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There’s no national language of Spain.

Amphegrephobia is the fear of amphibious tiger attacks.

Apollo Ohno’s space program in the late 60’s and early 70’s only received funding because president Ford was a huge fan of U.S. speed skating.

The human brain can hold enough information to convict six politicians.

The first tomato sauce ever made didn’t contain any tomatoes.

The Moon is only 8% cheese.

Despite the fact that the idiom ‘needle in a haystack’ is used figuratively, the probability of finding a needle in a haystack is calculable. It happens to be one in 17.

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

If you yell loud enough, the people in the television can hear you.

Only 14 of the 106 breeds of known cats have teeth. These 14 breeds make up over 79.29% of the feline population of the world.

Despite how it was advertised, the 2000 film, Remember the Titans, was not based on actual events.

46% of Albanians have never seen the color orange.

David Hasselhoff can’t swim.

For every nine babies born in Argentina a cat is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.

Actor Alec Baldwin’s real name is Sally O’Brien, but changed it so as not to be confused with comedian and TV personality, Conan O’Brien.

The Guns N’ Roses song, “My Michelle” was written about a woman named Laurel.

Philosopher Immanuel Kant’s last words were: “Die wilden kojoten lief mit meiner hose,” which roughly translates to “what do you mean I ‘Kant’ survive this operation? Who the hell hired this clown?”

The Wikipedia Box Set is an all-time New York Times Bestseller.

Bill Gates was born in Zimbabwe.

The mountain goat is not a mammal, but is rather a reptile/marsupial combo.

From 1846-1860, owning a toilet that could flush faster than 10 mph was illegal in the state of Texas.

Tilblanophobia is the fear of white tiles being installed in one’s kitchen while on vacation.

4 out of 5 times, a secretary will have the name Janice.

The hamster wheel was invented by accident.

It is estimated that over 80% of magic tricks are fake.

It is common knowledge that 16 sparrows can fit in a large McDonalds cup. However, it has recently been discovered that that figure doubles when the sparrows are blended prior to their insertion.

There are 14 known types of salamanders in the world that can learn to read English.

Yoghurt is quite different from yogurt, the difference being yoghurt is twice fermented as opposed to the yogurt making process’ single fermentation.

The average person uses enough water in one shower to drown a small marching band.

The word basket was originally intended to contain a silent “b.”

There are no traffic signs in Slovenia.

It is illegal to carry more than four sheets of sandpaper in your left pocket in the state of Vermont.

The original version of the Madonna song “4 Minutes” was 7 minutes and 35 seconds, and about political awareness in Africa.

Vegan dogs aren’t allowed to chew on bones.

Julius Caesar’s middle name was Terrence, and was frequently beaten up in the playground because of it.

Sharks can have up to 14 biological parents.

A typical sea sponge can hold its breath for almost six minutes.

Eight out of ten satanists don’t eat fish.

It is widely-known that the US Constitution was written on hemp paper, but few people are aware that the the first draft was written on several cocktail napkins paper clipped together.

An estimated 17% of all statuses on facebook are stolen, without credit, from extremelytruefacts.blogspot.com (please click).

It is possible to survive on nothing more than cheese ravioli and flavored envelope glue.

24% of pickles are really just sour cucumbers.

Nearly all Wendy’s employees double as horoscope readers, and won’t hesitate to interrupt a customer’s conversation to let him know.

The term “computer mouse” was coined to pay homage to the first computer which was powered by mouse wheel.

Halloween isn’t legally a day.

Much like rapper Tupac Shakur, Ludwin van Beethoven released four posthumous records.

In the past ten years, there have been 16 reported cases of people checking into rehab after becoming “hooked on phonics.”

The letter “V” was introduced into the English alphabet as a consequence of the War of 1812.

One in five pharmacists prefers Mustard over Ketchup on his or her hotdog.

Betty White invented the microwave oven, and only began acting to pay for the patent.

The average person eats 4.6 plastic garbage bags by the time he is 55. Leading environmental scientists hope to lower that figure to 3.2 by 2022.

