*The Mayflower only held 102 people.
*Brasilia, founded in 1960, is one of the newest cities in the world.
*Washington DC has one lawyer for every 19 people.
*Onions have no flavor, only smell.
*Only 3% of Americans like their hotdogs plain.
*The American goldfinch's nest is so thick that it can hold water. Some hatchlings even drown.
*7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every single day of the year.
*Saffron, the most expensive spice, costs more than $2000 per pound.
*A cow has four stomachs.
*George Washington was named after England's King George.
*When gold was discovered in California, it was still officially Mexican land.
*Studies suggest that if you watch more than two prime-time comedies a week you probably also drive a foreign car.
*It would take 268 Rhode Island's to make one Texas.
*One of every three Girl Scout cookies sold is Thin Mints.
*Studies show that about 4% of US employees never laugh at work.
*Before Columbus, American Indians had no type B blood.
*The Wright brothers built their first airplane for less than $1000.
*So far, every US president with a beard has been a Republican.
*Houdini was only 5'1" tall.
*Mosquito eggs can survive dried up for 5 years.
*There are no turkeys in Turkey.
*The US city with the most psychiatrists per person is Washington DC.
*The odds of an average golfer making a hole-in-one are 33,676 to 1.
*The two most common US high school team names are Eagles and Tigers.
*There are more judges in LA than in all of France.
*Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger.
*The Pentagon spends $8,612 per second.
*Spain's name means "Land of rabbits".
*A cow typically lives for 30 years.
*Most couples get engaged in December.
*C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
*The average baseball fan spends $7.46 on food.
*In 1659 it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
*The first TV commercial was a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for 60 seconds.
*40% of people who move change their brand of toothpaste at the same time.
*Only ¼ of American adults eats 3 meals a day.
*Baby beavers are called kittens.
*45% of women and 25% of men say they cried at their wedding.
*Ants don't sleep.
*The triangular part of the underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog.
*The original Godzilla costume weighed 220 lbs. It was made of rubber and bamboo.
*The average growing time for a Christmas tree to reach its full height is 7 to 10 years.
*Nachos are the most craved foods by pregnant women.
*Nearly 10% of US homes dress up their pets for Halloween.
*A coffee tree yields one pound of coffee a year.
*Puppies lick your face because their instinctively searching for scraps of food.
*Polar bears can eat 50 pounds of meat in one sitting.
*The average American eats 9 lbs of food additives each year.
*If you're over 65, there's a 50% chance that you put relish on your hot dog.
*The highest per capita consumption of Spaghetti-Os in the US is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
*Catfish have 100,000 taste buds.
*Cats can make over 100 different vocal sounds. Dogs can make about 10.
*If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones go to the top.
*A spacecraft must reach the speed of 24,800 MPH to escape earth's gravity.
*Insects outnumber humans by about a million to one.
*A koala bear sleeps for 22 hours a day.
*Mexico has more American resident than any other country except the US.
*27% of people skip ahead to find out what will happen in a book before they finish it.
*Switzerland has the highest per capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.
*Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
*The darker the pumpkin is the longer it will last.
*The area code for Antarctica is 672.
*Oliver Pollock invented the dollar sign in 1778.
*When pitched the average major league baseball rotates 15 times before it's hit.
*Levi Strauss didn't call them "jeans", he called them "waist overalls".
*20% of tuxedo rentals are in May.
*The most pushups ever done in one day by one person is 46,001.
*Each year 30,000 Americans are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
*15 million gallons of wine were destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
*The US Army accidentally ordered an 82-year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for troops in Europe.
*The average city dog lives three years longer than the average country dog.
*The average American moves 11 times in their lifetime.
*Cubans eat more sugar than anyone else. The Irish eat the most Corn Flakes.
*Cars first came with seatbelts in 1950.
*Most polar bears are left-handed.
*The average adult spends 11 t0 13 minutes in the shower.
*Three Mile Island is only 2 ½ miles long.
*The most shoplifted book in the US is the Bible.
*Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female patients.
*The oldest pig in the world lived to be 68.
*An estimated 405,000 US homes still lack indoor plumbing.
*55% of the world's milk drinkers drink goat's milk.
*Most avalanches travel at a rate of 22 mph.
*Illegible handwriting is known as "griffonage".
*About 1/3 of the earth's surface never gets any snow.
*The US government owns 20% of the land in America.
*Termites cannot hear.
*Most engaged couples that split up do so between 9 pm and midnight.
*Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
*Chickens can live as long as 14 years.
