There are less grains of sand in the world than stars in the sky.
17 tons of gold are used to make wedding rings in the United States every year.
A chameleon can change color in as fast as 20 seconds.
A sneeze can travel 100 miles per hour.
There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year.
An average office desk has 400 times more bacteria then a toilet.
The Mississippi River is 2,340 miles long.
Ernest Vincent Wright once wrote a 50,000 word novel, "Gadsby", which did not contain the letter E at all.
Jupiter can fit about 1,000 Earths inside it.
A flea can jump up to 15 times its size.
The New Years Eve Ball weighs about 1,700 pounds.
The sun is 9,932 degrees fahrenheight.
Mount Everest is 29,035 feet tall.
The Yo-Yo was originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
A dragonfly can fly up to 50 miles per hour.
The Earth spins at 67,000 miles per hour.
The Leaning Tower is 178.8 feet tall.
The CN Tower located in Toronto,On in Canada is 555.3 meters tall. It took 40 months to build and 63 million dollars to construct.
In Kentucky, it's illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.
In 1998 in Dominican Republic, they point with puckered lips. They also clap their hands to request a check in a restaurant.
In 1998 Puerto Rico, they wiggle their nose to say "what's going on?"
In 1998 in Jamaica,they suck air through their teeth to say "give me a break." Also if they buy food from a street cart,they must eat it on the spot.
Darryl Starwberry is the only player to play with all four major league teams that called New York City home at some point in the 20th century: Yankees,Mets,Giants, and Dodgers.
In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
A midge beats it's wings 1,000 times a second.
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
Joel Zumaya, a relief pitcher on the Detroit Tigers, was once playing too much Guitar Hero. He suffered wrist and forearm injuries, missing the 2006 American League Championship Series.
The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane,basketball court, jogging track, and a tennis court.
The "I'm feeling lucky" button costs Google $110 million every year.
Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
Polar bears can swim 60 miles without pausing for a rest.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time.
The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history.
Maine is the only state in the USA whose name is just one syllable.
Americans eat 18 billion hot dogs a year.
68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air.
Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan.
The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830’s.
Antarctica is the Only Continent without a McDonalds.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The number forty is the only number to have it's letters in ABC order.
On Albert Pujols rookie year on the St. Louis Cardinals in 2001, he hit 37 homeruns and 130 RBI's.
There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987.
Hershey's most popular product is the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup, and not the Hershey's chocolate bar.
Every year, Burger King restaurants prepare over 950,000 pounds of bacon for their breakfast customers.
The president of the USA from 1909 to 1913 was William H. Taft. He once got stuck in the White House bathtub.
The Great Wall Of China is 5,500 miles long.
The Eiffel Tower is 986 feet tall.
Reddi wip has 15 calories, and cool whip only has 20 calories.
Sweet Potato is considered the number one vegetable in the entire world. It has fiber,vitamins A and C,iron,calcium,protein, and carbohydrates.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
More monopoly money is printed yearly,than real money is printed throughout the world.
In 1974 and 1975,while Yankee Stadium was being renovated, the Yankees played their home games at Shea Stadium.
WWE.com had over 4.3 billion page views in 2009,beating CBS.com,NBC.com,FOX.com,ABC.com,Nascar.com, NBA.com, and UFC.com.
In 2004, Sammy Sosa on the Chicago Cubs, sprained his ligament while sneezing and had to go on the disabled list.
Mr Potatohead was the first toy advertised on TV.
Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.
The word Spain means "the land of rabbits."
