Black cats are considered to bring good luck in Japan.
Jimi Hendrix couldn't read or write music.
The last words of Henry Royce co-founder of Rolls-Royce were actually: "I wish I'd spent more time in the office."


149 - 0 is the highest score ever made in a Soccer game
In 1984 a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
The Incas revered the coca plant as being sacred or magical.
A young Elvis Presley was once told: "Stick to driving a truck because you'll never make it as a singer."
In 15 years of conquest Alexander The Great never lost a battle.
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
Humans and dogs are the only two species known to seek visual clues from another's eyes. And dogs only do it with humans.
In 1989 the U.S. military blared AC/DC music at General Noriega's compound in Panama for 2 continuous days. The dictator surrendered.
There's an atomic bomb museum in New Mexico where the first atomic bomb was detonated. The museum is only open 12 hours per year.
Japan consists of over 6 800 islands.
The last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically called "This is the End."
6%of the world's population has an Internet addiction.
Mice and Human DNA are 97.5% similar.
People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze your heart stops for a mili-second.
It's impossible to sneeze while sleeping.
Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids.
The fastest ascent from base camp to the summit of Mount Everest took just 8 hours and 10 minutes.
Human Bones are ounce for ounce stronger than steel.
Replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been erected in Pakistan Malaysia Taiwan Brazil and even China.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The U.S. Tax Code is 5 000 pages long while The Bible and "War and Peace" only have about 4 500 pages.
Sex toys are illegal in India.
(via YouTube)
In 2013 Belgium issued a limited edition of chocolate flavored stamps.
The Amazon is the world’s largest river 3 890 miles (6 259 km) long.
There are approximately 450 million goats around the world.
A Flemish artist is responsible for the world’s smallest paintings in history. It is a picture of a miller and his mill and it was painted onto a grain of corn.
The people of Israel consume more turkeys per capita than any other country.
Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second (7 mph).
The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball if both were the same size.
Some dogs can smell dead bodies under water!
Every person including identical twins has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.
In 2010 General Electric made over US$14 billion in profits but paid US$0 in taxes in the U.S.
Certain fireflies emit a light so penetrating that it can pass through flesh and wood.
Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.
The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60 000 taxis.
The space between your eyebrows is called Nasion.
President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.
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