Roughly 141 random facts

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about €6.25(if sold separately).

Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

Camel’s have three eyelids.

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offences.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.

Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth

Businessman: I'll have a Samuel Jackson.
Samuel Jackson: [shouts] Good motherfucking choice, motherfucker! Samuel Jackson! Made painstakingly by me, Samuel L. Jackson! It'll get ya drunk! You'll be fucking fat girls in no time! You might even fight a nigga or two! Mmmm-mmm, bitch!

Samuel Jackson: [shouts] How's it taste, motherfucker?
Businessman: Could you please stop yelling at me?
Samuel Jackson: [shouts] No, I can't stop yelling, 'cause that's how I talk! Haven't you seen my movies? "Juice" That was a good one! "Deep Blue Sea" They ate me! A motherfucking shark ate me! Drink up, bitch!