1. Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
2. Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
3. Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
4. Did you know Perth is Australia’s windiest city
5. Did you know Elvis’s middle name was Aron
6. Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
7. Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
8. Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
9. Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
10. Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about
11. Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
12. Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
13. Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
14. Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
15. Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
16. Did you know honey is the only natural food which never spoils
17. Did you know M&M’s chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
18. Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you
19. become)
20. Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
21. Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178
22. miles)
23. Did you know 11% of people are left handed
24. Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
25. Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it
26. Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
27. Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
28. Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
29. Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
30. Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
31. Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
32. Did you know Ralph Lauren’s original name was Ralph Lifshitz
33. Did you know rabbits like licorice
34. Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
35. Did you know ‘Topolino’ is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
36. Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
37. Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
38. Did you know reindeer like bananas
39. Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
40. Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
41. Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
42. Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
43. Did you know about 90% of the worlds population kisses
44. Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
45. Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
46.
47. designed by the US department of defense
48. Did you know toilets use 35% of indoor water use
49. Did you know the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
50. Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
51. Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
52. Did you know all insects have 6 legs
53. Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria
54. Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
55. Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
56. Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
57. Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland
58. Did you know ‘Lonely Planet’ for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
59. Did you know the sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English
60. alphabet
61. Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs
62. Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
63. Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it
64. Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water
65. Did you know 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
66. Did you know if you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100 consecutively (1 + 2 + 3…) it totals 5050
67. Did you know sponges hold more cold water than hot
68. Did you know lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
69. Did you know fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
70. Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
71. Did you know camel’s milk doesn’t curdle
72. Did you know elephants sleep between 4 – 5 hours in 24 period
73. Did you know it’s possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
74. Did you know frogs can’t swallow with their eyes open
75. Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump
76. Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
77. Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
78. Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others
79. Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
80. Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
81. Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
82. Did you know frogs don’t usually swallow water (they absorb most of the moisture they need through their
83. skin)
84. Did you know at birth dalmations are always white
85. Did you know hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
86. Did you know a duck can’t walk without bobbing its head
87. Did you know a hummingbird’s heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
88. Did you know dragonflies have 6 legs but can’t walk
89. Did you know a crocodile can’t move its tongue
90. Did you know that the first MTV video played was ‘Video killed the radio star’ by the Buggles
91. Did you know in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
92. Did you know pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
93. Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep
94. Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
95. Did you know an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
96. Did you know the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
97. Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
98. Did you know the word laser stands for ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation’
99. Did you know crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
100. Did you know reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
101. Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body
102. Did you know cows don’t have upper front teeth
103. Did you know everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world
104. Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
105. Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
106. Did you know there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
107. Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
108. Did you know in a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
109. Did you know black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact
110. Did you know the safest car color is white
111. Did you know the most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush
112. Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
113. Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
114. Did you know room temperature is defined as between 20 to 25C (68 to 77F)
115. Did you know an octopus pupil is rectangular
116. Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
117. Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial
118. Service
119. Did you know the movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor’s salaries
120. Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in ‘dous’ (they are: hazardous,
121. horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
122. Did you know the oldest word in the English language is ‘town’
123. Did you know cats can’t move their jaw sideways
124. Did you know grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
125. Did you know its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
126. Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
127. Did you know ‘Bookkeeper’ and ‘bookkeeping’ are the only 2 words in the English language with three
128. consecutive double letters
129. Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
130. Did you know the average golf ball has 336 dimples
131. Did you know the word ‘Strengths’ is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
132. Did you know the movie ‘Wayne’s World’ was filmed in two weeks
133. Did you know the Amazon rainforest produces half the world’s oxygen supply
134. Did you know a group of frogs is called an army
135. Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash
136. Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob
137. Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
138. Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle
139. Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament
140. Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
141. Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
142. Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
143. Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
144. Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain
145. Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
146. Did you know Monopoly is the most played board game in the world
147. Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by women
148. Did you know 42% of men and women 25% don?t wash their hands after using a public toilet
149. Did you know if you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
150. Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
151. Did you know a cats urine glows under a blacklight
152. Did you know white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
153. Did you know cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees
154. Did you know small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds
155. Did you know domestic cats dislike citrus scents
156. Did you know cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
157. Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
158. Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
159. Did you know paper originated from China
160. Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
161. Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
162. Did you know the film ‘Mary Poppins’ was filmed entirely indoors
