A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

About 36 Million Phone Calls Are Placed Each Day In New York.

i wonder how sarah will work out who posted the winning fact first, that will be a monster to do

On the cartoon show 'The Jetsons', Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15.

According To The Texas Department Of Transportation, One Person Is Killed Annually Painting Stripes On The State's Highways And Roads.

Geeez... most people are just copying and pasting entire webpages... Quality over quantity folks...

It is possible to see a rainbow at night!

In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

888,000 Credit Cards In Circulation Will Turn Out To Have Incorrect Cardholder Information On Their Magnetic Strips.

lol not too far off..i am afraid to go to bed and miss something good

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The male barnacle has the longest penis in proportion to body size of any creature in the animal kingdom. Because it is rooted to the spot, it uses its penis to grope around for a mate.

Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike

9% Of Americans Report Being In The Prescence Of A Ghost.

the bible is the most shoplifted book in the world


lol!

We will have four consecutive full moons making two blue moons in 1999 (January 2 and 31, March 2 and 31.) The only other time it happene this century was in 1915 (January 1 and 31, March 1 and 31.)

99% Of The Solar Systems' Mass Is Concentrated In The Sun.

The human brain is insensitive to pain.

There Is Enough Iron In A Human Being To Make One Small Nail.

Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

Women Blink Nearly Twice As Much As Men

Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation , was played by six different cats.

A typical GFYers will spend more time trying to win 200-300$ in a contest than he would spend making that actual amount of money by working.

Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston.

On Christmas Eve I will read through the whole thread again and pick out ones that I really like and then decide. I will put the first instance of each aside in the order they are said.

The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California.

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an 'Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.'

The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.

i wonder why lol

A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.

Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.

The Lifespan Of A Tastebud Is Ten Days

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.

Please don't ask me how I know all this :)

Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

The Little Lump Of Flesh Just Forward Of Your Ear Canal, Right Next To Your Temple, Is Called A Tragus

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

i am off for the evening :)

Anne Boleyn Had Six Figernails On One Hand, But Only Had Five Fingers On That Hand. She Had A Small Extra Nail Coming Out Of The Side Of Her Finger.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

A Talus Is The Seconld Largest Bone In The Foot

Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.

2 Most Common Surgeries Are Biopsies And Cesarean Sections

Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

Michael Jackson Was Black

Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."

Rita Moreno Is The First And Only Entertainer To Have Received All 4 Of America's Top Entertainment Industry Awards: The Oscar, The Emmy, The Tony, The Grammy