tree

Hindu men once believed it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marrying a tree first. The tree (his third wife) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.

ferret

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

apple

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet.

body

Skin is the largest organ of the human body.

bunny

According to legend, if a hare crosses a person’s path as he starts out on a journey, the trip will be unlucky and it’s best to return home and start again. If a pregnant woman sees a hare, her child may be born with a hare-lip. If a hare runs down the main street of a town, it foretells a fire. Cornish legend says that girls who die of grief after being rejected by a lover turn into white hares and haunt their former beaus.

coffin

People still cut the cheese shortly after death.

caterpillar

Caterpillar means “hairy cat” in Old French.

desk

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

hippo

The first soup ever made was made from hippo meat.

david

The artist Michelangelo’s full name in Italian is Michaelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni.

dubble bubble gum

Although your system cannot digest gum like other foods, it won’t be stuck inside of you forever. It comes out with other waste your body can’t use.

earthworm

An earthworm has five hearts.

flag

The music for “The Star Spangled Banner” comes from a British drinking song named “Anacreon.”

dandelion

Eating dandelions can make you urinate more.

goat

Male goats will urinate on each other in order to attract mates.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

Barbie

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

brain

Brain surgery is done with the patient still awake. The brain has no nerves therefore it has no sensation. The person is put to sleep to open the skull but after that the person wakes up to see the operation be completed.

Frosted Flakes

Frosted Flakes mascot “Tony the Tiger” has a wife, son (Tony Jr.) and daughter (Antoinette) that were used in early advertising commercials.

nose

Between the ages of 30 and 70, you nose may lengthen and widen by as much as half an inch.

hair

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

Santa

Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols according to French Tradition. He visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.

Jimmy Carter

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had an operation for hemorrhoids while he was in office.

kiss

A passionate kiss uses up 6.4 calories per minute.

knee

If you lock your knees while standing long enough, you will pass out. (We do not recommend you try and find out for yourself.)

leech

A leech has 32 brains.

lincoln

Abraham Lincoln’s mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.

LL Cool J

Rapper LL Cool J’s name is short for “Ladies Love Cool James.”

maine

Maine is considered the toothpick capital of the world.

New Jersey

Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name.

baby octopus

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it’s born.

underwear

Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear.

pregnancy

A fetus that is four months old, will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother’s stomach.

psycho

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie “Psycho.”

qtip

Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.

ring

The sensitivity of a woman’s middle finger is reduced during certain times of her reproductive cycle.

rolaids

An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

slug

A slug has four noses.

sneeze

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

stapler

The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.

sun

It takes between about eight and nine minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.

tarantula

Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.

time

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, “I will be there in a jiffy.”

toilet paper

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

turtle

Turtle (credit: CBS)
A turtle can breathe through its butt.

cramp

Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second.

uranus

Uranus has 27 moons.