Fun Facts

Thanks to shyshy6510’s site (www.shyshy6510.wordpress.com) for this idea!

1. Bill Clinton had a cat named Socks

2. Penguins can jump up to 6 feet high (But why can’t we just jump that high in CP?!?!)

3. Elephants can’t jump and are NOT afraid of mice

4. Most housemice hate the smell of lemon and citrus

5. When a koala is born they are the size of a jelly bean! (No wonder you can’t see baby koalas!)

6. Kangaroos are the size of a bee when they are born!

7. “I am.” is the shortest sentence in the English Language.

8. TIP actually means To Insure Promptness

9. A group of kangaroos are called a Mob

10. On a telephone 1 and 0 don’t have 3 small numbers printed on thier keys

11. A group of sharks is called a Shiver!

12. Jamie, Jo, and Chris could be boy and girl names.

13. A liger is an animal that is half lion and half tiger. (No wonder it’s called a “liger”)

14. The 13 stripes on the American flag repersent the original 13 states!

14. About 10% of the population is left-handed

15. It is estimated that right-handed people live 9 years longer than left-handed people (Glad to be right-handed!)

16. Guinea pigs have 4 fingers and 3 toes (Imagine scuring around with only 4 fingers and 3 toes!)

17. Monopoly was invented in 1933 (That’s pretty early to invent such a famous game!)

18. Only 1 of the 7 ancient wonders of the world today it’s the Great Pyramid of Giza

19. There is a plaque on the Moon!

20. 1 part of the country is below sea level, it’s Holland.

21: A goanna is a type of monitor lizard found in Australia

22: Maria Montessori was known for her work in Education and was born in Italy (I never heard of her until NOW!)

23: Mozart, the famous composer, was born in Salzbery, Austria in year 1756

24: Jocular or Jovial means that your very cheerful. (I’m jocular that i found this word!)

25: Pyrite or Fool’s Gold looks alot like gold! (My sister’s best friend had some gold and called it “Fool’s Gold” so no one would steal it)

26: A group of elephants is called a herd

27: Hippos are the third largest land animal in the world! (They ARE big!)

28: When Guinea Pigs are happy they make snuffling noises like a pig!

29: A shrimp’s heart is located in it’s head.

30: Bathophobia is the fear of depth, like in fear of heights.

31: About 80+ trains go across Arizona everyday

32: Light from the nearest star out of the Solar System takes 4 years to travel to Earth. (That’s a LONG time!)

33: Butterflies taste with their feet

34: On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens. (I hope I don’t choke to death on a ballpoint pen!)

35: Every 2 seconds a shooting star comes by.

36: A duck’s quack echos!

37: Barbie’s name actually spells B.A.R.B.I.E. (Her first name is Barbrah!)

38: TYPEWRITER is the longest word made by using only 1 row of the keyboard.

39: A snail can sleep for over three years! (Sleep tight Mr. Snail!)

40: The heads side on a coins weighs more than the tails side!

41: Saugaros have one “hand” every 50-75 years! (OMG!)

42: Real Diamonds can be made from peanut butter!

43: The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (That dentist must haven’t been working hard on patients!)

44: Florida is bigger than England

45: Tenesse used to be called “Franklin”

46: It takes 1,000 years to swallow your tongue

47: Most syrup comes from Vermont.

48: It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. (That’s ALOT of sap you’re using!)

49: Connecticut could fit in Alaska 117 times! (That’s one small state!)

50: In 1908 in Connecticut the first lollypop was made.

51: If you had 10 billion $1 bills and spent one bill every second, it would take you 317 years to spend it all!

52: Folding a bill back and forth 4,000 times will make it tear apart. (Don’t try this at home!)

53: Alaska is the 49th state.

54: New Jersey is the fifth smallest state but has a population of 8.4 million people!

55: About only 33 cars race each year. (In racing contests i mean)

56: In 1952, Cleveland hosted the first rock concert.

57: Saguaros take about 10 years to grow an inch tall (OMG that’s slow!)

58: Diamonds mean so much to other people but its just a lump of coal! (What a rip off!)

59: If you were a regualr person in the old times and you wore a diamond, you might have lost your head!

60: On May 8th, 1886 John Pemberton invented the Coca-Cola by mixing some sugar and other stuff in it.

61:  The world’s BIGGEST pumpkin weighs 1,262 lbs.

62: The King Cobra snake can kill an elephant. (OMG)

63: Frank Morris was the first person to escape from Alcatraz. Some people call it the rock.

64: Ants are the hardest working insects on the planet.

65: An ant can carry up to six times its own weighht and seven times its whole size!

66: A fourteen year old boy invented the popular T.V.! (What a young age!)

67. The microwave was created when a researcher had a chocolate bar in his pocket and walked pass a radar tube. (Thanks Shyshy6510!)

68: Wanna know why most buses don’t have seat belts? It’s because buses are the MOST SAFEST type of transportation in America!

More comming soon!

Please, if your nice, give me really good facts and if you give me one i’ll probably put it on here with a link to your site. Don’t forget to give me really good bizarre ones!