June 4, 2007

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

June 1, 2007

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

May 31, 2007

In proportion, if Jupiter was a basketball, the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome.

May 30, 2007

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

May 29, 2007

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

May 25, 2007

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

May 24, 2007

The averge life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.

Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 23, 2007

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

Contributed by Ms. Perry.

May 22, 2007

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 18, 2007

A charge from an electric eel can power up to 50 cars.

Contributed by Sarah L.

May 17, 2007

You blink about 84 000 000 times a year.

May 16, 2007

You breathe about 10 million times a year.

May 14, 2007

Hummingbirds ocassionally hitch a ride on the backs of Canada geese to migrate south.

Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 11, 2007

The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is called chlorophyll.

Contributed by Ms. Walker

May 10, 2007

Your heart beats over 100 000 times a day!

Contributed by Ms. Walker

May 9, 2007

Chewing gum while chopping onions will help prevent you from crying.

May 8, 2007

All Japanese words end with a vowel sound or the 'n' sound.

May 7, 2007

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 3, 2007

The average person takes 7 minutes to fall asleep...
Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 2, 2007

The percentage of women who wash their hands when leaving a restroom-- 80%
Men-- 55%

Contributed by Ms. Perry

May 1, 2007

Mosquitos have 47 teeth.
Contributed by Ms. Perry

April-May 2007

The following facts were posted before records were kept for this archive.

If you stretched all the nerves in the body end-to-end, they would be about 47 miles long.

The McDonalds at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada, is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1000 and a size of 108.7 acres.

No piece of dry paper can be folded more than seven times.