money isn't made out of paper its made out of cotton

a toad catches about 10,000 just in one summer

testophobia is the fear of taking tests

the first food grew out in space was potatoes in 1995 on the spaceship columbia

baby rattlesnakes are born without any rattles

dandelion route can be roasted and ground up as a coffee substitute

clinophobia is the fear of going to bed

lemon sharks grow new teeth every 2 weeks

50% of pizzas sold in north america have pepperoni on them

the average person speaks about 5000 words a day

a giant squids eye is as big as a basketball

ice hocky was first played by british soldiers in 1855 when they were stationed in canada

honey is the only food that does not spoil

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobbia is the fear of long words
thats 37 letters long

your finger nails grow 4x faster than your toenails

geletin (witch is often used in jelly marmalade and similar things) is made out of animal hide
and animal bones

the average bed is home to 5 billion dust mites

ancient rome was the first city to reach a population of 1 million

a stalk of celebi has negative calories meaning that it akes more calories to digest then it has

logizomechanophobia the fear of computers

the goliath beetle ways more than 8 mice

the mona lisa has no eyebrows

gatorade was named after the florida gators football team

lubberwort is junk food food with no nutritional value


snow leopards can not roar

-Someone living in New York could eat out every night of thier life and never eat at the same restaurant.

-The Snickers bar is America's most popular candy bar.

-Americans eat 12 billion bananas each year.

-The Incas measured time by how long it took a potato to cook.

-Apples ripen after being picked while oranges do not.

-Broccoli was introduced into the U.S. in the 1920s.

-Choking on food is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

-Potato chips are the biggest selling snack food in the U.S. and Canada.

-A peanut is one of the most concentrated source of nourishment.

-Half the people in the world will eat rice on any given day.

-Alaskans eat twice as much ice cream per capita than the rest of the nation.

-A typical banana travels 4,000 miles before being eaten.

-There are 27 chemicals that can be added to bread without being listed on the label.

-Coffee is the world's most recognizable smell.

-Most icecream is eaten between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m.

-Half of all coffee drinkers drink it black.

-It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of rasins.

-Apples are the most popular fruit in the U.S.

-13 boxes of jello are sold every second.

-A can of spam is opened every 4 seconds somewhere on Earth.

-An average adult eats 2,000 pounds of food each year.

A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet.

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand.

Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team.

Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players.

Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race.

Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize.

In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an opponent using only a single finger.

On average, it is estimated that females injure themselves ten times more than males do while playing sports.

Sports Illustrated has the largest sports magazine circulation.

The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match.

The expression getting someone's goat is based on the custom of keeping a goat in the stable with a racehorse as the horse's companion. The goat becomes a settling influence on the thoroughbred. If you owned a competing horse and were not above some dirty business, you could steal your rival's goat (seriously, it's been done) to upset the other horse and make it run a poor race. From goats and horses it was linguistically extended to people: in order to upset someone, get their goat.

The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court.

The game rugby was originated at Rugby school located in England in 1823. This happened when William Webb Ellis, while playing soccer, picked the ball up in his hands and started running with it.