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

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

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

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.

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

Halloween isn’t legally a day.

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

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?”

Good intentions are legal tender in Canada.

There are no traffic signs in Slovenia.

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

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

700 glass eyes are lost in public pools annually.

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

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

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

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

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.

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.

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

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

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

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.

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

David Hasselhoff can’t swim.

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

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

46% of Albanians have never seen the color orange.

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

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

Bill Gates was born in Zimbabwe.

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eight out of ten satanists don’t eat fish.

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

Before the second world war, Adolf Hitler had handlebars.

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

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

Sharks can have up to 14 biological parents.

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

The most popular name for a parakeet is Linus.

24% of pickles are really just sour cucumbers.

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

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

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

The hamster wheel was invented by accident.

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

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

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

Frogs don’t have digestive systems.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The internet was invented six times.

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

There are over four million types of household trash cans.

The 1997 film Titanic was edited in iMovie.

There’s no national language of Spain.

The Moon is only 8% cheese.

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

Amphegrephobia is the fear of amphibious tiger attacks.

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 rattlesnakes is bulimic.

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.

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 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.

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

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

Vegan dogs aren’t allowed to chew on bones.

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

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

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

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

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

78% of rulers are inaccurate by over six centimeters.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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