It is a fact
A duck’s quack does not echo.
In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people a year choke to death on ballpoint pens.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
A cow can be led upstairs, but not downstairs.
An ostrich’s eyeball is larger than it’s brain.
All polar bears are left-handed.
It’s a fact part two
It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.
The longest word that can be made using only the letters of one row of a keyboard is “typewriter”.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33 and she would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Almost everyone who reads this list will actually try to lick their elbow.
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
It’s a fact part 3
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
It’s a fact part 4
In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.
In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates.
In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight.
In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.
It’s a fact part 5
It is illegal for sparrows to use public birdbaths in Philadelphia.
In case of a fire anywhere in the city limits of Boston, every able-bodied man in the city must bring a bucket of water to the fire.
The average person spends three weeks yawning in their lifetime.
200 people a year are killed by hippos.
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was
allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
It’s a fact part 6
Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled
"Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered
into the English language.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It’s a fact part 7
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska.
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $16,400.
The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: >61,000.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
It’s a fact part 8
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history: Spades - King David, Hearts – Charlemagne, Clubs –Alexander the Great and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg
in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If
the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
It’s a fact part 9
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go
until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand.
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a
month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law
with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because
their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month,
which we know today as the honeymoon.
50% of Canada is the letter “A”
It’s a fact part 10
In a single day, a dairy cow will:
Eat about 90 pounds of feed.
Drink a bathtub full of water.
Produce 5 to 6 gallons of milk.
To get a gallon of milk requires squeezing the teets 350 times.
96% of suicide attempts fail.
Pope Francis was once a bouncer in a bar in Argentina.
In 2004, J.K. Rowling became the first author ever to earn $1 billion.
Forty million people lost their lives to Genghis Khan or his forces. However, sixteen million people alive today are descendants of Genghis Khan.
Molly Schuyler, a 125 lb. woman ate a record 363 chicken wings to win a wing eating contest. The next day, she won the IHOP pancake eating contest, eating 59 pancakes AND eating five pounds of bacon in three minutes to win a bacon eating contest. The next day, she won a BBQ eating contest, eating five pounds of BBQ. In 2014, she ate a 72 oz. steak in 2 minutes, 44 seconds, breaking the old record of six minutes, 38 seconds.
For every person on Earth, NASA estimates that there are $100 billion worth of minerals in the asteroid belt.
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