random shtuff
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano
A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left.
There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
The average American eats at McDonalds 1,811 times in their life.
There are 1,860 steps to the top of the Empire State Building.
During a University of Nebraska Cornhuskers home football game, the stadium becomes more populated than the state’s third largest city.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and
Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
It takes eighteen minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey's Kiss.
In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps
Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time
Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
Europe is the only continent without a desert.
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans
4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
An elephant's trunk can hold two gallons of water
The flea can jump 350 times its body length, which is like human jumping the length of about 7 football fields.
An average pair of feet will sweat a pint of perspiration a day.
People DO NOT get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
Defecaloesiophobia: Fear of painful bowels movements
Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.
Ithyphallophobia: Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity.
Erotophobia: Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia: Fear of kissing.
Astrophobia: Fear of stars and celestial space.
Genophobia: Fear of sex.
In Massachusetts, at a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
In Massachusetts, It's illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the construction of a building. (MGL Chapter 149 Section 129B)
In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
In Arkansas, Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
In Florida, Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
In New York, a fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
In Alabama, Incestuous marriages are legal.
In New York, while riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
In Florida, You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano
A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left.
There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
The average American eats at McDonalds 1,811 times in their life.
There are 1,860 steps to the top of the Empire State Building.
During a University of Nebraska Cornhuskers home football game, the stadium becomes more populated than the state’s third largest city.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and
Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
It takes eighteen minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey's Kiss.
In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps
Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time
Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
Europe is the only continent without a desert.
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans
4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
An elephant's trunk can hold two gallons of water
The flea can jump 350 times its body length, which is like human jumping the length of about 7 football fields.
An average pair of feet will sweat a pint of perspiration a day.
People DO NOT get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
Defecaloesiophobia: Fear of painful bowels movements
Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.
Ithyphallophobia: Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity.
Erotophobia: Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia: Fear of kissing.
Astrophobia: Fear of stars and celestial space.
Genophobia: Fear of sex.
In Massachusetts, at a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
In Massachusetts, It's illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the construction of a building. (MGL Chapter 149 Section 129B)
In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
In Arkansas, Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
In Florida, Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
In New York, a fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
In Alabama, Incestuous marriages are legal.
In New York, while riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
In Florida, You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.