RANDOM Weird FACTS
1. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. 2. 91% of us lie regularly. 3. A man's beard contains between 7000 and 15,000 hairs. 4. A person who is "scoptophobic" has an intense fear of being seen. 5. A sneeze travels from your nose/mouth at over 100 mph. 6. A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. 7. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president AL Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard. 8. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. 9. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. 10. Astronauts get taller when they are in space. 11. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings. 12. Because metal was scarce: the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. 13. Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen. 14. Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth. 15. Canada is an Indian word meaning ''Big Village''. 16. Canadians eat more Kraft macaroni and cheese packaged dinners than any nationality in the world. 17. Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet! 18. Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!. 19. Children grow faster in the springtime. 20. Cleopatra married two of her brothers. 21. Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain. 22. Dog owners in Turin, Italy can be fined up to $650 if they don't walk their dog at least three times a day! 23. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) proposed to his wife on the back of a motorcycle. When she said yes he accidentally ran into a ditch! 24. Drinking chocolate mixed with milk, wine, or beer was considered a must at fashionable social events in the seventeenth century. 25. Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States. 26. Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks. 27. Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head. 28. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie! 29. Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles. 30. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon. 31. Fidel Castro once worked as a Hollywood extra. 32. Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes. 33. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. 34. For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more. 35. From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size. 36. Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones. 37. In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people. 38. In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose. 39. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. 40. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 41. In soda fountain slang, a "bucket of mud" is a bowl of chocolate ice cream. 42. In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs. 43. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 44. Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight. 45. Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them. 46. On average, four people a day call Graceland and ask for Elvis. 47. Pieces of bread were used to erase lead pencil before rubber came into use. 48. Shrimp's hearts are in their heads. 49. Slugs have 4 noses. 50. The average human body contains .1 mg of uranium, .2 mg of gold, and 7 mg of arsenic! 51. The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep. 52. The British idiom “off one’s chump” means “crazy.” 53. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 54. The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning! 55. The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred. 56. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 57. Toilet paper was invented in 1857. 58. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.