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

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

The hamster wheel was invented by accident.

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

In Russia, Baskin Robins has only 13 flavors.

14 percent of children are lost at Best Buy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

700 glass eyes are lost in public pools annually.

Halloween isn’t legally a day.

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

The Richter scale was originally invented to measure cat meows.

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.

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

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

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

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 1997 film Titanic was edited in iMovie.

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

Good intentions are legal tender in Canada.

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

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

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

46% of Albanians have never seen the color orange.

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

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

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

There are over four million types of household trash cans.

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

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

The most popular name for a parakeet is Linus.

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

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

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 US treasury didn’t mint quarters until 1978.

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

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

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.

24% of pickles are really just sour cucumbers.

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.

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

Frogs don’t have digestive systems.

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

Websites with 100 or more facts are considered legal entities.

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

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

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

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

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.

There are no traffic signs in Slovenia.

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.

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

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

The Moon is only 8% cheese.

The internet was invented six times.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Bill Gates was born in Zimbabwe.

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

79% of orthodontists lie to their patients.

David Hasselhoff can’t swim.

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

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.

Sharks can have up to 14 biological parents.

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

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

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

There’s no national language of Spain.

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

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

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.

Amphegrephobia is the fear of amphibious tiger attacks.

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

78% of rulers are inaccurate by over six centimeters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eight out of ten satanists don’t eat fish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Before the second world war, Adolf Hitler had handlebars.

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

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

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

One in five rattlesnakes is bulimic.