Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassement.
Jedi is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.
Friday, June 19, 2009
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