Weird facts #4

The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.

Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018.

The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour.

The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.

The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.

The most common time for a wake up call is 7am.

The doorbell was invented in 1831.

The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board.

The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.

There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream.

The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke.

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.

There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.

The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.

The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.

A squid has 10 tentacles.

A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.

A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.

The word "AND" appears 46, 277 times in the Bible.

The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn".

The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174, 465.

The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.

There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment.

When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes.

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.

The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.

The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro.

The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.

The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935.

In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits.

The human body weighs forty times more than the brain.

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.

The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.

The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.

The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.

The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel.

France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.

The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.

4000 people are injured by teapots each year.

The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year.

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback.

The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine.

The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.

The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger.

George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.

The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.

Posted: 2:49 p.m. EST June 30, 2006 by me ts