cool weird facts

1.Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States
2.Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
3.Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
4. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
5.A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
6.A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
7.According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.
8.All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
9. An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years.
10.Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
11.Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
12.Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
13.Barbies full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
14.Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
15. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cant sink in quicksand.
16.By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
17.Chop Suey was invented in New York.
18.City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
19.Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
20.Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
21.Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
22.During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
23.Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
24.Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
25.Eskimos dont gamble.
26.Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda.
27.Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
28.Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
29.German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
30.Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.
31.Harrods have three private wells to supply their water.
32. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
33. 25% of your bones are located in your feet.
34. 35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married.
35. 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
36. 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
37. 41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
38. 50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them.
39. 68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air.
40. 80% of millionaires drive used cars.
41. 80% of PublishersClearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions.
42. 85% of all Valentines Day cards are purchased by women.
43. 85% of movie actors earn less than $5,000 a year from acting.
44. 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
45. 90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
46. 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
47. 99% of people cannot lick their elbow.
48. A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
49. About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
50. At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time.
51. At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
52. Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.
53. Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
54. Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
55. Identity crisis? About 10% of Jewish households have Christmas Trees.


ps. i just got all of these in an e-mail, i dont know who origonaly wrote them, no plagorism intended