Clans Of Long Ago That Wanted To Get Rid Of Unwanted People Without Killing Them Use To Burn Their Houses Down--hence The Expression "to Get Fired"

It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

The Saguaro Cactus, Found In The Southwestern United States Doesn't Grow Branches Until It Is 75 Years Old.

The only country to register zero births in 1983 was the Vatican City

When you eat too much, your hearing becomes less sharp.

Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969.)

The Average Mouse Pad Is 8.75 Inches By 7.5 Inches.

53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

This is going to be a rediculously long thread.

For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction.

Oak Trees Don't Have Acorns Until They Are At Least 50 Years Old

The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth.

The U.S. Army accidentally ordered an 82 year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for troops in Europe.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

Most Americans' Car Horns Beep In The Key Of "f".

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

NO WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES HAD A McDONALDS

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.

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Camel's Milk Doesn't Curdle

Much to the dismay of this taxpayer. Scientists have actually discovered two identical snow flakes!
I wonder where that funding came from? :mad:

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

A-1 Steak Sauce Contains Both Orange Peel And Raisins

So many visitors were taking his cigars, so Thomas Edison devised a plan to discourage the practice. He had several boxes of cigars custom-made with cabbage leaves. But when the offensive smelling stogies were delivered to his office, his secretary sent them on to his home where his wife went ahead and packed the items in his luggage, and the offensive items accompanied Mr. Edison on his business trip. This just goes to show you that even a genius can't outsmart his wife.

Your skin is actually an organ.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

There Are Coffee Flavoured Pez

In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

I know I'm not gonna win with this post because the fact I'm about to tell you is very practical and I use it every day of my life:

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

Bananas Do Not Grow On Trees, But On Rhizomes

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

A Boy Scout who forceably helps an old lady across the street is called an officious interloper. Ask any lawyer.

Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

The Average Ear Of Corn Has 800 Kernels Arranged In 16 Rows

The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

sarah, when are you going to announce the winners? this can go forever