One of the listed ingredients of Fruitopia fruit juice is cochineal—that's a red dye made from the pulverized bodies of insects.

The name of the horse that played Mister Ed on TV was "Bamboo Harvester."

In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Lifesaving Service combined to become the United States Coast Guard.

The Aweikoma of southeastern Brazil use the same term for both "eating" and "intercourse" because they both involve entering bodily orifices.

68% of Americans prefer their toilet tissue to unwind over the spool, not under it.

Vanilla is used to make chocolate.

California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumption per person.

There is more lemon in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.

The name "yoyo" was first brought to the attention of western society in a 1916 Scientific American article on toys from the Philippines.

About 7% of all working Americans have at some time worked at McDonalds.

A microsecond is one millionth of a second. A nanosecond is one billionth of a second. A picosecond is one trillionth of a second, or one millionth of a microsecond. An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second. A femtosecond is one millionth of a nanosecond.

In Old English, "scot" meant payment, or one’s share of a payment. To go "scot free" meant to escape that charge.

There are 40 squares on a Monopoly board.

In the U.S. version of Monopoly, which Atlantic City street name is misspelled? Marvin Gardens. (A formal apology was issued to the residents of Marven Gardens in 1995.)

The average wind speed on the planet Jupiter is 225 miles per hour.

Women are most likely to want to commit adultery when they’re ovulating.

85%-90% of a horse's life is spent on its feet.

Camelot’s Round Table seated 150 knights, with one place left open for the Holy Grail.

Three times as many people in America put ketchup along side their French Fries as put it on top.

The origin of the word "Eskimo" comes from the Algonquin word for "he eats it raw" or "eats raw flesh."

Only full-grown male crickets can chirp.

A dolphin's penis is prehensile—like a monkey's tail or an elephant's trunk.

60 Minutes is the only TV show with no theme music.

Pecans are the only food that doesn't have to be treated or dehydrated when astronauts take them into space.

The male brain is 10% larger than the female brain.

Stonewall Jackson's feet had to be broken to fit into a military coffin.

There are 2,598,960 five card hands possible in a 52 card deck.

A fathom is six feet deep.

There are nine nuts per ounce of Cracker Jacks.

Two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic.

Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.

Henry Ford, father of the Model T, is also father of the charcoal briquette.

Edgar Allan Poe was kicked out of West Point.

The eggplant is part of the thistle family.

Cigarette advertising on television was banned as of January 2, 1971.

Jellyfish sometimes evaporate.

Hugh Hefner's middle name is Marston.

Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

Dirty Harry's badge number is 2211.

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up at the sky.

The word "mafia" was created as an acronym for Morte alla francia italia adela, meaning literally "Death to the French is Italy's cry."

Mosquitoes perform a sex act that lasts only two seconds.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

The Hula Hoop is illegal in Finland.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

A soccer ball has 32 panels.

The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the Brannock device.

John Wayne holds the record for playing the most leading roles in films. He played the lead in all but 11 of his 153 movies.

The Oreo is the world’s best-selling cookie.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

The only rock that floats in water is pumice.

According to the Wall Street Journal, more blonde hair dye is sold in Dallas than in any other U.S. city.

Something freckled can be said to be “lentiginous.”

The White House was the biggest house in the United States until the Civil War.

The Chinese invented sauerkraut.

The "ZIP" in "ZIP code" stands for "Zoning Improvement Plan."

Americans say banana is their favorite smell.

According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than in any other month.

Swedes drink more coffee than any other people in the world.

1968 was the last time the Academy Awards show met the scheduled three hour running time.

Twenty-five percent of all businesses in the United States are franchises.

According to an old Egyptian text, a delicate nerve runs from the fourth finger of a person's left hand to their heart, thus explaining the origin why that finger is the "wedding finger."

Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte both suffered from epilepsy.

The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were named Dismas and Gestas.

The cells that make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature.

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.

Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car.

Tickling was outlawed in some ancient Middle Eastern countries because it was thought to be an aphrodisiac.

"Coprastasophobia" is the fear of constipation.

You can tell a turtle's sex by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss.

Barbie’s last name is Roberts.

Moby Doll was the first killer whale held in captivity.

