Monday, August 29, 2011

Fact Mash


  • In Alabama people can't drive any vehicle while blindfolded.
  • On the Oregon Trail, when the wagon trains formed a circle it was to make a corral for the horses.
  • Roanoke,VA has the least expensive auto insurance rates.
  • Detroit has the most expensive auto insurance rates.
  • The word "clip" can mean either cut or fasten.

  • The first public performance of the band KISS had a crowd of 3 people.
  • The cartoon "Mickey Mouse" was banned in Romania.
  • Horses can't vomit.
  • The longest lasting game of Monopoly that was played underwater was 45 days.
  • Head lice like to live on clean heads.

  • Every person has their own tongue print.
  • An ostrich egg can make eleven and a half omelets
  • The average person's vocabulary is 5,000 to 6,000 words.
  • A fully grown giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long
  • The first Ford cars had Dodge engines

  • The fur and skin on a tiger is striped
  • In a human's average lifetime they will blink about 250,000,000 times
  • Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards
  • Myth Mash is awesome
  • Cheetahs were originally called leopards

  • Kangaroos cannot walk backwards
  • Ants don't sleep
  • Honey bees fly at 15 mph
  • In Vulcan, Alberta the welcome sign is written in English and Klingon, which is the alien language from Star Trek
  • The average weight of the ashes of someone who was cremated is 9 pounds

  • A disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid
  • Hippo milk isn't white, it is pink
  • The average speed of a raindrop is 12 mph.
  • There are 14 working blimps in the world
  • for every 22 people whose lives are saved by airbags 1 person is killed by them.

  • Walt Disney was afraid of mice
  • A jellyfish is 95% water
  • Bubblegum contains oil and rubber
  • Fortune cookies were invented in America
  • Birds need gravity to swallow

  • It took 10 years for Leonardo DaVinci to paint Mona Lisa's lips
  • Every domestic animal except for the cat is mentioned in the Bible
  • When the moon is directly above you weigh slightly less 
  • The majority of robberies occur in the winter
  • About 90% of toothpicks are processed Maine

  • The movie Back To The Future was almost named spacemen from Pluto
  • An iceberg has more heat than a lit match
  • An hour long cassette tape has 565 feet of tape in it
  • Soccer is played in more countries than any other sport
  • Ketchup was invented in China

  • The most popular ice cream flavor is vanilla
  • The first plane the Wright Brothers made was called the Bird Of Prey
  • Humans can't sneeze when they are asleep
  • A snake's venom is actually a type of saliva
  • The U in the term U-boat means underwater