Their is an app for everything! And that includes incredible stats. One of my faves is the Blackberry App ’5001 Fun Facts’. You can download it now from Blackberry App World on your smartphone. It is also available on Android phones. On this page I have put some of the best ones!
∗ An adulterous Greek male was sometimes punished by removal of his pubic hair and the insertion of a radish into his rectum.
∗ In Atlanta, GA, USA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
∗ It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
∗ Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour.
∗ Coca-cola is green without coloring.
∗ 0.3% of all accidents in Canada involve a Moose.
∗ Cows can have regional accents.
∗ A Cow farts enough each day to fill 30 party balloons.
∗ The average adult produces about half a litre of gas per day, which results in an average of about 14 farts per day – silent or violent!
∗ Crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out.
∗ Only 30% of people can flare their nostrils. Can you?
∗ 29% of people are virgins when they get married.
∗ 70% of dust in the home is from human skin.
∗ People photocopying their arse are the cause of 23% of all worldwide photocopier faults worldwide.
∗ In the White House there are over 13,000 knives, forks and spoons.
∗ Wet sand weighs less than dry sand.
∗ Most marine fish can survive in a tank filled with human blood.
∗ You can’t plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina, USA.
∗ 1 penny doubled every day becomes 5 million dollars in 30 days.
∗ Only 80% of women wash their hands when they leave the restroom.
∗ 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seat.
∗ Darwin married his first cousin.
∗ Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
∗ Ketchup was sold in the 1830′s as medicine.
∗ In the 1800′s people believed that gin could cure stomach problems.
∗ Nachos are the food most craved for by pregnant women.
∗ Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 US states.
∗ The UK eats more cans of baked beans then the rest of the world combined.
∗ A small airplane can fly backwards.
∗ Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
∗ February 1865 is the only month recorded in history not to have had a full moon.
∗ The bible is the most shoplifted book.
∗ World record: The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub was 99hours long.
∗ You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork then a poisonous spider.
∗ The average human will eat 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
∗ Some insects can live for up to a year without their heads.
∗ Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures.
∗ The average person has over 1460 dreams per year.
∗ In Hartford, Connecticut, USA, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
∗ In some smaller towns in the State of Arizona, USA, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
Know of any that we don’t? They can be about the law, humans, animals, science, history or anything – get in touch with your findings! What are your thoughts on these crazy statistics? Share your opinion with other visitors in the comments section below.
Post first published 23 August 2011.
About Author: Chris. I am a full-time writer, blogging on a variety of websites. I love comedy and enjoy posting about it every week.
In a state of USA, i don´t recall weach one, is forbithen to sleep nacked
Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon.
On a planet that can support 5.5 billion people,7 billion now reside. Can you guess what planet that is ???
finger nails and hair don’t actually continue growing per se after death, they appear longer since the skin becomes dehydrated and contracts, causing more of the hair and finger nails to become visible.
The smallest person on earth is Gul Muhammad..only 1 feet 10 inches..
There is a man whose legal name is “Jesus Condom”
Mythbusters proved you can sneeze with your eyes open