163. Did you know all of the clocks in the movie ‘Pulp Fiction’ are fixed to 4:20
164. Did you know instant coffee was invented in 1901
165. Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold
166. Did you know rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population
167. Did you know Pearls melt in vinegar
168. Did you know a hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don?t)
169. Did you know there is no butter in buttermilk
170. Did you know giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels
171. Did you know the dot on top of the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle
172. Did you know the electric chair was invented by a dentist
173. Did you know you’re more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
174. Did you know a crocodile can’t stick out its tongue
175. Did you know rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated
176. Did you know women blink twice as much as men
177. Did you know ostriches don’t bury their heads in sand
178. Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
179. Did you know Scotland has the most redheads
180. Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells
181. Did you know the past tense for the English word ‘dare’ is ‘durst’
182. Did you know hummingbirds can’t walk
183. Did you know wind doesn?t make a sound until it blows against an object
184. Did you know the naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953
185. Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
186. Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
187. Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
188. Did you know Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora
189. Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
190. Did you know every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered
191. Did you know the word ‘uncopyrightable’ is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without
192. repeating any letter
193. Did you know the word ‘testify’ derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
194. Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a
195. keyboard
196. Did you know that you can spell the word ‘level’ the same backwards
197. Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
198. Did you know almonds are members of the peach family
199. Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
200. Did you know owls can’t move their eyes from side to side
201. Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday
202. Did you know gold never erodes
203. Did you know scorpions glow under ultra violet light
204. Did you know when water freezes it expans by 9%
205. Did you know ants stretch when they wake up in the morning
206. Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length
207. Did you know diamonds are the hardest natural substance
208. Did you know 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
209. Did you know the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
210. Did you know Halley’s comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
211. Did you know there is no sound in space
212. Did you know tennis was originally played with bare hands
213. Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913
214. Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees
215. Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year
216. Did you know a piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times
217. Did you know the opposite sides of a die always adds up to 7
218. Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System
219. Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
220. Did you know the electric toothbrush was invented in 1939
221. Did you know Porsche also builds tractors
222. Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
223. Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door
224. Did you know the Titanic was built in Belfast
225. Did you know Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms
226. Did you know Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands
227. Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
228. Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee
229. Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
230. Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night
231. Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
232. Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
233. Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
234. Did you know more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks
235. Did you know the original design of Monopoly was circular
236. Did you know the Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second
237. Did you know over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from using right handed products
238. Did you know gorillas sleep 14 hours a day
239. Did you know the lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
240. Did you know the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair
241. Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards
242. Did you know a giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
243. Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television
244. Did you know the word ‘underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters ‘und’
245. Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand
246. Did you know there are more chickens than people
247. Did you know for every human there are 200 million insects
248. Did you know the average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites
249. Did you know an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
250. Did you know emus can’t walk backwards
251. Did you know the Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets
252. Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
253. Did you know the doorbell was invented in 1831
254. Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty’s crown
255. Did you know the oldest know n vegetable is the pea
256. Did you know the most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays
257. Did you know the average hen lays 228 eggs a year
258. Did you know the Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps
259. Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
260. Did you know Oak trees don’t produce acorns until they are 50 years old
261. Did you know the word ‘almost’ is the longest word spelt alphabetically
262. Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
263. Did you know Earth is the only planet not named after a god
264. Did you know months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th
265. Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
266. Did you know more people are killed from bees than snakes
267. Did you know the average person laughs 10 times a day
268. Did you know the Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific
269. Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day
270. Did you know your head contains 22 bones
271. Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
272. Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
273. Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print
274. Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water
275. Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes
276. Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
277. Did you know the life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days
278. Did you know a dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph)
279. Did you know the smallest dog is the Chihuahua
280. Did you know a sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph)
281. Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
282. Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the ‘bee hummingbird’ found in Cuba
283. Did you know African elephants only have 4 teeth
284. Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755
285. Did you know the rarest type of diamond is green
286. Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
287. Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
288. Did you know men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women
289. Did you know Tokyo was once know n as Edo
290. Did you know women make up 49% of the worlds population
291. Did you know wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light
292. Did you know the tea bag was invented in 1908
293. Did you know carrots contain 0% fat
294. Did you know 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year
295. Did you know plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970
296. Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788
297. Did you know the meaning of ‘Blue Chip’ comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
298. Did you know DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data
299. Did you know the term ‘disc jockey’ was first used in 1937
300. Did you know sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air
301. Did you know the average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches
302. Did you know soccer is the most followed sport
303. Did you know volleyball was invented in 1895
304. Did you know that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
305. Did you know the odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
306. Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
307. Did you know Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
308. Did you know it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
309. Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye
310. Did you know a banana contains 75% water
311. Did you know 13 people die every year from vending machines
312. Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
313. Did you know your liver has over 500 functions
314. Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
315. Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
316. Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right
317. handed needing to hang onto the rail)
