1. The longest pronounceable word in the English dictionary is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiasis". (45 letters)
2. The name of the # symbol is "octothorpe".
3. Because steel expands when it gets hot, the Eiffel Tower is six inches taller in the summer than in the winter.
4. The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald's.
5. The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
6. The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
7. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
8. The only 15 letter word, that when spelled, no letters are repeated is "uncopyrightable".
9. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
10. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.
11. Donkeys kill more people anually than plane crashes.
12. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
13. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
14. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
15. The king of hearts is the only king in a standard deck of cards without a mustache.
16. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first class.
17. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
18. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient in waking you up in the morning.
19. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
20. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
21. So did the first "Marlboro Man."
22. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
23. Pearls melt in vinegar.
24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
25. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
26. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
27. Dentists have recommended that you keep your toothbrush six (6) feet from your toilet to avoid airborn particles resulting from the flush.
28. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
29. Could it be true? Alberta, Canada, is said to be completely free of rats.
30. Q. What was Little Red Riding Hood's first name? A. Blanchette.
31. Scientists say: There are more creatures in your mouth than there are humans on earth.
32. If you're an "average" U.S. male, you'll spend 2,965 hours shaving in your lifetime.
33. Q. How many times was the city of Winchester, Virginia, captured during the Civil War? A. 84.
34. Jellyfish are 99% water.
35. The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.
36. Got beef? Americans, on average, eat 100 lbs. of beef a year--about 50% of it as hamburger.
37. The sun weighs about 4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds.
38. You'll take about 23,000 breaths today.
39. A horse will win a sprint against a camel; a camel will win a marathon against a horse.
40. A typical raindrop falls at about 7 miles per hour.
41. In case anyone asks: The standard U.S. drinking straw is 7 3/4" long.
42. Billions served: On an averge day, McDonalds "feeds" 43 million people.
43. In an emergency, Coca-Cola can replace oil in cars.
44. Poll results: Three out of four college students expect to become a millionaire.
45. Sports myth: Footballs are made of cowhide, not pigskin.
46. In the cards: Odds that you will be dealt 4 of a kind in a 5 card draw: 1 in 4,165.
47. U.S. federal debt, per capita, in 1900: $16. In 1999: $20,800.
48. According to the Weekly World News, Heaven's fax number is 011-972-2-612222.
49. Odds that the next time you bowl, you'll score a perfect game: about 1 in 45,000.
50. Put 80 people in a room . . . and one bite from a black mamba snake could kill them all.
51. Clouds don't float--they're actually falling very, very slowly.
52. It would take two and a half minutes to fall from the top of Mt. Everest.
53. Every second, the Pentagon spends $8,612.
54. Coney Island isn't an island, but it used to be.
55. Q: What animal has the largest brain in proportion to its size? A: The ant.
56. California's Golden Gate Bridge isn't golden--it's "International Orange."
57. The Great Wall of China is long enough to stretch from New York City to Houston.
58. So far, there's no official name for the @.
59. Yes? No? Depends on where you go: In Greece and Bulgaria, nodding up and down means "no."
60. George Washington's shoe size: 13.
61. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake is 900 times more powerful than a 5.0 earthquake.
62. What's special about October 6, 1999? The UN says that's when the world's population hit 6 billion.
63. There really is a unit of time called a "jiffy." It's exactly 1/100th of a second.
64. 13 boxes of jello are sold every second.
65. Michael J. Fox's middle name is Andrew.
66. When a pole vaulter lands, his thigh bones absorb up to 20,000 lbs. of pressure per square inch.
67. In what month are the most babies born? September.
68. Fernando Tatis of the Cardinals is the only Major Leaguer to hit 2 grand slams in 1 inning.
69. 127 runners ran the N.Y. Marathon in 1970. In 1998, 32,000 did.
70. A roll of pennies, nickels, or dimes wrapped in paper is called rouleau.
71. U.S. Government regulations on the sale of cabbage contains 26,911 words. The Declaration of Independence: 1,300.
72. There's enough gold in the ocean to give every human 9 pounds.
73. The longest case of constipation ever recorded lasted 102 days.
74. Experts say time is getting shorter: 280 million years ago, a year lasted 390 days.
75. More than 1/2 of all the geysers in the world are in Yellowstone National Park.
76. Diamonds are up to 90 times harder than corundum, the next-hardest mineral.
77. France produces 20 million bottles of wine a day.
78. You share your birthday with at least nine million people around the world.
79. Experts say: Suicides increase after a TV character commits suicide.
80. More words start with the letter "s" than any other letter.
81. Fill your bathtub with water 20,000 times. That much water falls over Niagra Falls every second.
82. Reading 1 book a day, it would take more than 63,000 years to read every book in the U.S. Library of Congress.
83. In one recent survey, 2.1% of nosepickers said they did so "for enjoyment."
84. The highest denomination for a U.S. coin: $100 (It's called the Platinum American Eagle).
85. Q. What sport is played on the largest playing field (300 yards by 200 yards)? A. Polo.
86. Toughest car on Earth: A 1957 Mercedes-Benz 180D racked up 1,184,880 miles in 21 years.
87. McDonald's originally served hotdogs, not hamburgers.
88. U.S. straw sizes, in order of increasing diameter: Cocktail, slim, jumbo, super jumbo, and giant.
89. Researchers say: The smell in your right nostril is more pleasant, but your left side is more accurate.
90. Q: What city is next to New Delhi? A: Old Delhi.
91. Q: What 5-letter word is pronounced the same when the last four letters are removed? A: Queue.
92. Inflation in Germany was so bad during the 1920s that one American dollar was worth 4 quintillion (4,000,000,000,000,000,000) German marks.
93. Kentucky citizens are required by state law to bathe at least once a year.
94. Facts of life: In the next 60 seconds, 101 people will die . . . and 261 new ones will be born.
95. Animal responsible for the most human deaths, worldwide: the mosquito.
96. Q: How many time zones are there in China? A: One.
97. Florida fact: If you're anywhere in the state, you're within 60 miles of a beach.
98. Number of books in print in 1948: 78,000. In 1998: 1.7 million.
99. Ponder this: Of all the humans who have ever lived, only 5 to 10% are alive today.
100. Mexico City is numero uno in taxis, with more than 60,000.
101. Finland is the only nation on Earth that has more cell phones than regular phones.
102. Of India's 650 million people, almost 520 million spend less than $7 a month.
103. 90% of all the tornadoes on Earth occur in the United States.
104. Q: What do cows, elephants, giraffes, and whales have in common? A: Mom, dad, and baby are all called a bull, a cow, and a calf.
105. Technically, there's only one oncean in the world--because they're all connected.
106. 35% of failed American dieters blame candy; 21% blame cheese.
107. Lightning is more likely to strike the same place twice than it is a new place once.
108. How about you? 43% prefer the old $20 bill; 30% like the new one; 27% can't decide.
109. Draw a 1-inch by 1-inch square on your forehead. That square is home to more bacteria--8 million--than there are people in Kentucky and Tennessee combined.
110. You exhale air at an average speed of 4 miles per hour.
111. Poll results: A group of non-English speakers chose "diarrhea" as one of the prettiest-sounding English words.
112. You blink as many as 29 times a minute when talking; as few as 4 times a minute when reading.
113. Human lips don't sweat.
114. It's the law: In Downy, California, more than two police officers are prohibited from gathering at the same doughnut shop at the same time.
115. The five most frequently used letters of the alphabet, in order: e, t, o, a, and n.
116. The five least frequently used letters in order: k, j, x, z, and q.
