- Neil Armstrong had to clear customs and immigration after returning from the moon.
- Can openers were invented 48 years after cans were invented.
- Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
- If your car could drive up, you would reach outer space in about an hour.
- It rains diamonds on Jupiter.
- A cloud typically weights 1.1 million pounds.
- A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
- Cigarettes were promoted as a healthy product until the early 1950’s.
- In the movie “Silence of the Lambs” the character of Hannibal Lector (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
- Nerve impulses travel to the brain at a rate of 113kms per hour.
- Your sense of smell is the last thing to wake up in the morning
- The bulletproof vest was invented by a pizza delivery guy from Detroit after getting shot twice on the job!
- Cows produce more milk when listening to relaxing music.
- Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
- Giraffes are unable to cough.
- A ducks quack doesn’t echo and no one knows why.
- Cows can climb stairs, but they can’t go downstairs.
- There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
- There are about 6800 different languages in the world.
- The 100 years war lasted 116 years. Elvis Presley got a “c” in his 8th grade music class.
- Almost half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet.
- A ten-gallon hat only holds three-quarters of a gallon.
- Hummingbirds flag their wings 60-80 times per second.
- St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was Welsh.
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Popcorn was invented by the Aztec Indians.
- The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
- The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger because it’s the only finger with a vein that connects to the heart.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear any pants.
- The average adult spends more time on the toilet then they do exercising.
- Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand. Apple seeds contain cyanide.
- A Greek Canadian man invented the Hawaiian pizza.
- More Monopoly money is printed each year than real currency.
- Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.
- Sloths can hold their breaths for longer than dolphins.
