An estimated one billion birds die each year in the U.S. from smashing into windows.
The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long.
Men are 4 times more likely to get struck by lightning than woman.
Iguanas, Koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises.
The Bible is the number one most shoplifted book of all time.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died from battle wounds; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Over 2500 left-handed people a year are killed from using equipment made for right-handed people.
The right-handed power saw is the most deadly item.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
Women speak about 7000 words a day. The average man averages just over 2000.
Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. It increases the sense of freedom, a disconnect from reality and thus, increases the dollars spent gambling.
Some other tricks casinos use:
1) There are no windows, so people don't know if it's day or night outside.
2) They design casinos to be like mazes so you can't find your way out.
3) They give free alcohol to the gamblers so they continue to gamble.
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.
Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.
The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.
The longest English word, at 45 letters, is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'.
The cost of the halftime commercials during the Superbowl could feed the world's entire refugee population (62 million) twice.
Semen travels at 28 mph.
In Hong Kong the wife of a husband who commits adultery is legally entitled to kill the mistress in any manner desired - but she may only murder the husband with her bare hands.
In ancient Egypt, people shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when their cats died.
'Subbookkeeper' is the only word that has double letters four times in a row.
In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is death.
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