the same physical reactions: dilated pupils, sweaty palms, and elevated heart rate.
301-The most abundant mammals in the rainforest are bats.
302-One kernel of candy corn will supply an adult with enough calories to walk a hundred and fifty feet.
303-In the 1800s doctors recommended painting a room red to prevent smallpox.
304-The world’s longest fire: A coal seam in Australia’s Burning Mountain has been burning for 6,000 years.
305-Since 1953 more than 3,000 people have climbed Mt. Everest and about 200 of them have died.
306-While humans absorb 15% of the oxygen they breathe, whales absorb about 90%.
307-Modern lollipop machines pump out 5,900 pops per minute. (ppm) While the first ones made about forty ppm.
308-Ten percent of Americans are left handed. Eighteen percent of the US presidents have been.
309-Seals sometimes eat baby sharks.
310-South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet light.
311-70% of Americans believe in hell, yet only 4% believe they will go there.
312-Propinquity means living close to your place of birth.
313-Each year thirty people try to commit suicide with a BB gun.
314-King James IV was an amateur dentist. He paid people to let him practice on their teeth.
315-The first Presidential Armored car originally belonged to Al Capone.
316-Charles Richter (the inventor of the Richter Scale for measuring earthquakes) was a nudist.
317-There are four cars and eleven light posts on a ten dollar bill.
318-Dogs have two sets of teeth: thirty “puppy” teeth that they lose at four months old and they have forty-two adult teeth.
319-Less than a third of stolen art work worth more than $1 million is ever recovered.
320-fifty=five percent of Americans said they would still continue to work even if they won the ten-million dollar lottery.
321-Russian scientists have come up with a new drug to prolong drunkenness.
322-The world’s biggest book: Buhtan:A visual Odyssey is 5” tall and 7” wide, and weighs 133 pounds.
323-On average more Americans die on the first week of a month than the last week of a month.
324-58% of divorced men say they are happy after the end of the marriage, 85% of women say the same thing.
325-Moisture, not air, causes Super Glue to dry.
326-Every ten seconds the population of the United States of America increased by one person.
327-As you age, your eye color gets lighter.
328-Hydronymy is the study of how bodies of water get their name.
329-Companies in France must pay a fine if there name contains and English word.
330-The world’s highest city, La Paz, Bolivia is also the most fire proof, the thin air can barely sustain enough oxygen for a fire.
331-On average, more than 30% of all American hotel rooms are empty of any given night.
332-After an accident a deployed air bag adds a cost of about $2,000 more to the cost of the car repairs.
333-Only about 3% of all mammals are monogamous.
334-There are more American $100 dollar bills in Russia than in the US.
335-EEWW!! 45% of people admit they pee in the shower.
336-In 2004 Virginia Atlantic Airways began offering double beds for the first class passangers.
337-Worldwide, hospitals give mothers the wrong baby twelve times a day.
338-Pilgrams ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
339-If a male million air is married, his wife’s profession, statistically, would be a teacher.
340-A Brazilian designer has introduced a line of lingerie with GPS chips in them.
341-Areosmith has made more money off of Guitar Hero than from any of their albums.
342-By the time it is a year old, a mockingbird knows on average twenty-five to thirty songs.
343-15% of Americans say they check their email in church.
344-A 2008 study has shown that if you smell roses in your sleep, you’re more likely to have pleasant dreams.
345-Fidgeting can burn up to 350 calories per day.
346-The air in an eight ounce glass weighs as much as an aspirin tablet.
347-A Weddell seal can travel underwater for up to seven miles without surfacing for air.
348-Queen Elizabeth has her own Youtube channel.
349-Your ribs move every time you breathe-5 million times a year.
350-According to one study, a third of New York City public school teachers, send their kids to private school.
351-About 80% of all marijuana grown out doors in the USA is on state or federal land.
352-When you laugh you expel air speeds up to seventy miles per hour.
253-Zebra’s are the ninja horses. It takes a newborn horse about an hour to begin walking. It takes a zebra only twenty-minutes.
254-Sylvester Stallone’s first acting role was the lower half of Smokey the Bear in a Cubs Scouts play.
355-The sea horse swims at a pace of 0.01 MPH.
356-In support of “Animal Rights”, Rome has banned goldfish bowls and ordered mandatory dog walking.
357-There are 200 Starbucks in London, but only forty-four in Starbucks’ home city of Seattle.
358-Ten percent of Italian women, thirty percent of U.S women, and fifty-seven percent of British women wear D-cup bras.
359-Google’s original name was BackRub.
360-One blue whale weighs about the same as forty rhinos.
361-The FBI kept a 2,000-page file on Albert Einstein.
362-When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, he took his first step with his left foot.
363-All the gold ever mined can fit in two large swimming pools.
364-While sleeping you dream once every ninety minutes, a dog: every sixty minutes, and a cat every twelve to fifteen minutes.
365-May fourth is National StarWars day. (May the fourth be with you.)
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