318. Did you know a flea can jump 350 times its body length
319. Did you know cucumbers are 96% water.
320. Did you know a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
321. Did you know a honeybee’s top speed is 24kph (15mph)
322. Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
323. Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
324. Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans
325. Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
326. Did you know horses sleep standing up
327. Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water
328. Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly
329. Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
330. Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
331. Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years
332. Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur
333. Did you know crocodiles are colour blind
334. Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
335. Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
336. Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water
337. Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards.
338. Did you know whales can’t swim backwards
339. Did you know camels are born without humps
340. Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
341. Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes
342. Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food
343. Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
344. Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined
345. Did you know giraffes can’t swim
346. Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
347. Did you know an elephant’s trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
348. Did you know bull’s can run faster uphill than down
349. Did you know a shark’s teeth are literally as hard as steel
350. Did you know a moth has no stomach
351. Did you know grasshoppers have white blood
352. Did you know it takes 50 minutes to soft boil and two hours to hard boil an ostrich egg
353. Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
354. Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world’s oceans than has been mined
355. Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
356. Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
357. Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
358. Did you know 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.)
359. Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
360. Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
361. Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
362. Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
363. Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
364. Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
365. Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
366. Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
367. Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
368. Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
369. Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
370. Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
371. Did you know New York’s Central Park was opened in 1876
372. Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
373. Did you know the word old English word ‘juke’ meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
374. Did you know EMI awards stands for ‘Electrical and Musical Instruments’
375. Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday
376. Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
377. Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb
378. Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
379. Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
380. Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
381. Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards
382. Did you know when recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain
383. Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
384. Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
385. Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day
386. Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women
387. Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
388. Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
389. Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining
390. Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
391. Did you know your normal body temperature is 37C (99F)
392. Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
393. Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
394. Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold
395. Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
396. Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
397. Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
398. Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888
399. Did you know minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F
400. Did you know cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949
401. Did you know to crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound
402. Did you know there is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the
403. world
404. Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
405. Did you know the lie detector was invented in 1921
406. Did you know the world’s know ledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will
407. be discovered in those 50 years
408. Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886
409. Did you know red light has the highest wavelength
410. Did you know paper money was first used in China
411. Did you know according to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes
412. Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
413. Did you know light is electro magnetic radiation
414. Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
415. Did you know gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur
416. Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords
417. Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day
418. Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
419. Did you know armadillos can walk underwater
420. Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
421. Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can’t retract it’s claws
422. Did you know roosters can’t crow if they can’t fully extend their necks
423. Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
424. Did you know flamingos can only eat when their heada are upside down
425. Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human
426. Did you know a female ferret is called a jill
427. Did you know porcupines float in water
428. Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985
429. Did you know Scissors were most likely invented ancient Egypt
430. Did you know each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child
431. Did you know turnips turn green when sunburnt
432. Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
433. Did you know moisture (not air) causes super glue to dry
434. Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
435. Did you know artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991
436. Did you know 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer
437. Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in
438. the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
439. Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
440. Did you know Britain was the first country to use postage stamps
441. Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water
442. in their lifetime
443. Did you know a deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing
444. Did you know the side of a hammer is called a cheek
445. Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
446. Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for ‘pine head’
447. Did you know the letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1)
448. Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is ‘lollipop’
449. Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
450. Did you know people who work at night tend to weigh more
451. Did you know you can only see a rainbow if you have your back to the sun
452. Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand’s south island
453. Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day
454. Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin
455. Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
456. Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)
457. Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 – 9 metres
458. Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982
459. Did you know the word ‘lethologica’ describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
460. Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
461. Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
462. Did you know 55% of all movies are rated R
463. Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person
464. Did you know 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21
465. Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
466. Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
467. Did you know Shakespeare invented the words ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’
468. Did you know there are a million ants for every person on Earth
469. Did you know over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year
470. Did you know new born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206)
471. Did you know there is no proof as to who built the Taj Mahal
472. Did you know The sixth sick sheik?s sixth sheep?s sick’ is said to be the toughest tongue twister
473. Did you know that in the 17th century the value of pi was know n to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411
474. trillion)
475. Did you know Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick
476. Did you know you use 72 different muscles while speaking
477. Did you know coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks)
478. Did you know it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
479. Did you know the most common disease is tooth decay
480. Did you know avocados have the most calories of any other fruit
481. Did you know American’s eat 18 billion hot dogs a year
482. Did you know emus can’t walk backwards
483. Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
484. Did you know the Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons
485. Did you know the average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
486. Did you know Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes
487. Did you know there are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty’s crown
488. Did you know ‘Babe’ was played by over 50 pigs
489. Did you know the most common time for a wake up call is 7am
490. Did you know giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal
491. Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys
492. Did you know Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
493. Did you know blue and white are the most common school colors
494. Did you know ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
495. Did you know your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
496. Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs
497. Did you know the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
498. Did you know every year the sun loses 360 million tons
499. Did you know the shell is 12% of an eggs weight
500. Did you know the longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years
501. Did you know the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum
502. Did you know the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
503. Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched’
504. Did you know a squid has 10 tentacles
505. Did you know the average American eats 263 eggs a year
506. Did you know in 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
507. Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
508. Did you know a third of Americans flush the toilet while they’re still sitting on it
509. Did you know you’re more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other
510. Did you know your right lung takes in more air than your left
511. Did you know womens hearts beat faster than mens
512. Did you know the atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
513. Did you know the odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
514. Did you know the average bank teller loses $250 every year
515. Did you know more people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos
516. combined
517. Did you know the average person has 10,000 taste buds
518. Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
519. Did you know ‘underground’ is the only word that begins and ends with the letters ‘und’
520. Did you know a woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice
521. Did you know snakes can’t blink
522. Did you know ants don?t like baby powder (talcum powder)
523. Did you know employees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day
524. Did you know the ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck
525. Did you know a rat can tread water for 3 days
526. Did you know bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all invented by
527. women
528. Did you know there is no rice in rice paper
529. Did you know dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout
530. Did you know sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
531. Did you know bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes
532. Did you know the only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica
533. Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population
534. Did you know greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
535. Did you know you can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)
536. Did you know sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest
537. Did you know greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed
538. Did you know when 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep
539. an eye out for predators
540. Did you know most cows produce more milk when they listen to music
541. Did you know elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear
542. Did you know giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal
543. Did you know snakes can’t bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)
544. Did you know a blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating
545. Did you know pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal
546. Did you know gorillas can’t swim
547. Did you know house cats have 18 claws
548. Did you know giraffes can’t cough
549. Did you know the Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak
550. Did you know deers don’t like hay
551. Did you know shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females
552. Did you know the average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day
553. Did you know there are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos
554. Did you know the average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
555. Did you know a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
556. Did you know fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
557. Did you know spiders have transparent blood
558. Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
559. Did you know only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey
560. Did you know March 14 is ‘save a spider day’
561. Did you know all the people on Earth could fit into a 1 km cube
562. Did you know there are over 4,300 know n species of ladybugs
563. Did you know a fly’s recation time is 30 milliseconds
564. Did you know butterflies taste with their back feet
565. Did you know moths have no stomach
566. Did you know bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second
567. Did you know bees have 4 wings
568. Did you know the most eaten fruit in America is the banana
