A z w e t h i n k w e i z

1. Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.

2. A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.

3. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

4. Polar bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one seating.

5. One percent of Greenland ’s population lives in a single apartment building!

6. Chained dogs are three times more likely to bite than unchained dogs.

7. Most of a hog’s sweat glands are in its snout.

8. It has been estimated that the fear of the number 13 costs Americans more than US$ 1 billion per year.

9. 55.2% of us will let someone else come in the bathroom while they’re using the toilet.

10. One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.

11. Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream.

12. 15% of Americans secretly bite their toes.

13. The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

14. Each day, more than US$ 40 Trillion changes hands worldwide.

15. The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.

16. The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.

17. 4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.

18. All the swans in England are the property of the Queen.

19. A male baboon can kill a leopard.

20. Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.

21. Each nostril of human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.

22. The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

23. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

24. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

25. A snail can sleep for three years.

26. There are 365 steps on the front of the US Capitol Building- one for every day of the year.

27. A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.

28. Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some of the common insects are bean worms, scorpions and locusts.

29. The average 1 ¼ lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.

30. 80% of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

31. According to US F.D.A standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

32. Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels.

33. Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!

34. If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.