Weird Facts

Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland

A stamp has 1/10 of a calorie

35 billion e-mails are sent daily throughout the world

The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter

Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton Look-Alike contest

One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts

In comic strips, the person on the left speaks first

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

A drunk ant will always fall over to its right side

Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year

A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it

The province of Alberta is completely free of rats

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds

Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors

A Shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes

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

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid

The King of Hearts is the only King without a moustache

When swallows sit on a wire there is exactly six inches between them

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each meal served in first class

In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up into the sky

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins

Pearls dissolve in vinegar

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin

50% of the people in the world have never received or made a phone call

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse

Flies jump backwards when they take off

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

If you sleep in a cold room, you are more likely to have a bad dream

There are more chickens than people in the world

Turtles can breathe through their butts

All polar bears are left handed

The average woman consumes 6 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime

In San Francisco, March 1989, an electrical storm caused electric garage doors to open and close randomly

Many organ recipients have the same cravings as their donors

Putting cloves between your cheek and gums stops coughing

The names of all the continents start and end with the same letter

35% of people who place singles ads are already married

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any group of mammals that exist, especially fruit bats

23% of all photocopier faults are from people sitting on them to photocopy their butt

A snail can sleep for 3 years

Bull frogs often swallow each other whole

It is impossible to lick your elbow

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbows