Fun facts #4

1. The total weight of skin for an average adult human is 6 pounds.
2. The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965 (Nevertheless; Michael Corke of Chicago suffered from rare genetic disease that affected his ability to sleep. The disease, Fatal Familial Insomnia, led to his death in 1992 after going 6 months without sleep)
3. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV
4. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump
5. Cold showers stimulate your sex drive
6. Registered in 1985, symbolics.com is the first ever internet domain registered
7. Coffee beans aren't beans; they are fruit pits
8. It is not allowed to have living US presidents featured on US currency
9. Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell
10. A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of raw potatoes
11. Lima beans contain cyanide
12. Frogs use their eyes to help them eat their food: frogs can pull their eyes inward toward the mouth to help push the food down their throat
13. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America (not China), in 1918, by Charles Jung
14. If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously
15. Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. No longer on the list as of 2004.
16. Some in Japan bath in coffee grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp to improve their skin and reduce wrinkles
17. Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living
18. A snail can sleep for three years
19. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
20. In Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from conception and not physical birth
21. Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100
22. The people in Bali only have one of four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut
23. There are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt
24. The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit
25. The state official motto of Alaska is " North to the Future"
26. People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers
27. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies
28. Orgies were originally religious events. They were originally offerings to the gods
29. 2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover
30. It is unknown if odd perfect numbers exist
31. A perfect number is a number whose divisors add up to itself such as 28: 1+2+4+7+14=28
32. Human eye detects 10 million colors
33. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."
34. Kissing helps prevent tooth decay
35. One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people
36. Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour
37. Your thumb is the same length as your nose
38. Butterflies smell with their feet
39. Canada is the westernized version of "Kanata" which is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"
40. An egg laden goldfish is called a twit
41. In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands
42. In Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.
43. Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do
44. Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states
45. Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky
46. In1770, a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was put forward to the British Parliament
47. The oldest dog died at the age of 29
48. Cats are the most popular pets in the United States
49. Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives
50. In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
51. San Jose was the original capital of California
52. Carl Sagan was a pot smoker
53. 5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US.
54. All swans in England are the property of the queen or king
55. Women are more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are
56. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like as if it's kissing the conveyor belt
57. The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.
58. Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.
59. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
60. The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07.
61. Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
62. 250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S
63. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.
64. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
65. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
66. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
67. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e."
68. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is not considered an insult! Despite the expensive food, tipping is welcome as in any most other countries. Locals in Japan might also get offended if you leave a tip.
69. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.
70. The largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds.
71. Pinocchio was made of pine.
72. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.
73. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
74. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
75. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit.
76. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
77. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
78. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
79. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6."
80. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota Oklahoma City.
81. Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.
82. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. (He actually tried to make his horse, Incitatus, a consul and a priest)
83. The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.
84. Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
85. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.
86. The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.
87. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
88. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
89. Every minute in the U.S. six people turn 17.
90. Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.
91. On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
92. Blue and white are the most common school colors.
93. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.