Wacky Facts

Weird facts are they?! I don't know if some of them are true, but don't bug me if you think some are wrong. I'm just putting them up for your amusement. You can find more strange facts on any search engine.

  • The only animal besides a human that can get sunburnt is a pig

  • Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, but dogs only have about ten.

  • On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

  • The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

  • Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

  • A snail can sleep for three years.

  • Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

  • Lobsters have life-size blood.

  • Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better

  • Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

  • On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

  • Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate effects a dogs heart and nervous system, a few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.

  • The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!

  • Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries

  • Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

  • A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

  • Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

  • Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

  • In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

  • On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

  • The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

  • You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

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