Friday, June 16, 2017

Crows

A flock of crows is known as a murder.

Movie Trailers

Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”.

Polar Bears and penguins

Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting. (If they lived in the same place) Oh well, there goes the neighborhood!

Goats

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females. Glad I ain't a goat!

May 29th

29th May is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day“. What?

Bananas

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.

Heart Attack

Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday. Sounds like a good reason to stay in bed!

Taking a Selphie

in 2015, more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks.

Boiling Point

Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

Frisbee

The person who invented the Frisbee was cremated and made into frisbees after he died!

Henry VIII

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe beside him.

Kangaroo

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.

Smile!

A hippo’s wide open mouth measures 4 feet.

Stop Lights

It's said that the average person spends 180 days of their lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.

New York

New York, New York is drifting away from London, England at the rate of about one inch each year.

Pigs

Pigs can't look up into the sky. It is physically impossible.

Chewing Gum

Do you chew gum? The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old! I wonder which shoe it was stuck to.

Speed!

A sneeze travels about 100 miles per hour. Think that is fast? The Earth has traveled more than 5,000 miles in the past 5 minutes.

Pardon me?

What? What? How good can you hear? A coyote can hear a mouse moving underneath a foot of snow. Do I Need to repeat this fact?

What? What? How good can you hear? A coyote can hear a mouse moving underneath a foot of snow. Do I Need to repeat this fact?

What? What? How good can you hear? A coyote can hear a mouse moving underneath a foot of snow. Do I Need to repeat this fact?

What? What? How good can you hear? A coyote can hear a mouse moving underneath a foot of snow. Do I Need to repeat this fact?

What? What? How good can you hear? A coyote can hear a mouse moving underneath a foot of snow. Do I Need to repeat this fact?

Alright. That's enough!

Clouds

Think storm clounds are the only thing that can produce lightning? Nope! Bolts of lightning can shoot out of an erupting volcano.

Walking

How far can you walk? The average person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.

Sleep

Can't sleep? Think about this. A person will eat an average of 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while sleeping. Hope this knowledge helps you sleep.

Snoring

Experts say a person can't dream and snore at the same time. Good thing, snoring could really spoil a good dream!

McDonalds

McDonalds has a special name for frequent customers. "Heavy Users"

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is green, until coloring is added.

Men

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

Aliens

Would you believe that one in five adults think aliens are living among us. Say it ain't so!

Clouds

Did you ever think about a cloud falling out of the sky? No? It's a good thing clouds don't fall. A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.

Snowflakes

How big is the biggest snowflake ever? In 1887 in in Keogh, MT  a snowflake measured at 15 inches wide.

Gold

There is enough gold in the boiling core of earth, to cover all the land two feet deep.

Pigs

France, 1386. A pig was hanged in public for the murder of a child.

Life Forms

How many people live on Earth? The number of lifeforms living on your skin outnumbers  Earths population.

calories

The average person will burn more calories sleeping than watching television.

Sea otters

Sea otters have flaps of skin under their front legs, like pockets, where they store food and rocks while diving.

Guinness Book of Records

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Fathers day fact

Fathers day fact. There are more collect calls on Father’s Day than on any other day of the year.

Famous last words

Famous last words..... Bob Marley’s last words to his son before he died were “Money can’t buy life.”

It would take a sloth 30 days to travel one mile. I thought granny was slow.

Slinky

How long is that Slinky that walks down the steps? If you were to stretch a Slinky out until it’s flat, it would measure 87 feet long.

Ever been insulted by a crocodile? I think not. A crocodile can’t stick out its tongue.

Texting

Did you know that 95% of people text things they could never say in person?

Bang your head!

Did you ever get so aggravated with that diet that you banged your head against a wall? Turns out it burns 150 calories an hour.

Gum and Onions

Chewing gum and holding a burned out match in your mouth while you cut an onion will help stop the tears.

Don't get discouraged.

Think you can't do anything right? Even a broken clock is right two times every day.

Lefty

10 out of 100 people in the world is left handed.

Al Capone

Al Capone was a ligament business man. His business card that said he was a used furniture dealer.

Moles

A mole can dig a tunnel that is 300 feet long in only one night.

Moles

A mole can dig a tunnel that is 300 feet long in only one night.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Animal Crackers

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie box!

Stop for that bird!

In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.

Pretzels in Philadelphia

In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760. 

The cost of money?

It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.