RD Amazing Facts List 2007 [ Thousands of amazing new facts]

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Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Female black cats can actually see their shadows at night.
Fewer divorces occur in families in which the children wake their parents before 6 a.m. on Saturdays.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
-Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans
first and the individual name written second
First novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer."
Fish have "dandruff" caused by flaking skin, and it is impossible to filter all traces of it from drinking water.
Florida's beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually.
Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)
For over a decade, the number of drive-by shootings has been directly proportional to increased gas prices.
Former US President Ulysses S. Grant had the boyhood nickname ‘Useless’.
Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
FOUR has four letters; no other number has this property in English such that the number of letters in the name equals the number.
FOUR has four letters; no other number has this property in English such that the number of letters in the name equals the number.
Four people played Darth Vader: David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face and a fourth person did the breathing.
France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
Francis Scott Key was a young lawyer who wrote the poem, 'The Star Spangled Banner', after being inspired by watching the Americans fight off the British attack of Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem became the words to the national anthem
From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.

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Genetically-engineered babies were born first in 2001.
George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
Gerald Ford pardoned Robert E. Lee posthumously of all crimes of treason.
Germany last won in 1990. Before that they won in 1974. Add 1990 and 1974, it equals 3964.
Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.
Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on the radio newscast about the wreck. The Professor’s real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann’s last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell’s maiden name was Wentworth.
Glamorous movie star Brad Pitt once had a summer job posting warning signs at coal mine entrances.
Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeros'.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Growing population, poverty, and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass, thereby condemning more than 90% of rural households and more than 35% of urban hoseholds to high levels of indoor air pollution.
Growing population, poverty, and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass, thereby condemning more than 90% of rural households and more than 35% of urban hoseholds to high levels of indoor air pollution.

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Halloween took place in the town of Haddonfield, Illinois but almost all the cars in the film had California license plates.
Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
Hara kiri is an impolite way of saying the Japanese word “seppuku” which means, literally, “belly splitting.”
Hearts - Charlemagne
Hello Kitty began as part of a covert propaganda campaign originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by Bayer.
Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
Hindu men believe(d) it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marrying a tree first. The tree ( his third wife ) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
Human hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after death.
Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about that pig??)
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.
Hummingbirds can’t walk.
Hummingbirds have the fastest wingbeat. The Horned Sungem Heliactin cornuta, in tropical South America beats its wings at 90 beats per second.
Hummingbirds have the fastest wingbeat. The Horned Sungem Heliactin cornuta, in tropical South America beats its wings at 90 beats per second.
Hummingbirds, Family Trochilidae have been recorded in experiments, hovering for 50 minutes.
Hummingbirds, Family Trochilidae have been recorded in experiments, hovering for 50 minutes.

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Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.
Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.
If a cricket were the size of Mount Rushmore, it could jump to the moon.
If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available.  (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one leg front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
If an Amish man has a beard, he is married.
If an average human scrotum were stretched until all its wrinkles were smoothed out, it could hold a basketball.
If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
If the air in your car's tires is not completely replaced every two years, it can turn to liquid and cause severe damage.
If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.
If the current trend continues, by the year 2215 midgets will outnumber "normal-sized" people.
If the population of the Earth continued to increase at its present rate indefinitely, by 3530 A.D. the total mass of human flesh and blood would equal the mass of the Earth. By 6826 A.D. it would equal the mass of the known universe.
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun.
If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don’t, you can’t see it.
If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced  to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)
If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
If you fill a standard 750ml wine bottle with live hornets, their angry buzzing will resonate at precisely the right frequency to shatter the glass.
If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111 you get 12,345,678,987,654,321.
If you multiply 526,315,789,473,684,210 with any number you will always find the original number in the result!
If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.
If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.
If you pause “Saturday Night Fever” at the “How Deep Is Your Love” rehearsal scene, you will see the camera crew reflected in the dance hall mirror.
If you place a fresh Viagra tablet in a houseplant's soil every six months, the plant will not wilt.
If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
If you tar and feather a 2x4 and place it in your yard, it will ward off bats.
If you were a resident of Tongo, a monarchy in the southwest Pacific, you could own domains as cool as 'mail.to' and 'head.to'.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.(Hardly seems worth it.)
--If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
--If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Iguanas, koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises.
In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour.  The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed)
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
In 1800 on 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000.
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
In 1960, a then-unknown Dan Rather auditioned for the voice of cartoon character Dudley Do-Right but was turned down by animator/director Jay Ward.
In a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat.
In an effort to improve the nutritional value of its "Shamrock shakes," McDonald's colors them with broccoli extract.
In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an ‘ugly’ potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.
In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose
In Beijing, the Internet community has coined the word 'Chortal' as a shortened version of 'Chinese portal'.
In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said “Play it again, Sam.” Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Captain Kirk never said “Beam me up, Scotty,” but he did say, “Beam me up, Mr. Scott.”
In deep space most lubricants will disappear.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
In February 2004, Sweden led the world in Internet penetration, with 76.9 percent of people connected to the Internet. The world average is 11.1 per cent.
In Finland, "Sintter Klaas" brings bad children a small bag of old toenail clippings.
In India the number of motorized vehicles have increased from 0.2 million in 1947 to 36.3 million in 1997.
In India the number of motorized vehicles have increased from 0.2 million in 1947 to 36.3 million in 1997.
In Internet terminology, a demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation, the computer world's equivalent of a music video.
In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.
In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it’s smiling.)
In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
In the 40’s, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it ‘Bitch.’
In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'
In the Andes, time is often measured by how long it takes to smoke a cigarette.
In the Deep Web, the part of the Web not currently catalogued by search engines, public information said to be 500 times larger than on the WWW.
in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
In the film ‘Star Trek : First Contact’, when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. but New Zealand is missing.
In the late '90s, Microsoft secretly developed its own version of Linux, but shelved it after quality control researchers deemed it "too stable."
In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models' turn-ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to rationing of metal.
In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models' turn-ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to rationing of metal.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
Ingesting small doses of ink over an extended period of time will change your eye color slightly.
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
INTERCHANGEABILITY contains the words THREE, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, THIRTEEN, THIRTY, THIRTY-NINE, EIGHTY, EIGHTY-NINE, NINETY, and NINETY-EIGHT
INTERCHANGEABILITY contains the words THREE, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, THIRTEEN, THIRTY, THIRTY-NINE, EIGHTY, EIGHTY-NINE, NINETY, and NINETY-EIGHT
INTESTINES has each of its letters occurring twice. Some other such words: APPEASES, ARRAIGNING, BERIBERI, BILABIAL, CAUCASUS, CHOWCHOW, CONCISIONS, COUSCOUS, ESOPHAGOGRAPHERS, FROUFROU, GENSENGS, GREEGREE, GUITGUIT, HAPPENCHANCE, HORSESHOER, HOTSHOTS, JIPIJAPA, MAHIMAHI, MESOSOME, MILLIEME, MIMETITE, RAPPAREE, REAPPEAR, SCINTILLESCENT, SHAMMASH, SHANGHAIINGS, TEAMMATE, UNSUFFICIENCES, VETITIVE
INTESTINES has each of its letters occurring twice. Some other such words: APPEASES, ARRAIGNING, BERIBERI, BILABIAL, CAUCASUS, CHOWCHOW, CONCISIONS, COUSCOUS, ESOPHAGOGRAPHERS, FROUFROU, GENSENGS, GREEGREE, GUITGUIT, HAPPENCHANCE, HORSESHOER, HOTSHOTS, JIPIJAPA, MAHIMAHI, MESOSOME, MILLIEME, MIMETITE, RAPPAREE, REAPPEAR, SCINTILLESCENT, SHAMMASH, SHANGHAIINGS, TEAMMATE, UNSUFFICIENCES, VETITIVE
Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver in 1836.
It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush!
It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
It is physically impossible to urinate and give blood at the same time.
It is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to any unnamed mountain or hill in the United States.
It is possible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process.
It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.
It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.
It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
It was once considered a letter in the English language. The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes call it 'elephant's trunk', Germans a spider monkey, and Italians a snail. Israelis pronounce it 'strudels' and the Czechs say 'rollmops's...What is it? The @ sign.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
It’s rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breath-alyzer to read 0.
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.
It's rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breathalyzer to read 0. Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel proved this wrong.
Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been over mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.

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Jacanas (Jacanidae family) have the longest toes relative to body length. Some of the larger Jacanas can have 'toespans' of at least 15 cm.
Jacanas (Jacanidae family) have the longest toes relative to body length. Some of the larger Jacanas can have 'toespans' of at least 15 cm.
Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
Jacques Cousteau invented scuba gear while in the French resistance during World War II.
James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.
Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
Jaws is the most common name for a goldfish.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was the alien in the original “PREDATOR” in almost all the jumping and climbing scenes.
Jeremy Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832,left his entire estate to the London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting for 92 years.
Jet lag was once called boat lag, back before jets existed.
John F. Kennedy was an accomplished ventriloquist.
John Larroquette of “Night Court” and “The John Larroquette Show” was the narrator of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and was found in a warehouse. Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and was found in a theatre.
John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
June Foray, the voice of Talking Tina from the classic Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll”, was also the voice of Rocky the talking squirrel from “Rocky & Bullwinkle”.
Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

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Kathleen Turner was the voice of Jessica Rabbit, and Amy Irving was her singing voice.
Kermit the Frog is left-handed.
King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
King Kong is the only movie to have its sequel (Son of Kong) released the same year (1933).

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Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill ‘if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee’. His reply ‘ if you were my wife, I would drink it!’
Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.
Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.
Leonardo De Vinci invented the scissors.
Less than 3% of Nestlé's sales are for chocolate.
Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son.
Liquid paper was invented by Mike Nesmith’s (of the Monkees) mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, in 1951.
Lizzie Borden was acquitted.
Look at the number four on a clock face that uses Roman numerals. If the clock is made correctly then the Roman numeral four is wrong. The standard and correct way to write the Roman numeral four is “IV,” but the traditional way to show it on a clock face is “IIII.” Legend has it that a clock was made for a British king. When he saw the clock he mis- informedly corrected the clock maker who re-did the clock face to show a “IIII” instead of an “IV” thus not risking offending the king. Other clock makers followed suit so as not to embarrass the king. Now it is the traditional way to make clocks.
look-alike contest.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of “Lorne Greene’s Wild Kingdom.”
Lurking is to read through mailing lists or news groups and get a feel of the topic before posting one's own messages.
Lynyrd Skynard was the name of the gym teacher of the boys who went on to form that band. He once told them, “You boys ain’t never gonna amount to nothin’.”