About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching.

(Take that woj)

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

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a five-card poker game

Conception occurs in December more than any other month.

The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, an caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car).

When Opossums Are Playing Opposum They Aren't Really "playing" They Pass Out From Fear

Female canaries cannot sing.

Rhinos Are Part Of The Same Family As Horses, And Thought To Have Inspired The Myth Of The Unicorn

Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

A Hawaiian stamp of 1851 with a face value of 2 cents was the sole reason Gaston Leroux, a Parisian philatelist, murdered its owner, Hector Giroux.

A Ducks' Quack Doesn't Echo

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

The "black box" in commercial airliners is actually orange.

166,875,000,000 Pieces Of Mail Are Delievered Each Year In The Us

In the USA - more toilets flush at the half time of the Super Bowl than at any other time of the year.

Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.

Dogs And Humans Are The Only Animals That Have Prostates

Archduke Karl Ludwig (1833-1896), brother of the Austrian emperor, was a man of such piety that on a trip to the Holy Land, he insisted on drinking from the River Jordan, despite warnings that it would make him fatally ill. He died within a few weeks.

That could prove very useful if you needed it.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.

I guess that says alot.

The Placemant Of A Donkey's Eyes In It's Head Enables It To See All Four Feet At One Time

A reward of $1,000 was offered for information leading to the capture and conviction of a man robbing taxi drivers. The man turned himself in and demanded the reward as a result. He received a 20 year sentence for aggravated robbery instead.

The oldest weapon still in use in the American military arsenal is the Mameluke hilt sword carried by officers in the U.S. Marine Corps. The sword dates back to the Barbary Pirate Wars of 1801-1807. The sword was given to Lt. Presly O'Banen by the ruler of Tripoli for the aid rendered by the Marines in the Mediteranian Fleet.

85,000,000 Tons Of Paper Are Used Each Year In The Us

Super Bowl Monday sales of antacids increase by more than 20% over other Mondays.

Venus rotates in the opposite direction from the other planets.

Emus And Kangaroos Can't Walk Backwards

Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk!

In 1970, Russel T. Tansie, an Arizona lawyer filed a $100,000 damage lawsuit against God. The suit was filed on behalf of Mr. Tansie's secretary, Betty Penrose, who accused God of negligence in His power over the weather when He allowed a lightning bolt to strike her home. Ms. Penrose won the case when the defendant failed to appear in court. Whether or not she collected has not been recorded.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

Cats Have Over 100 Vocal Sounds While Dogs Only Have 10

The average speed of a man's orgasm is 28 MPH.

In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.

The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!)

Hamsters Love To Eat Crickets

A man went in to rob a bank. He demanded the clerk to give him all the money. They told him to go sit out in his car and they would bring him the bags of money. He agreed and went out to his car. In the meantime, the people in the bank called the police. When they got there the man was still sitting in his car waiting for the money and they arrested him.

Ice is a mineral.

The Boeing 747 can flex it's wings 26 feet before they snap.

The City Of Mt. Vernon, Washington Grows More Tulips Than The Entire Country Of Holland

A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.

If you would like to make a Siberian happy, give him a horse-meat steak.

Many Hamsters Blink One Eye At A Time

A whale's penis is called a dork.

in High School, a dork was a dick.

Life is funny that way. High Five!

Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils.

An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.