On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.

All of the clocks in “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels: “abstemious” and “facetious.”

The longest place-name still in use is a New Zealand Hill called:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateatuipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu

It is estimated that Americans consumed 10 million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Due to turkey’s high sulphur content, Americans also produced enough gas to fly a fleet of 75 Hindenbergs from L.A. to New York in 24 hours. (non-smoking flights, of course)

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

Al Capone’s business cards said he was a used furniture dealer.

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third largest city.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the upper right-hand corner.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Paul Reiser plays the piano on the “Mad About You” theme song.

The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

The name for “Oz” in “The Wizard of Oz” was thought up when creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence “Oz”.

The microwave was invented after a reseacher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

The average person wakes up instantaneously.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

“Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed exclusively with the left hand and “lollipop” with the right hand.

“Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.

“Testify” comes from the the Roman practice of affirming the truth of a statement made in court by swearing on one’s testicles.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula” and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, “L.A.”

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world’s eggplants are grown in New Jersey.

A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns.