Finally, Stupid Facts 4

zocoria Published 08/24/2008

even more for your entertainment!

The first transatlantic cable was laid in 1858 between Newfoundland and Ireland.
40 degrees below zero is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
The Galapagos Islands are the only place on the equator where both penguins and fur seals can be found.
Standard pencils write on average 250,000 English words or a 35 mile (56 km) long line.
The "f" word is used 246 times in the movie Goodfellas.
The heart of a peanut, that little nub that holds the two halves together, contains a high amount of a chemical that is know to cause migrane headaches in some people.
A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations.
The world's heaviest person weighed 629 kilos or 1,387 pounds.
It is a myth that the hair and nails grow after death; the surrounding skin shrinks, giving the illusion of their growth.
A wild turkey can fly at a speed of 35 mph.
The largest cucumber grown was 59 lbs.
The saline content of the Dead Sea is about 187 pounds (84.8 kg) of salt per ton (907.2 kg) of water compared to the Atlantic Ocean at 31 pounds (14 kg) of salt per ton of water.
The largest pearl ever found weighed 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
Buddy Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, but was allergic to the silver body paint.
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world at 3,212 feet (979 meters).
The distance from the surface of Earth to the center is nearly 3,700 miles (5,955 kilometers).
The longest river is the Nile River in Africa at 4,160 miles (6,695 kilometers) long.
Lloro, Colombia averages 523.6 inches (1,323 cm) of rainfall a year.
97% of the Earth's water is in the oceans.
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.
The total water supply of the world is 326,000,000 cubic miles (1 cubic mile of water equals more than 1,000,000,000,000 gallons).
Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador supports the only glacier on the equator.
The creosote bush can live for thousands of years.
There were 132,432,044 automobiles registered in the United States in 1999.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
Manhole covers are round so that they don't fall in the hole.
It is possible for hot water to freeze faster than cold water.
The anaconda it the largest living snake.
The capybara is the largest living rodent.
The hardest substance in the human body is the enamel of the teeth.
Atomic bombs release 50% energy as blast, 35% as heat and 15% as nuclear radiation.
Paper money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
The hottest place in the world is El Azizia, Libya.
The most massive star known is the Pistol Star, which has a mass about 100-150 times that of the Sun.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world at 3,500,000 square miles.
Russia is the largest country at 17,075,400 square miles.
Mount Everest in Nepal is the largest mountain at 29,035 feet (8,850 meters).
The area between your nose and mouth with the two vertical lines is called the "philtrum."
Pretzels without salt are called "baldies."
"Pennsylvania" is missing an "n" and thus misspelled on the liberty bell.
The Sand Swimmer snake swims through loose sand like water.
The Collared Lizard can run on its two hind legs.
The Road Runner is a bird that can run up to 17 mph.
The Archer fish spits at bugs up to 6 feet away to knock them into the water to eat.
The Velvet Worm fires lassos of glue up to 3 feet to ensnare insect prey.
The Pistol Shrimp "shoots" water and sound from its pincher to stun its prey.
The Frogfish can expand the volume of its mouth by 12 times in less than six-thousandths of a second, making it one of the fastest feeding vertebrates known to science.
The Chameleon's tongue is longer than its body.
The capital of Australia is Canberra.
Charles Manson and Hitler were both vegetarians.
Food takes twenty-four hours to complete its 30-foot path through your body.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
The word "Cranky" comes from the fact that early automobiles were crank started. Someone having trouble starting their car was certainly cranky.
Your brain is 80% water.
A coat hanger is 44 inches (111.76 cm) long when straightened.
Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.
The lowest social security number was 001-01-0001, and was given to Grace D. Owen of Concord, New Hampshire, who applied for her number on November 24, 1936.
The word Penis is Latin for tail.
Antarctica doubles in size every winter.
Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his scientific notes backwards.
Plastic surgery in one of the oldest types of surgery performed.
King Edward II and King Henry forbade football because it had become too popular.
A submarine was used in the American Revolution.
The longest recorded filibustering speech lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Skunks eat bees.