A typical person uses the bathroom six times per day.
In the story of Cinderella, her slippers were
originally fur, but they became glass because of an error in
translation.
Ever been laying in bed, almost asleep and your leg
jerks ? It's a condition called "hypnagogic myoclonus".
Daniel Webster originated the habit of
standing when the national anthem is played.
The opposite of 'cross-eyed' is 'wall-eyed'.
A dog has elbows.
It is illegal to be a prostitute in
Siena, Italy, if
your name is Mary.
The Forth railway bridge in Scotland is a metre
longer in summer than in winter, due to thermal expansion.
The metal Gallium will melt in the heat of your hands.
Americans use over 16,000 tons of aspirin a year.
Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual
cramps by having her doctor supply her with marijuana.
Herbert Hoover is the only president who
declined pay for his Executive position.
Greenland was named Greenland to attract settlers.
Pointed letters in handwriting indicates competitive
and aggressive behavior.
January is named after the Roman god "Janus".
The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by
the human body.
In
India the "Big Mac" is changed into the "Maharaja Mac", a mutton burger
in deference to religious injunctions against the consumption of beef
and pork.
The onion is actually a lily.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her
husband doesn't give her coffee.
Lurking beneath the state capitol building in
Oklahoma City is a working oil well.
The nose continues to grow throughout your life.
A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 2
seconds.
The
French equivalent of 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', a
sentence which contains every letter of the alphabet (useful when
learning to type), is 'Allez porter ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui
fume un Havane', which translates to 'Go and take this old whisky to
the fair-haired judge smoking the Havana cigar'.
A woodchuck breathes only 10 times during hibernation.
It's against the law to catch fish with your bare
hands in Kansas.
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