Ancient Romans considered flamingo tongues a delicacy.

Betsy Ross ran a munitions factory in her basement.

The mouths of the President's faces on Mt. Rushmore are 18 feet wide.

Dendrophiliacs prefer trees as sex partners.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Astronauts are taller in space than they are on Earth (due to gravity).

The first car accident occurred in 1896.

Jim Morrison (of The Doors) was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.

On the average, there are eight peas in a pod.

The real name of Jesus was Yeshua—Jesus is the Greek version of the name.

Cats can't taste sweets.

The 1997 Jack Nicholson film As Good As It Gets is known in China as Mr. Cat Poop.

Studies show Australian women are the most likely to have sex on the first date.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Thermometers date back to the 1600s—at the time, however, they were filled with brandy, not mercury.

A shrimp's heart is located in its head.

Hewitt Packard’s first product was the automatic urinal flusher.

Karate was not introduced to Japan until 1917.

Hawaii has the largest consumption of Spam in the United States.

The opposite of "cross-eyed" is "wall-eyed."

The last Playboy centerfold to have staples in it was published in 1985. The model was Venice Kong.

The lifespan of a tastebud is 10 days.

Experts say married men change their underwear twice as often as single men.

Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

Prince’s high school nickname was Skippy.

Lyndon B. Johnson was the first President of the United States to wear contact lenses.

The petunia and the potato are related to each other.

Your thumb is the same length as your nose.

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal. Betty Rubble's was Betty Jean McBricker.

Japan leads the world in condom use.

A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

Manu National Park, in Peru, is home to 1,300 different species of butterfly.

According to the Bible, Methuselah was the oldest man who ever lived. He is said to have lived 969 years.

Taiwan was known formerly as Formosa.

The croissant originated in Austria.

The first Marvel superhero was the Human Torch.

If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception).

A group of tigers is called a "streak."

Humans spend three years of their lives having sex.

A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.

8% of Americans twiddle their thumbs.

Kangaroos can't walk backward.

Alaska was bought from Russia for about two cents an acre.

Lemons have more sugar than oranges.

Steamboat Willie was Disney's first film with sound.

Peter Fonda wears bulletproof trifocals.

Prince Harry and Prince William are uncircumcised.

Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana.

James Doohan, who plays Scotty on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand.

Jim Carrey his chocolate Lab, Hazel, professionally massaged three times a week.

Elizabeth Hurley sucks on a pacifier to help stave off her craving for cigarettes.

Jamie Farr (Klinger on M*A*S*H) was the only member of the cast that was a soldier in the Korean War.

When Jennifer Lopez stays in a hotel, she brings her own sheets because she can’t sleep on anything with a thread count of less than 250.

Anne Bancroft sometimes pretends to have an imaginary daughter named Melissa.

Woody Harrelson opened a bar that serves only oxygen.

Rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs had his first job at age two when he modeled in an ad for Baskin-Robbins.

Marlon Brando once set out to provide electrical power to the Tahiti island he owns by using electric eels.

When Tori Spelling boards a plane, she always makes sure to enter with her right foot first.

Meg Ryan won’t park in underground garages.

Mike Tyson has cameras in the bedroom he shares with his wife to protect himself against any accusation of rape.

Ellen DeGeneres was the first stand-up comedian Johnny Carson ever asked to sit on The Tonight Show guest couch during a first appearance.

Stephen King named his personal publishing venture Philtrum Press—after the vertical groove between the nose and mouth.

George Lucas purchased Paramount’s and Universal’s film-production research collections, making his one of the largest private libraries of its kind.

Orson Welles is buried in an olive orchard.

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

Whoopi Goldberg was a mortuary cosmetologist and a bricklayer before becoming an actress.

Clark Gable used to shower more than four times a day.

Regis Philbin is a technophobe—he avoids computers, cell phones and ATMs.

Eddie Murphy is a self-taught classical pianist.

Meg Ryan turned down lead parts in the films Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman and Silence of the Lambs.

Actor Steve McQueen encouraged his karate teacher to pursue a career in acting. The teacher? Chuck Norris.

