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6/29/07 The S.O.S. pad was invented in 1917 and stands for "Save our Saucepans"!

6/28/07 The University of Plymouth was the first University to offer a degree in surfing!

6/27/07 Dunkin Donuts serves about 700 Million cups of coffee every year!

6/26/07 Being unmarries can shorten a man's lifespan by 10 years!

6/25/07 The first toothbrush was invented in China and the bristles were made of hogs hair!

6/22/07 The first e-mail was sent in 1971!

6/21/07 The first toilet was installed in the White House in 1825, John Quincy Adams President.

6/20/07 An elephant's brain weighs 11-lbs, a whale's brain - 22 lbs and a human brain - 3 lbs!

6/19/07 An Armadillo can walk underwater.

6/18/07 An eyelash lives 150 days before it falls out.

6/15/07 Paul McCartney's first name is James!

6/14/07 China uses 45 billion chopsticks each year.

6/13/07 Construction on the Statue of Liberty began in 1875 and ended in 1884.

6/12/07 The tall chef's hat is called a toque.

6/11/07 850,000 baseballs are used each season in Major League Baseball.

6/8/07 There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes!

6/7/07 The first credit card was issued by American Express in 1951.

6/6/07 Men get struck by lightning 7X more often than women.

6/5/07 The first parachute jump out of an airplane took place over St. Louis in 1912.

6/4/07 There are more than 326 million trillion gallons of water on the earth.

6/1/07 If you were to stack a million $1 bills, the pile would be 361 feet high!

5/31/07 13% of Americans are left handed!

5/30/07Eskimos use freezers to keep food from freezing

5/29/07 In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people!

5/25/07 Memorial Day was declared a federal holiday in 1971!

5/24/07 A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

5/23/07 The first yogurt was introduced to Europe in 1916.

5/22/07The first life insurance policy was issued today in Philadelphia in 1761.

5/21/07The first peach orchard was started in Florida in 1565.

5/18/07 New Zealand is home to 4 million people and 70 million sheep!

5/17/07 Most people speak about 5000 words a day, but 80% of that is speaking to yourself.

5/16/07 Traffic lights were being used before the invent of the automobile!

5/15/07 The heaviest dog in the world is an English Mastiff that weighs in at 282 pounds!

5/14/07 7,243 Moms spent their Mother's Day deployed overseas.

5/11/07 There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

5/10/07 At age 5, Leonardo di Caprio was fired from his first acting gig on the children's show "Romper Room" for being disruptive!

5/9/07 One portabello mushroom generally has more potassium than a banana!

5/8/07 In 1899, Jacob German was the first taxi driver to be arrested for speeding in New York City!

5/7/07 There are more telephones than people in Washington D.C.!

5/4/07 Salsa is the best selling condiment in America.

5/3/07 A woman named Mary Anderson invented the windshild wiper, which became standard equipment on all automobiles in 1916

5/2/07 Sharks have been around for about 400 million years!

5/1/07 The band Bon Jovi was once called Jersey Syndicate!

4/30/07 James Smith created basketball in 1891!

4/27/07 A University of Arizona study reveals that each contact you have with an "ex" makes you 1% more miserable!

4/26/07 The most expensive stapler ever sold was the 1919 Remington for $760.

4/25/07 There are more than 600 pasta shapes produced worldwide.

4/24/07 Eels can swim both forwards and backwards!

4/23/07 The moon is 1 million times drier than the Gobi Desert.

4/20/07 A Miami Beach pharmacist invented suntan lotion in 1944

4/19/07 Gary Coleman earned $70,000 an episode while starring in "Different Strokes".

4/18/07 Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their height!

4/17/07 Americans consume 800 million pounds of bologna every year!

4/16/07 The average American hits the snooze button on their alarm clock three times!

4/13/07 The Baseball Grounds of Jax (Home of the Suns) has the greatest distance between home plate and center field in The Southern League at 420 feet!

4/12/07 It takes 850 peanuts to make an 18oz. jar of peanut butter.

4/11/07 The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

4/10/07Americans paid an average of 65 cents a gallon for gas in 1978!

4/9/07 Hawaii is moving 4 inches closer to Japan every year!

4/6/07 1 out of 3 people do not have internet service!

4/4/07 Blue is the favorite color of 80% of Americans.

4/3/07 If a man were to go his entire life without shaving, his beard would be about 30 feet long!

4/2/07 Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated!

3/30/07 Adults say about 5000 words per day.

3/29/07 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, 2 rats may have over 1 million offspring!

3/28/07 The average 4-year-old asks over 400 questions a day.

3/27/07 Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV!

3/26/07 French Fries/potatoes are the most commonly eaten vegetable in America!

3/14/07 315 words in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled!

3/13/07 The average person uses the toilet 2500 times annually!

3/9/07 Mexico city sinks about 10 inches every year!

3/8/07 "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed using only your left hand!

3/7/07 All Polar Bears are left handed!

3/6/07 Yo-yo's were once used as weapons in the Phillipines.

3/5/07 20% of the U.S. population is chronically late to work!

3/2/07 Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

3/1/07 The "#" key on your keyboard is called an "octothorp".

2/28/07 99% of people who are told that cannot lick their elbow will try anyway!

2/27/07 Leonardo DaVinci invented Scissors!

2/26/07 Bananas are America's #1 fruit!

2/23/07 Human bones are made up of 25% water, the human brain is made up of 75% water and chickens are made up of 75% water as well!

2/22/07Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie!

2/21/07 The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914!

2/20/07 Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach the earth!

2/19/07President's Day was first implemented by the Gov't in 1880 because the staff wanted an extra day off.

2/18/07 A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart.

2/17/07 The most popular dog name in the U.S. is "Max".

2/16/07 Hamsters are the #1 selling pet in America!

2/15/07 Kangaroos cannot walk backwards!

2/14/07 Over 50 million roses will be given out this Valentine's Day!

2/13/07 Approximately 188 million Valentine's cards are exchanged each year!

2/12/07 84% of women would prefer a romantic proposal to a gaudy ring.

2/9/07 Red wine represents 55% of restaurant wine sales.

2/8/07 Falling vending machines are responsible for about 13 deaths per year.

2/7/07 There are over 4800 chemicals in a cigarette and 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking.

2/6/07 Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die!

2/5/07 Before making it in music, Billy Joel was a boxer!

2/2/07 The half-time entertainment for Super Bowl I in 1967 was the University of Arizona and University of Michigan marching bands!

2/1/07 Goats don't have any upper front teeth!"

1/31/07 Pizza Hut did the most advertising during the 1999 Superbowl when Denver beat Atlanta 34-19!

1/30/07 The largest feet in the world are measured at 28.6 inches!

1/29/07 A compulsive nose-picker suffers from "rhinotillexomania".

1/26/07 In China, a watermelon is a considered to be a popular gift to bring someone hosting a party!

1/25/07 The average person has 100,000 hairs on their head!

1/24/07 171 Million e-mails are sent on a daily basis!

1/23/07 The biggest ice cream sundae ever was 12 ft high!

1/22/07 The heaviest human brain weighed 5lbs 1 oz! (Average brain weight is 3 lbs).

1/19/07 The first circus in America premiered in Philadelphia, PA in 1793.

1/18/07 The average American consumes about 46 slices of pizza a year!


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