Random Odd Facts!

  • Barbie’s measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33

  • Coca-cola was originally green

  • Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury

  • Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever. Dumbest dog: 1) afghan

  • The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

  • First novel ever written on a typewriter was “Tom Sawyer”

  • There are more collect calls on Father’s Day than any other day of the year

  • Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles PER YEAR

  • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

  • Men get hiccups more often than women

  • Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

  • Chances that an American lives within 50 mi of where he/she grew up: 1 in 2.

  • Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000

  • City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong

  • State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

  • Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4

  • Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12

  • Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28

  • Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38

  • Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44

  • Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36

  • Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43

  • City with the highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC

  • Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80

  • Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50

  • Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58

  • Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85

  • Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105

  • Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

  • Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70

  • Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

  • Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3

  • Portion of potatoes sold that are French-fried: 1/3

  • Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7

  • Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90

  • Percentage of mammal species that are: 3

  • Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50

  • Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5

  • Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7

  • Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3

  • Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanan

  • Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Only president to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy, for “Profiles in Courage”

  • Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals

  • President who discovered a new proof for The Pythagorean Theorem: Jimmy Carter

  • Only food that does not spoil: honey

  • Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird

  • Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica

  • Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig

  • Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water

  • An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it

  • In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees

  • Polar bears are left-handed

  • Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

  • Eskimos never gamble

  • The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910

  • The youngest pope was 11 years old

  • Mark Twain didn’t graduate from elementary school

  • Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses

  • Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner

  • Your nose and ears never stop growing

  • Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined

  • The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515

  • They have square watermelons in Japan … they stack better

  • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

  • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.

  • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

  • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

  • That’s all for now! Thanks for checking this out!

    6 Responses

    1. I thought way more people ate at mcdonald’s everyday then 7%, I would guess like 30%

    2. no problem, it’s really random and silly and keen, i like it!

    3. hey itz islandgirl i got a new name and a new blog plz check it out i love ur site oh and going 2 middle school 2 soon. i promise i wont bring mi mp3 player lol id really like 2 know how ur first day went other than wat u posted. plz go on mi blog!!!! tell mi wat u think….. and could u plz ad broken wings by flyleaf 2 ur mini ipod… thanx

      • suree ill add it soon. And okay!! if you want to email me you can :P ill tell u wat else has been happening.. lol its pretty weird

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