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

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

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

Sharks can have up to 14 biological parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are over four million types of household trash cans.

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

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

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

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

Halloween isn’t legally a day.

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

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

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

Good intentions are legal tender in Canada.

There’s no national language of Spain.

One in five rattlesnakes is bulimic.

The US treasury didn’t mint quarters until 1978.

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

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

Eight out of ten satanists don’t eat fish.

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

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

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

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

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.

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

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

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.

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

46% of Albanians have never seen the color orange.

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

Bill Gates was born in Zimbabwe.

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

The Moon is only 8% cheese.

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.

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

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

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

24% of pickles are really just sour cucumbers.

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 most popular name for a parakeet is Linus.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The internet was invented six times.

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

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

Vegan dogs aren’t allowed to chew on bones.

Amphegrephobia is the fear of amphibious tiger attacks.

The hamster wheel was invented by accident.

Before the second world war, Adolf Hitler had handlebars.

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

The 1997 film Titanic was edited in iMovie.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Frogs don’t have digestive systems.

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

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.

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

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.

700 glass eyes are lost in public pools annually.

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

David Hasselhoff can’t swim.

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

There are no traffic signs in Slovenia.

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.

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

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

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

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

78% of rulers are inaccurate by over six centimeters.

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

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