Top 10's Amazing Facts IV

In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas

Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world

The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail that was over 300 kilometres long.

The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds

There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit

The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell

Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players

Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient

An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes

Alexander the Great was an epileptic

Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state

Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world

In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water

The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink

Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978

A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph

Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.

The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years

Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour

In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada

The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles

The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m

In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats

One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet

Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado

On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom "The Hank McCune Show."

A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood

The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet

One out of four American households own a cat

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had

Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease

There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk

The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born

An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week

Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope

The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.

The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days

One billion seconds is about 32 years

An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation

The water displacement product, WD-40, can be found in 80% of American homes

Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living

As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com

Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup

The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides

A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket

The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards

The most popular Hot Wheels vehicle sold is the Corvette

A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time

People of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured gelatin Jell-O in the United States

In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it

On average, a person has two million sweat glands