569. Did you know the ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
570. Did you know originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an ‘intellectual beverage’ to boost brain power
571. Did you know over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii
572. Did you know the frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
573. Did you know the color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
574. Did you know John Kellogg invented corn flakes
575. Did you know 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day
576. Did you know Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
577. Did you know Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine
578. Did you know there are over 15,000 different kinds of rice
579. Did you know dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
580. Did you know the ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30c (64-86f)
581. Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country
582. Did you know the largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
583. Did you know 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean
584. Did you know the Nile river flows North
585. Did you know Spain’s largest source of income is from tourism
586. Did you know Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn
587. Did you know the first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
588. Did you know the first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
589. Did you know the dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
590. Did you know the first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
591. Did you know the first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
592. Did you know before 1863 the postal service in the US was free
593. Did you know the first taxi service began in New York in 1907
594. Did you know Pez was invented in 1927
595. Did you know the elevator was invented in 1850
596. Did you know the first toothbrush was invented in 1498
597. Did you know honey enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
598. Did you know you brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and
599. 15% of the bodys blood supply
600. Did you know each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other
601. tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die
602. Did you know the hardest substance in the human body is enamel
603. Did you know there are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body
604. Did you know the number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
605. Did you know trees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely)
606. Did you know rain contains vitamin B12
607. Did you know over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
608. Did you know clouds fly higher during the day than the night
609. Did you know the Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
610. Did you know it takes a plastic container over 50,000 years to start decomposing
611. Did you know every year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced
612. Did you know your blood is 6 times thicker than water
613. Did you know clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks
614. down compounds that cause odor)
615. Did you know Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
616. Did you know the opposite of a ‘vacuum’ is a ‘plenum’
617. Did you know sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air
618. Did you know before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers
619. Did you know the most common Spanish surname is Garcia
620. Did you know 22% of people skip lunch daily
621. Did you know the average person swallows 295 times during a meal
622. Did you know 72% of people eavesdrop
623. Did you know the most popular snack food is potato chips
624. Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash daily
625. Did you know on average 22% of all restaurant meals include potato chips
626. Did you know the most popular toothbrush color is blue
627. Did you know the US produces 19% of the world’s trash
628. Did you know 59% of people say that their average looking
629. Did you know 53% of women don’t leave home without makeup on
630. Did you know 44% of people have broken a bone
631. Did you know 9% of people skip breakfast daily
632. Did you know chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world’s almonds
633. Did you know 90% people depend on alarm clocks to wake up
634. Did you know 21% of people don’t make their bed in the morning
635. Did you know 85% of women wear the wrong bra size
636. Did you know the number 1 reason why people purchase a mobile phone is for safety
637. Did you know per person France consumes the most cheese
638. Did you know the Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year
639. Did you know 75% of people wouldn’t give up their spouse for a night for a $1,000,000
640. Did you know M*A*S*H stood for ‘Mobile Army Surgical Hospital’
641. Did you know The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called ‘The Seinfeld Chronicles’
642. Did you know the first James Bond movie was called ‘Dr. No’
643. Did you know ‘fan’ is short for ‘fanatic’
644. Did you know clinophobia is the fear of going to bed
645. Did you know a standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
646. Did you know police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or
647. Hungarian)
648. Did you know the makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly
649. money every year
650. Did you know the ‘black box’ that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so it can be more
651. easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash
652. Did you know the average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
653. Did you know the blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper
654. Did you know the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
655. Did you know the first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
656. Did you know the human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
657. Did you know the number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
658. Did you know the statue of Liberty’s mouth is 3 feet wide
659. Did you know the surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
660. Did you know 3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
661. Did you know useful life of a modern toilet is 50 years
662. Did you know jellyfish don’t have a brain
663. Did you know 45% of Americans don’t know that the sun is a star
664. Did you know the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
665. Did you know it takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
666. Did you know you can’t tickle yourself
667. Did you know you can’t trademark surnames
668. Did you know ferrets sleep between 18 – 20 hours a day
669. Did you know the ‘you are here’ arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
670. Did you know A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
671. Did you know a violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
672. Did you know there are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
673. Did you know the average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
674. Did you know recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
675. Did you know a baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
676. Did you know a group of foxes is called a skulk
677. Did you know a hippopotamus can run faster than a man
678. Did you know a King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet)
679. long
680. Did you know lions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
681. Did you know a male baboon can kill a leopard
682. Did you know rhinoceros have 3 toes on each foot
683. Did you know a shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
684. Did you know elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
