Under his powdered wig, George Washington had sandy-brown hair.
Reno Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles.
Mosquitos are attracted twice as much to the color blue than any other color.
Harry Houdini was the first person to fly an airplane in the continent of Australia.
Malaysians protect their babies from disease by washing them in beer.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
One hundred per cent humidity is fog, not rain.
Cats purr at twenty-five vibrations per second.
The wingspan of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet is longer than the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
"If you don't mind smelling like a peanut for 2 or 3 days, peanut butter is a darn good shaving cream." - Sen. Barry Goldwater.
Alaska's state flag was designed by a thirteen-year old boy.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The flowers of wheat have a life span of less than 2 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
It is possible to contract rabies from bats simply by breathing the air in the caves where they live.
Fleas don't have wings; they have powerful legs.
Of all the water on this planet -- in oceans, lakes, rivers, clouds and so on -- only 3 percent is fresh water.
Horses can sleep standing up.
Alaska is the only state without an official motto.
Mozart wrote the music to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" at the age of five.
A wristwatch that monitors the wearer's pulse and sounds an alarm when the heartbeat becomes abnormal, was invented by Herbert Marx. He was better known as Zeppo, the fourth Marx Brother.
Glen Campbell once sang backup for the Beach Boys.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The "crack" is actually a small sonic boom.
Albert von Tilzer wrote "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". It wasn't until 20 years later that he actually went to see his first game.
Bacteria left on the moon by Surveyor III were found to still be alive three years later.
Roses cut in the afternoon last longer than roses cut in the morning.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
No U.S. coin shows its denomination in numbers.
When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, he was almost totally deaf.
Cotton is heavier than water
A cheetah can jump from a standstill to a 45 mph run in two seconds. This can't be matched by even the fastest dragsters.
The elephant is the only mammal with four knees and is the only animal that has been trained to stand on its head.
Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
David Copperfield (The Illusionist) signs more autograhps each year than McDonalds sells hamburgers.
There are no photographs of Abraham Lincoln smiling.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Children grow faster in the Spring.
Eighty-five percent of people killed by lighting are males.
Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated, too. He was stabbed to death.
A roach can live for 10 days without a head.
Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because Donald doesn't were pants.
Everyday, 0.5 percent of the population visit a McDonalds.
Girls see better in the dark than guys do.
There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones.
In Pakistan, it's impolite to show the soles of your feet.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
When a person shakes their head from side to side in Sri Lanka, they are saying yes.
An average person has 696 muscles. An average catipillar has more than 4,000.
You blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day.
Mexico City sinks about 10 inches every year.
The thumb nail grows the slowest, the middle the fastest.
Most bears are left handed.
Blue is the favortie color of 80% of Americans.
The largest chocolate cookie ever made contained approximately 2.8 tons of chocolate.
There are more telephones than people in Washington, DC.
Your body is 70% water.
We shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or recieved a telephone call.
Millions of years ago, wild poodles roamed the earth.
One in every ten people in the world live on an island.
Riding a plane is safer then riding a car or a mule
It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a tootsie pop.
There are 365 different languages spoken in India... one for each day.
Over 5 billion crayons are produced each year.
70% of Americans have visited DisneyWorld or DisneyLand.
Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
The only animal besides a human that can get sunburnt is a pig.
A raisin dropped in a glass of champagne, will rise and fall continuously in the glass.
One pail of water can produce enough fog to cover 105 square miles to a depth of fifty feet.
A mosquito has forty-seven teeth.
Alaska was purchased from Russia for two cents an acre.
On Tahiti, high tides occur every day at noon and midnight, regardless of where the moon is.
Pollen is forever. It's one of the few natural substances that will not deteriorate.
Dr. Kissinger's real name was Heinz, not Henry.
Dog saliva is an antiseptic and can help to heal wounds.
The Birdman of Alcatraz (Robert Stroud) was refused permission to see the movie based on his life.
At least 10 million people are having a birthday today.
Adolf Hitler owned about 9 acres of land in Colorado.
Goldfish kept in dark rooms often turn white.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
You can tell a turtle's sex by its sound. Males grunt, and females hiss.
Christopher Columbus' first transatlantic voyage was accomplished at a speed of about 2.8 MPH.
FDR's last words were "I've got a terrible headache."
Expelled air from a sneeze can travel at 100 plus miles per hour.
Squirrels can climb a tree faster than they can run on the ground.
Most American automobile horns honk in the key of F.
During WWII it was discovered that the liquid inside coconuts can be used as a substitue for blood plasma in an emergency.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometers read exactly the same at one temperature: 40 degrees below zero.
Daylight Saving Time was originated by Benjamin Franklin.