1 In Cleveland Ohio it s illegal to catch mice without a hunting license 2 Dr Seuss coined the word nerd in his 1950 book If I Ran the Zoo 3 It takes 3 000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year s supply of footballs 4 Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married 5 There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald s Big Mac bun 6 The world s termites outweigh the world s humans 10 to 1 7 Pound for pound hamburgers cost more than new cars 8 The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro Coca-Cola and Budweiser in that order 9 When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year 10 It s possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs 11 The Bible has been translated into Klingon 12 Humans are the only primates that don t have pigment in the palms of their hands 13 Ten percent of the Russian government s income comes from the sale of vodka 14 Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants 15 On average 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year 16 In 10 minutes a hurricane releases more energy than all the world s nuclear weapons combined 17 Average life span of a major league baseball: 5 pitches 18 Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49 8 years 19 Average age of the Rolling Stones: 50 6 20 Elephants can t jump Every other mammal can 21 The cigarette lighter was invented before the match 22 According to one study 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament in their yard 23 Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery coffee cola apple and chocolate

Your Comment Comment Head Icon

Login