Here are a few random facts that you might find interesting, or at least get a kick out of. I just thought they were kind of funny and decided to share.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day – Ever hear of a Cat nap?
Most suicides happen on Mondays – Everyone hates Mondays, this is just another reason
Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners – No really it is
The Elephant is the only animal with 4 knees – That’s two more then me or you, at least I hope so
The Word Goodbye come from “God By” which is from “May God be with you” – Cool
The plastic things on the end of your shoelace is called an “aglet” – Thank the Lord, now I can sleep at night
Every human upon being conceived spent at least half an hour as a single cell – everything has to start somewhere
Nobody know who built the Taj Mahal – Probably the same people that built pyramids, aliens!
On average there are 178 sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun – who would take the time to count?
Children typically grow more during the Springtime then any other season – Makes sense to me, everything else get’s bigger so why not us?
The United States has nerve once lost a war in which mules were used – Then let’s ship some over to Iraq
Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors – so everyone wins, even if you lose you have the satisfaction of saving another life
Cats can hear ultra sound – but not our thoughts, thanks goodness
The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep – eww! That’s just gross!
Beatrix Potter created the first in her legendary series “Peter Rabbit” in 1902 – that’s 105 years ago!
If you were born with a crooked nose in ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership – darn it! My nose is straight
Revolvers are impossible to silence due to the expulsion of gasses at the rear of the gun – so don’t use it to hunt dear, it will scare them away
The Legendary Monster Nessi of Lock Ness is said to be able to swim at 18 to 20 knots – pretty fast for an old girl
The Largemouth Bass is actually smaller then the Smallmouth Bass – that’s just dumb if you ask me
Nintendo almost sold out to Atari in the early 1980’s but their offer was rejected – wow, someone got fired!
Iceland has some of the worlds most frequent volcanic activity – shake rattle and roll, Icelanian style!
SOS in mores code does not stand for Save our Ship it is simply the shortest combination of three letters in the code – I like to think it stands for Save our Ship though
The average human being in a lifetime walks the equivalent of five times around the earth’s equate – no wonder we sleep for a quarter of our lives
The average American keeps their car for only 2 or 3 years – I have had mine for 4…. Honey! We need a new car!
Most people burn more calories sleeping then watching TV – So my new diet includes 12 hours of sleep, oh yeah!
If you travel from London to New York via Concord by crossing time zones you’ll arrive 2 hours before you left – Then you have to go back and kill yourself to save the future
Charlie Brown’s father was a barber – and here I always thought he was a public speaker
The average person makes 1,140 phone calls a year – my wife makes more then three average people combined… *sigh
Purple is the color of royalty – not anymore, if I saw Bush wearing purple I’d laugh my head off… well I do that anyways when he talks so it would just add to the hilarity.
Stressed is dessert spelled backwards – …I tried it, it works
American car horns are in the tone of F – So remember that when you toot your own horn
The human body replaces 98% of its atoms each year – Science at work
In a deck of playing cards the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache – The Queen complained
For every person in the United States there are two credit cards – Cha Ching!
Mario from super Mario Brothers for the NES was originally known as Jumpman from the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong – Mamma Mia!
Hope you found this interesting, just some random useless facts in case your ever on a game show, like who want’s to be a millionaire or 1 Vs 100 something like that speaking of game shows…. well I’ll leave that for another time.