Tennis pro Evonne Goolagong's last name means "kangaroo's nose" in Australia's aboriginal language.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

"Pez" (as in the candy) comes from the German, PfeffErminZ, meaning peppermint.

The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

After taxes, the winners on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire take home about $650,000.

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

Woody Allen takes his temperature every two hours during the day.

69% of American workers say they find praise and recognition from their bosses more motivating than money.

More people in the U.S. are killed by pigs, lightning and bees each year than by sharks.

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

Shania Twain moisturizes her face with a product called Bag Balm, originally created to numb cows’ udders to they don’t feel pain while being milked.

In 1750, people on the streets of London jeered at philanthropist Jonas Hanway. Why? He was the first man to carry an umbrella.

The only active diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas.

Neutering a cat extends its life span by two or three years.

The human body has enough fat to produce seven bars of soap.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

It is illegal to plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

The orchid lasts longer than any other bloom.

All officers in the Confederate army were given copies of Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, to carry with them at all times. Robert E. Lee, among others, believed the book symbolized their cause.

There are 132 rooms in the White House.

A group of cats is called a "clowder."

The banana is the world's largest herb.

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house—in 1840.

Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of women's feet.

A group of toads is called a "knot."

The average human drinks about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.

Nolan Ryan was the first baseball player to make over $1 million dollars in a season.

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.

The metal cesium will melt in your hand and catch fire due to the temperature of your skin.

The paper clip was patented in 1901.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The toes of mummies were individually wrapped.

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.

The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is two minutes.

The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

The piece that protrudes from the top end of an umbrella is called a "ferrule."

The mango is a member of the cashew family.

The Greek national anthem has 158 verses.

Mr. Spock's blood type was T-Negative.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

The average person's left hand does 56 percent of the typing.

Urdu is the most common language spoken by New York City cab drivers.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

A person afflicted with "hexadectylism" has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.

A duck has three eyelids.

The last thing to happen is the "ultimate." The next-to-last is the "penultimate," and the second-to-last is the "antepenultimate."

"Mageiricophobia" is the intense fear of having to cook.

Women shoplift more often than men—the ratio is 4-to-1.

The white part of your fingernail is called the "lunula."

Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.

It would take 63 days non-stop to write the first and last names of one million people.

Minnie Pearl's famous pricetag read "$1.98."

Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.

Doves and pigeons are the same bird according to ornithologists.

64 percent of women sleep on the left side of the bed.

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish word "aguacate," which in turn is derived from the Aztec word "ahuacatl" which meant testicle.

Married men are twice as likely to be obese as single men.

It took engineers 22 years to design the zipper.

In the 1800s, the name Increase was a common man's name.

Cold water weighs more than hot water.

Clouds fly higher during the day than the night.

"Uromancy" is the practice of predicting the future by studying urine.

Eels have two hearts.

Tug-of-war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.

An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.

An office chair with wheels on it will travel an average of eight miles yearly.

The only remake of an Elvis Presley song ever to hit the Top 10 was Cheap Trick's Don't Be Cruel, which hit #9 in 1988.

Baby rattlesnakes are born without rattles.

There are more than 15,000 different varieties of rice.

The hard hats used by construction workers were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

American Indians almost never go bald. (Same for red-haired women.)

Egyptians used to worship cabbage heads as gods, enthroned on elaborate altars.

"Of" is the only word in which an "f" is pronounced like a "v."

A group of turtles is called a "bale."

A group of whales is called a "gam."

A group of goldfinches is called a "charm."

Each day is 0.00000002 seconds longer than the day before because the Earth is gradually slowing down.

The "glair" is the white (or clear) part of an egg. "Glair" comes from the Latin clarus, meaning "clear."

A silicon chip a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.

The world’s first public library opened in Warsaw, Poland in 1747.

Liquefied bubble gum is an effective insecticide. Bugs chew on it and their jaws stick together and they starve to death.

Margaret Gorman was the first Miss America (1921).

The winner of an athletic event in ancient Greece was given a bunch of celery, much like flowers are given today.

One of every 11 boxes of cereal sold in the U.S. is Cheerios.

In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

Another word for the human thumb is "pollex."

The Baths of Caracalla in ancient Rome covered almost 28 acres. More than 1,600 people could bathe at the same time.