Wednesday, May 4, 2011

i had a lot of free time today.

G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.

More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people.

About 20% of gift cards never are redeemed at the full value of the card.

Even today, 90% of the continental United States is still open space or farmland.

The Nike swoosh was designed by a Portland State University student, and purchased by Nike for $35.

The United States has five percent of the world's population, but twenty-five percent of the world's prison population.

The chicken is one of the few things that man eats before it's born and after it's dead.

Harry S Truman's middle name was S. Just S, without the period.

One out of five people in the world (1.1 billion people) live on less than $1 per day.

Life Savers got their shape by a malfunctioning machine, which mistakenly punched a hole in the center of each candy.

Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job (in case their pants split).

Cranberry Jell-O is the only flavor that contains real fruit flavoring.

There are over 87,000 Americans on waiting lists for organ transplants.

60% of all US potato products originate in Idaho.
Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

There are 206 bones in the adult human body, but 300 in children (some of the bones fuse together as a child grows).

In 1991, the average bra size in the United States was 34B. Today it's 36C.

We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday.

Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.

Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

1 comment:

  1. I feel ridiculously smarter in an annoying way.
    Like if I spouted all of this off someone would shoot me for being the most annoying person in the world.
    Where did you find it?

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