6. in japan they make square fruit ( even grapes )
7. chewing gum too much can cause a disorder
8. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
9. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
13. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
14. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
15. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen
in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
16. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
(That explains a few mysteries....)
17. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
19. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
20. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.
21. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
22. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
23. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
23. if one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who
discovered this??)
24. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
25. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in
the USA."
26. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
29. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
30. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.
31. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
32. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest.
33.An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
34. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
35. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
36. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
37. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
38. Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
39. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
40. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
41.The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
42. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
43. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
44. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
45. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
46. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
47. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
48. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of Their birthplace.
49. If you were to spell out numbers, you have to go to one thousand until you would find the letter "A"
50. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
51. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil
52. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
53. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the "honeymoon".
54. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

55. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
56. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

57. If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

58. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

59. President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

60. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

61. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

62. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

63. In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

64. The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

65. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

66. Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

67. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

68. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

69. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

70. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

71. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

72. Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

73. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

74. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

75. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

76. The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.

77. It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

78. The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

79. The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

80. It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".

81. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

82. On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

83. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

84. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

85. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

86. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

87. Lucy and Linus (who where brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left-field on Charlie Brown's baseball team, [when he could find it!]).

88. The pancreas produces Insulin.

89. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

90. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

91. A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

92. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

93. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

94. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

95. Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

96. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

97. Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

98. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

99. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

100. World Tourist day is observed on September 27.

101. Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.

102. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

103. Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

104. There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.

105. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

106. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

107. Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism.

108. There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

109. Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

110. The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

111. St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

112. The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

113. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

114. If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium.

115. Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

116. Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

117. Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

118. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

119. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

120. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

121. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

122. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.

123. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

124. The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

125. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

126. Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902.

127. In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

128. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

129. A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

130. The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

131. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

132. Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.

133. Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated Rolls Royce; jewel-encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter.

134. A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

135. Cats can hear ultrasound.

136. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

137. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

138. The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

139. Children grow faster in the springtime.

140. On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.

141. Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.

142. The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.

143. Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

144. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"

145. Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.

146. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

147. 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

148. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

149. A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.

150. The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

151. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

152. February is Black History Month.

153. Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System.

154. The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

155. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

156. Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

157.Uzbekistan and Leichtenstein are the only doubly landlocked countries
158.The word "bagel" is of Jewish origin.
159.Upminster, a town in Essex, UK was once spelt Upmynstre
160.Peanuts are legumes
161.Mr No was the 45th Mr. Men book
162.Some say English and Spanish pirates made people walk the plank, but they didn't
163.French Fries came from Belgium

164. "Gossip Girl" was a book first.
165. If you stay on just one food,you will still have the same heavyness.
166. There is 10 seasons of "Fiends" , 12 seasons of "Americas Next Top Model", 14. of "South Park" ... ;)

167. There is an airline called "Hello"

168. coke in glass bottles nowadays you can only get in mexico

169. In the U.K., any boy under the age of 10 is prohibited by law to see a naked manequin.
170. It is illegal to hang a bed out of a window in the United Kingdom.
171.The exact text of a law stating dominoes may not be played on Sunday in Alambama reads:
Section 13A-12-1
Certain acts prohibited on Sunday.