685. Did you know baby rattlesnakes are born in August and September
686. Did you know most snakes have 1 lung
687. Did you know camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
688. Did you know the night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
689. Did you know flamingoes can live up to 80 years old
690. Did you know in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
691. Did you know most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
692. Did you know out of the 250+ know n species of shark only 18 are know n to be dangerous to man
693. Did you know an ostriches can outrun a horse
694. Did you know an ostriches life span is 40-45 years
695. Did you know squirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground
696. Did you know wild cobras can live up to 20 years old
697. Did you know the average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day
698. Did you know a blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses
699. Did you know the greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph)
700. Did you know the fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph,
701. 59knots)
702. Did you know female condors lays a single egg once every 2 years
703. Did you know hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick
704. Did you know an arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
705. Did you know whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals
706. Did you know penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos
707. above the equator)
708. Did you know toads only eat moving prey
709. Did you know when born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall
710. Did you know a bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight
711. Did you know pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo
712. Did you know crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones
713. Did you know the skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight
714. Did you know there are over 1,600 know n species of starfishes
715. Did you know there are over 320 species of parrots
716. Did you know there are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant’s trunk
717. Did you know there are over 690 know n species of bats
718. Did you know there are over 130 species of owl
719. Did you know a garfish has green bones
720. Did you know a camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm
721. Did you know a cat can keep purring while inhaling and exhaling
722. Did you know the spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours
723. Did you know camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes
724. Did you know you can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
725. Did you know there are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms
726. Did you know there are over 7,000 different types of apples
727. Did you know thin skinned lemons are the juiciest
728. Did you know on the average there are 8 peas in a pod
729. Did you know you have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more
730. calories than an apple)
731. Did you know a connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers
732. Did you know the ice cream cone was introduced in 1904
733. Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France
734. second with 85% of households)
735. Did you know chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women
736. Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
737. Did you know chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken
738. Did you know cooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper
739. Did you know arachibutyrophobia is fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
740. Did you know dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones
741. Did you know the average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year
742. Did you know cabbage is 91% water
743. Did you know the most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin
744. Did you know fresh apples float because they contain 25% air
745. Did you know green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea
746. Did you know lettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable
747. Did you know there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
748. Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
749. Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
750. Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
751. Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
752. Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
753. Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
754. Did you know Chevy Chase’s real first name is Cornelius
755. Did you know the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
756. Did you know a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
757. Did you know a nanosecond is one billionth of a second
758. Did you know a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
759. Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a
760. decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
761. Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of
762. origin
763. Did you know brontology is the study of thunder
764. Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
765. Did you know dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
766. Did you know employees of the Vatican pay no income tax
767. Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
768. Did you know petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C
769. (-180 and -240F)
770. Did you know sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
771. Did you know Japanese people don?t have middle names
772. Did you know some playing cards in India are round
773. Did you know the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
774. Did you know the expression to ‘knuckle down’ originated from playing marbles (players used to put their
775. knuckles to the ground for their best shots)
776. Did you know the first aluminum drink can was introduced in 1964
777. Did you know the first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900
778. Did you know the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
779. Did you know there are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o
780. p)
781. Did you know women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
782. Did you know a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
783. Did you know a dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph)
784. Did you know flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
785. Did you know a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
786. Did you know ants can lift 50 times their own weight
787. Did you know bees can see ultraviolet light
788. Did you know 80% of the world’s food crops are pollinated by insects
789. Did you know 10% of with world’s food supply is consumed by insects
790. Did you know it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
791. Did you know queen termites can live up to 50 years
792. Did you know most spiders have transparent blood
793. Did you know caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
794. Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
795. Did you know honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
796. Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
797. Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants
798. Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
799. Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the
800. brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
801. Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
802. Did you know the world’s first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
803. Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
804. Did you know natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify
805. leaks)
806. Did you know there are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
807. Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40
808. above the horizon)
809. Did you know acorns are poisonous to humans (if eaten it can cause damage to your kidneys)
810. Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
811. Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York’s Central Park
812. Did you know chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils
813. Did you know 80% of the world’s rose species come from Asia
814. Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
815. Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon
816. Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest
817. Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
818. Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
819. Did you know onions are part of the lily family
820. Did you know the primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the
821. young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas)
822. Did you know the softest know n mineral is talc
823. Did you know ‘orology’ is the study of mountains
824. Did you know 20% of China’s plants are used in medicine
825. Did you know 2/3 of the world’s eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
826. Did you know humans are the only primates that don’t have pigment in the palms of their hands
827. Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
828. Did you know moths have white blood
829. Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
830. Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
831. Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
832. Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
833. Did you know dolphin’s can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
834. Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
835. Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
836. Did you know only pregnant females polar bears hibernate
837. Did you know polar bears are strictly carnivores
838. Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
839. Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
840. Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
841. Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe
842. Did you know warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
843. Did you know warthogs live for 15 years
844. Did you know when baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month
845. Did you know 2 out of 5 people marry their first love
846. Did you know 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
847. Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash everyday
848. Did you know less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
849. Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
850. Did you know the average shower temperature is 38C (101F)
851. Did you know raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
852. Did you know the algae found in the world’s oceans produces nearly 50% of the world’s oxygen
853. Did you know the game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920
854. Did you know there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
855. Did you know Nintendo first produced playing cards
856. Did you know the word denim comes from ‘de Nimes’ or from Nimes which is a town in France
857. Did you know there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
858. Did you know chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
859. Did you know a chameleon’s tongue is twice as long as its body
860. Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
861. Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
862. Did you know catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
863. Did you know the world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
864. Did you know England’s Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
865. Did you know the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall
866. Did you know the Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
867. Did you know the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
868. Did you know there are 132 rooms in the US White House
869. Did you know banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as
870. lilies, orchids and palms)
871. Did you know bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber
872. Did you know bananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
873. Did you know over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
874. Did you know mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
875. Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
876. Did you know no two spider webs are the same
877. Did you know there are over 900,000 know n species of insects
878. Did you know worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15
879. Did you know John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first
880. chocolate bars
881. Did you know Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
882. Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
883. Did you know 1 plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana
884. Did you know 52% of Americans drink coffee
885. Did you know Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world’s coffee production
886. Did you know coffee is generally roasted between 204 – 218C (400 – 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted
887. the darker the roast)
888. Did you know coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
889. Did you know coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each
890. year
891. Did you know coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
892. Did you know as a world commodity coffee is second only to oil
893. Did you know dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee
894. is roasted the more caffeine is burns off)
895. Did you know the first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900
896. Did you know Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
897. Did you know over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
898. Did you know coffee trees produce its first full crop after 5 years old
899. Did you know the US is the world’s largest consumer of coffee
900. Did you know there are around 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar while a cup of coffee
901. has around 100 to 150
902. Did you know between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
903. Did you know Disneyland opened in 1955
904. Did you know MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video
905. shown ‘Video killed the radio star’ by the Buggles)
906. Did you know the 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White
907. and the seven dwarfs)
908. Did you know the hamburger was invented in 1900
909. Did you know the hottest chile in the world is the habanero
910. Did you know Australia is the only country that is also a continent
911. Did you know Europe is the only continent without a desert
912. Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900
913. Did you know the dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
914. Did you know the supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969
915. Did you know in 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world’s first national park
916. Did you know a person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about
917. 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks)
918. Did you know the average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime
919. Did you know an individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
920. Did you know by age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds
921. Did you know every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it
922. Did you know fingernails grow faster than toenails
923. Did you know humans shed and regrow outer skin cells every 27 days (almost 1,000 new skins in a
924. lifetime)
925. Did you know it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
