The 4th Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich so that he could gamble and eat at the same time.

Pearls dissolve in vinegar.

Manhattan is the only borough in New York City that doesn’t have a Main Street.

Detroit has the greatest number of registered bowlers in the United States.

Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.

Ninety percent of all garlic consumed in the United States comes from Gilroy, Calif.

Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.

“Challenger Deep” is the deepest point on Earth and can hold 25 Empire State Buildings end to end.

Bowling pins need to tip over a mere 7½ degrees to fall down.

“Disco” means “I learn” in Latin.

Butterflies were formerly known by the name “flutterby.”

The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home Zip Code of many Washington, D.C., agents.

The Popsicle was invented in 1905 by an 11-year old boy.

Vermont is the only New England state without a seacoast.

The only cactus plantation in the world is in Mississippi.

A compass needle does not point directly north.

Dim lights reduce your appetite.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln grew a beard at the suggestion of an 11-year old girl.

Britain was the first country to register a patent on polyester.

The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature.

On average, you’ll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.

The name for the space between your eyebrows is “nasion.”

There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right side up.

Of the 92 counties in Indiana, only five observe Daylight Saving Time.

There are more donut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country.

In 1900, one-third of all automobiles in New York City were powered by electricity.

The blue whale’s heart is the size of a small car.

Double Dutch jump robe is considered a cross-training sport.

The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps.

Of all the trees in Australia, 75 percent are eucalyptus.

Seventy-five percent of people wash from top to bottom in the shower.

The watersheds that supply water to New York City are roughly the size of Delaware.

There is a town in Alaska called Chicken.

The first person in the United States arrested for speeding was a New York City cab driver.

It took Leonardo da Vinci 12 years to paint the lips of “Mona Lisa.”

Underwater hockey is played with a three-pound puck.

Thailand means “Land of The Free.”

A queen bee can lay 800 to 1,500 eggs per day.

On average a human being will spend two weeks kissing during his or her lifetime.

Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

The lifespan of a taste bud is ten days.

Animals that lay eggs don’t have bellybuttons.

A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.

The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.

Googol is a number – 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

Only male turkeys gobble.

Children grow faster in the spring.

The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour.

The Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., has 365 steps to represent every day of the year.

You will burn about 7 percent more calories walking on hard dirt than on pavement.

Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes.

The first TV network kids show in the United States was Captain Kangaroo.

One alternate title that NBC had considered for Friends was Insomniac Café.

Until the 19th Century, solid blocks of tea were used as currency in Siberia.

You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum.

The average person uses 150 gallons of water a day for personal use.

 The most sensitive parts of the body are the mouth and fingertips.

In 1878 the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names.

Cats can hear ultrasound.

Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.

You’d have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound.

Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.

The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for a traffic light to change.

Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.

Slugs have four noses.

Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.

A snail breathes through its foot.

On average a person blinks over 10 million times a year.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any US state.

A hummingbird’s heart beats 1,400 times a minute.

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.

The tallest man was 8’11” tall.

Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below.

Holland is the only country with a national dog.

Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.

Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.

Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles a day.

Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the United States.

A camel has three eyelids.

Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.

A male kangaroo is called a Boomer.

In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph.

The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.

The average woman consumes six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.

Lake Superior is the world’s largest lake.

You would weigh less on the top of a mountain than at sea level.

A bee has five eyes.

Mt Everest has grown one foot over the last 100 years.

Americans spend more than $630 million a year on golf balls.

There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

The city of Los Angeles has three times more automobiles than people.

Kangaroos can jump 30 feet.