Any person who compels his child, apprentice or servant to perform any labor on Sunday, except the customary domestic duties of daily necessity or comfort, or works of charity or who engages in shooting, hunting, gaming, card playing or racing on that day, or who, being a merchant or shopkeeper, druggist excepted, keeps open store on Sunday, shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than three months. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of railroads, airlines, bus lines, communications, public utilities or steamboats or other vessels navigating the waters of this state, or to any manufacturing establishment which is required to be kept in constant operation, or to the sale of gasoline or other motor fuels or motor oils. Nor shall this section prohibit the sale of newspapers, or the operation of newsstands, or automobile repair shops, florist shops, fruit stands, ice cream shops or parlors, lunch stands or restaurants, delicatessens or plants engaged in the manufacture or sale of ice; provided, that such business establishments are not operated in conjunction with some other kind or type of business which is prohibited by this section. It shall also be lawful to engage in motorcycle and automobile racing on Sunday, whether admission is charged or not; except, that this proviso shall not be construed to prevent any municipality from passing ordinances prohibiting such racing on Sunday.
172. The only two numbers which cannot be proven different from one another are as follows: 1 and 0.(9)which may also be written as 0.999999... due to the fact one cannot name a number less than one but greater than 0.(9).
173. One pail of water can produce enough fog to cover 100 square miles to a depth of fifty feet.
174. In all truth, Frankenstein, contrary to the popular notion, was the (last) name of the creator-doctor of the monster, not the monster himself. The monster created by Victor Frankenstein is unnamed.
175. The world’s record for running the 100-yard dash BACKWARDS was set by Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the black tap dancer who appeared in many Shirley Temple movies. He ran it in 13.5 seconds.
176. Dr. Sylvester Graham was a religious crusader who opposed the use of meat, tea, coffee, tobacco, corsets, and feathers. He invented Graham crackers, which attained success in the 1820’s because Graham claimed that they would reduce the pubescent urges of young girls.
177. Thomas Edison was a judge at the first “Miss America” beauty contest in 1880.
178. Though it is commonly overlooked, (hence the saying "That salesman could sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo!), many Eskimos do own fridges. They use them to keep their food from freezing!
179. At least fifteen million people are having a birthday today.
180. It is unknown which state was 39th to be admitted into the Union - North or South Dakota.

181.Unlike other animals, wolves have a variety of distinctive facial expressions they use to communicate and maintain pack unity.
182. The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old
183.Despite the sayin "As American as apple pie", apple pie is British
184. People did not wear underwear until the mid nineteeth century
185. The yo-yo was originally a hunting weapon
186. The toothbrush was first built and invented in an English jail
187. It's illegle in Akansas to mispronounce Arkansas.
188. The word quiz became a new word in less than 24 hours.
189.Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions
190. 1.In Quitman, Georgia, chickens may not cross the road.c
191.Before 1920, it was illegal for women in the United States to vote. When women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony tried to vote in the 1872 election, she was arrested and fined $100.c
192.It’s illegal to ride an ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington.c
193.In Mohave County, Arizona, if anyone is caught stealing soap, he must wash himself with it until the soap is gone.c
194.First cousins may marry in Utah, but only after they’re 65 years old.a
195.In North Dakota, no one can be arrested on the Fourth of July, a holiday that is commonly known there as “Five Finger Discount Day.”a

196.In Tennessee, it is illegal for children to play games on Sunday without a license.b
197.It is illegal in Tennessee for an atheist to hold office.b
198.In Indiana, it is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.a
199.It is illegal in California to lick toads. Apparently, some people were licking toads to get high. Unfortunately, some people were being harmed by the toads’ poison.d
200.It is against Michigan state law to tie a crocodile to a fire hydrant.a
201.An old Colorado law states that a person mush have a doctor’s prescription before taking a bath.c

202.Colorado law states that a man cannot marry his wife’s grandmother.b
203.In Kansas, when two trains meet at a crossing, “both shall come to full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.”c
204.A woman in a housecoat is forbidden to drive a car in California.b
205.According to Minneapolis law, a person who double parks a car will be put on a chain gang with only bread and water to eat.b
206. Oevr 98% of popele can raed tihs snetcne

207. Europe is the only continent without a desert
208. Benin City is in Nigeria
209. James McAvoy eats fire
210. The etymology of quiz: A man in Dublin said he could introduce a new word in less than a day. He had the letters Q,U,I,Z chalked on to every wall in the town centre.

211. A horse with a zebras hind legs,tail and rear body is called an Eclyse

212. In Pennsylvania, it is illegle to sing while in a bathtub.

213. Shakespear invented the word 'elbow'.
214. The 'Hagakure' is a famous Japanese text. Its name means 'hidden in the leaves.'
215: Have you realized that 'above and beyond the call of duty' can be abbreviated as 'A and B the C of D'?