926. Did you know the human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight)
927. Did you know in 1900 the average life span in the US was 47
928. Did you know the vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words
929. Did you know DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleicacid
930. Did you know the study of insects is called entomology
931. Did you know the word ‘karate’ means ’empty hand’
932. Did you know the Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
933. Did you know the word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words ‘fourteen nights’
934. Did you know wheat is the world’s most widely grown plant
935. Did you know Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats
936. Did you know flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome
937. Did you know the first credit card was a Diner’s Club card issued in 1950
938. Did you know the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is aluminum
939. Did you know the world’s first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York
940. Did you know the average life span of a mosquito is 2 weeks
941. Did you know the average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime
942. Did you know the Empire State Building in New York weighs over 365,000 tons
943. Did you know sea water is approximately 3.5% salt
944. Did you know there are over 900 species of bats
945. Did you know after bananas a zoo gorilla’s favorite food is celery
946. Did you know the African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating
947. Did you know the average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime
948. Did you know over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States
949. Did you know instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962
950. Did you know in American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items
951. Did you know ostrich meat is the leanest of all red meats
952. Did you know banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall
953. Did you know blueberries are very high in antioxidants
954. Did you know the grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine
955. Did you know a pumpkin really is a fruit
956. Did you know laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system
957. Did you know once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by
958. the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%)
959. Did you know the surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court
960. Did you know England’s first great industry was wool
961. Did you know the average age at which America’s presidents have taken office is 54
962. Did you know according to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000
963. bounces
964. Did you know the word ‘almost’ is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical
965. order
966. Did you know a pip is one of the spots on die or domino
967. Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is ‘I’
968. Did you know the number 2 is the only number greater than zero that when added to or multiplied by itself
969. gives you the same result (4)
970. Did you know the word ‘taxi’ is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese
971. Did you know ablutophobia is the fear of bathing
972. Did you know achluophobiais the fear of the dark
973. Did you know acrophobia is the fear of heights
974. Did you know agoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces
975. Did you know aichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects
976. Did you know akousticophobia is the fear of noises
977. Did you know amathophobia is the fear of dust
978. Did you know atychiphobia is the fear of failure
979. Did you know brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms
980. Did you know catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors
981. Did you know dendrophobia is the fear of trees
982. Did you know gatophobia is the fear of cats
983. Did you know heliophobia is the fear of sunlight
984. Did you know helminthophobia is the fear of worms
985. Did you know herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles
986. Did you know hippophobia is the fear of horses
987. Did you know iatrophobia is the fear of doctors
988. Did you know ichthyophobia is the fear of fish
989. Did you know melissophobia is the fear of bees
990. Did you know melophobia is the fear of music
991. Did you know myrmecophobia is the fear of ants
992. Did you know ombrophobia is the fear of rain
993. Did you know ornithophobia is the fear of birds
994. Did you know siderodromophobia is the fear of trains
995. Did you know tachophobia is the fear of speed
996. Did you know zoophobia is the fear of animals
997. Did you know a lions feed once every 3 to 4 days
998. Did you know lion’s can’t roar until the age of 2
999. Did you know an office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet
1000.Did you know you have over 600 muscles
1001.Did you know all owls lay white eggs
1002.Did you know mapping is older than writing
1003.Did you know the bigger the orange the sweeter sweeter it is
1004.Did you know from space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas
1005.Did you know sesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words
1006.Did you know triscadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13
1007.Did you know the world’s most expensive spice is saffron
1008.Did you know the corkscrew was invented in 1890
1009.Did you know Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car
1010.Did you know after you�ve eaten it takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest
1011.Did you know the human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year
1012.Did you know the little hole in some sinks that lets the water drain out instead of flowing is called a ‘porcelator’
1013.Did you know there are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person
1014.Did you know the original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy
1015.Did you know the winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely
1016.Did you know there are 2 credit cards for every person in the US
1017.Did you know 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle
1018.Did you know $30 of raw popcorn translates into $3,000 in sales at movie theaters
1019.Did you know a person produces enough saliva to fill 2 average size swimming pools during their lifetime
1020.Did you know the average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year
1021.Did you know the average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime
1022.Did you know the human body creates 2,500,000 new red blood cells every second
1023.Did you know a soap bubble is 10,000 times thinner than the average human hair
1024.Did you know all snakes are carnivorous
1025.Did you know the tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet)
1026.Did you know the only letter which doesn’t appear in the Periodic Table is j
1027.Did you know October the 10th is national metric day
1028.Did you know the typewriter was invented in 1829
1029.Did you know the dishwasher was invented in 1889
1030.Did you know the wristwatch was invented in 1904
1031.Did you know diamonds are the hardest substance know n to man
1032.Did you know when hydrogen burns in the air water is formed
1033.Did youknow due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
1034.Did you know If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years.
1035.Did you know the oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old
1036.Did you know hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%)
1037.Did you know the moon is 27% the size of the Earth
1038.Did you know the center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C (27 million F)
1039.Did you know sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet)
1040.Did you know cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds
1041.Did you know an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).
