Random Facts

I have nothing to post so I'm going to post random facts. A while ago, Kristen and I went online and found a bunch, it was cool to read.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

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

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?"

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

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.

12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under is cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

In 1983, a Japanese artist made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of toast.

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

Slugs have 4 noses.

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.

Hope it was fun reading it :)