216-The Bill was axed.:(

217 The orca is the largest member of the dolphin family

218.Most American car horns honk in the key of F
219.Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
220.'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
221.The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

222. The symbol for St. Patrick's day (Shamrock) came from St.Patrick using a 3-leaf clover as an analogy for the holy trinity.

223:I'm the only person I know who has Hypothyroidisim.

234: sticking your tongue out in Tibet is considered good manners

235:Dogs sniff their butt to greet each other

.cfffr

226.Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 having been in congress since 1846,John F Kennedy was elected in 1960 having been in congress since 1946
227.Shades are cool see

228. I (EmzLovesCheryl) got together with my boyfriend last night. <3
229. My best friend is the cleverest person that I know face-to-face.
230. In the UK, there is a town called Great Dunmow where a white witch lives.

231. Pablo Escobar (the richest drug dealer) once burned US$ 2 million in cash just to keep warm while on the run.

232.ilike pie

233. Plants, like animals/humans, can have fevers

234-The Bill was axed!
235-Doctor Who is shit

236-my dad is a bad cook.
237-If u throw a piece of jello on the ceiling it can stick to the ceiling for about two months.

238-The "spider" on the back of the one dollar bill is actually a bunch of small lines.

239. Goldfish have an attention span of 3 seconds.

240.The first lollipop was made in Connecticut.
241.The muppets show was banned in Saudi Arabia because one of the stars was a pig.

242.Glee is the best

243. There is no word that rhymes with month

245. Every second (1 second) four (4) babies are born while every second (1 second) a (1) person dies...

246.Nothing rythmes with orange

247. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.
248. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, not China!
249. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
250. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great;Hearts-Charlemagne and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
251. In every episode of Seinfeld
there is a Superman somewhere.
252. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
253. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
254. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
255. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

256.) A pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
257.) Humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.

258. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

259. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

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

261. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

262. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

263. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

265-I am watching justin bieber on GMTV!

266 In the uk french fries are called chips and chips are called crisps or doritos

267. Freddie Mercury loved pressing all the buttons on an elevator at the same time and then screamed like a two-year-old when the elevator stalled :P
268. In the movie, Labyrinth there was originally a kiss planned between 15-year old, Jennifer Connely and the 39-year old, David Bowie but it was unscripted

269. MAODNNA AND MJ ROCK! XD
270. This club was the 3rd club on Fanpop to be created.

271. 25 % of the people haven't read all the above facts except the first five!

Sorry Ive been gone a long time.
I was clipping my toenails

272.God only knows what I'd be without...
Only a The Beach Boys fan knows what I mean
273.I yell at people a lot
274.The emoticon is the weather right now
14:03 29/12/11

I am Scottish

276: when you eat lots of fresh pineapple and the inside of your mouth starts to hurt it is because the enzymes in the pineapple are digesting your mouth.
277: the full name for a piano is pianoforte, which means quietloud in italien. This is because you can control the volume of a piano, and you couldn't on it's predesessor, the harpsichord.

278: Jodie Foster's real name is Alicia Christian Foster
279: Originally Mozenrath was set to be reveled as Aladdin's older brother in the third Aladdin film. Before the film could be made Johnathan Brandis (Mozenrath's voice actor) killed himself.
280: Before 1992 The Joker only had male henchmen. Then Paul Dini introduced Harley Quinn in the Batman Animated TV Show.
281: The concept for the show Kim Possible was thought up while the creators were stuck in an elevator.

282: 44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep
283:A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
284:The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia
285:The youngest pope was 11 years old

286. People come up with good facts here.

287: 2.5 cans of Spam meat are eaten every second in the United States

288. 30% of these are opinions
289. This is not one of them.
290. This one isn't either.
291. Or this
292. Or this
293. Or this
294. Or this
295. Or this
296. Or this
297. Or this
298. Or this
299. Or this
300. This is the 300th fact! Also, or this XD