In Bangkok, a cat with good table manners can be sold for a higher price than three ounces of silver.

The average person carries six and a half tons of cheese over bridges in his lifetime.

An estimated 5,000 prostitutes in the United States offer some form of a customer loyalty program.

700 glass eyes are lost in public pools annually.

Germany’s national song is BTO’s “Takin’ Care of Business.”

It is estimated that over 50% of cacti are known to have thrived for over six billion years.

People who smoke one or more packs of cigarettes a day are three times more likely to see actor Ben Stiller on the street.

Pologophobia is the fear of losing one’s meds behind the refrigerator.

Before it was adopted for the purpose of digging holes, the shovel was a popular mode of transportation.

One in four games of Risk end before the first turn is taken.

Every 36 seconds, a dog is adopted, and is then named LaVaughn.

Before the second world war, Adolf Hitler had handlebars.

78% of rulers are inaccurate by over six centimeters.

The man who invented the paper clip also owns the world’s largest decorative light switch cover collection.

The internet was invented six times.

“Space rocket” is the only term that remains exactly the same when translated into any language.

In parts of Antarctica, ordering curtains in bulk is a felony.

Every time you sneeze, a starving African child is given a laptop.

The most popular name for a parakeet is Linus.

Actor Michael Caine holds the record for most time spent continuously inebriated.

Red and white colored sponges are found to be the most effective, according to a study performed by the EPA in 1709.

One-sided counterfeit money is accepted on produce items from Wal-Mart grocery stores.

Every two hours, a baby is born without a sense of humor.

On average, three and a half people are strangled to death by their own scarves every year.

According to the World Federation of Enigmatology, a jigsaw puzzle cannot have a piece-count that is a multiple of four.

Magic Johnson defeated AIDS with a month-long peyote “vision quest” through the Arctic Circle.

The US treasury didn’t mint quarters until 1978.

20% of prize money won on the television show, “Jeopardy!”, is fake.

Eight of the signatures on the Declaration of Independence were photoshopped in later.

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.

Contrary to popular belief, one year is in fact only four dog years

The tiger was created when biologist Howard A. Mink found a way to cross an orange tabby cat with a can of black paint.

The pig that inspired the Warner brothers’ “Porky” character did in fact, have a stutter.

There are really only six different colors of crayon in the Crayola 64 Pack.

Overshadowed by his other accomplishments, Noam Chomsky’s founding of sciuridaesia, the study of squirrels residing in mountainous terrain, is overlooked by the majority of academia.

The word “trite” is the wildcard of the English language. Submitted anonymously by Daniel T. Swift from New York, NY 10017.

The 1997 film Titanic was edited in iMovie.

Hair cannot be black, it can only be very dark purple.

There are over four million types of household trash cans.

Experts have yet to determine the correct spelling of the word “Gonorrhea.”

The most difficult word to remember in the English language is “sponge cake.”

Somporcophobia is the fear of eating pork in one’s dreams.

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

Under the best conditions, it takes milk an average of 49 hours to turn.

Frogs don’t have digestive systems.

The elevator was first invented when the Egyptian space program went horribly wrong.

85% of Law and Order episodes open with a woman jogging in Central Park.

Good intentions are legal tender in Canada.

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.

The idea of the disposable plate ware was first conceived when Queen Marie Antoinette ate off the backs of those about to be executed in order to save water during the Great European Drought of 1787, because the energy efficient button on the dishwasher of Versailles wasn’t implemented until 1805.

In China, during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1029 BC), the first day of the week was Tuesday.

More people are killed in microwave-related accidents than stabbings each year in Bangladesh.

The Pepperidge Farm snack, Goldfish is indeed made from real goldfish.

Post-it notes don’t stick to green surfaces.

The average flag weighs more than an eight-course meal on Neptune.

One in five rattlesnakes is bulimic.

Contrary to popular belief, the Seven Years War lasted 23 years, and was fought between Eskimos and Russians.