Funny Facts

You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself.

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders.

Millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

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