If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence
A male swan is called a cob, like corn on the cob. And a female swan is called a pen.
There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
Joan of arc, Alexander the great, Napolean Bonaparte, Oprah Winfery, and Barak Obama are all left handed.
Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.
When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence
A male swan is called a cob, like corn on the cob. And a female swan is called a pen.
There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
Joan of arc, Alexander the great, Napolean Bonaparte, Oprah Winfery, and Barak Obama are all left handed.
Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.
When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them.
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
