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Good intentions are legal tender in Canada.

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

Frogs don’t have digestive systems.

The Moon is only 8% cheese.

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.

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.

The 1997 film Titanic was edited in iMovie.

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

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

24% of pickles are really just sour cucumbers.

There are over four million types of household trash cans.

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

46% of Albanians have never seen the color orange.

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

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

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

There are no traffic signs in Slovenia.

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

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.

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

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

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

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

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

The hamster wheel was invented by accident.

Sharks can have up to 14 biological parents.

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

78% of rulers are inaccurate by over six centimeters.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.

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 US treasury didn’t mint quarters until 1978.

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

Bill Gates was born in Zimbabwe.

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.

There’s no national language of Spain.

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.

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

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

700 glass eyes are lost in public pools annually.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Before the second world war, Adolf Hitler had handlebars.

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

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

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.

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

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

Eight out of ten satanists don’t eat fish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vegan dogs aren’t allowed to chew on bones.

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

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

One in five rattlesnakes is bulimic.

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.

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

Halloween isn’t legally a day.

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

Amphegrephobia is the fear of amphibious tiger attacks.

The most popular name for a parakeet is Linus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

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

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.

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

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

David Hasselhoff can’t swim.

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

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

The internet was invented six times.

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

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

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