7% of Americans don't know the first nine words of the American anthem,
but know the first seven of the Canadian anthem.

5% of Canadians don't know the first seven words of the Canadian anthem,
but know the first nine of the American anthem.

Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

The state of Florida is bigger than England.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food. That's
the weight of about six elephants.

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old.

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the
tears can't flow.

There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones.

About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.

Slugs have four noses.

Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for three hours.

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year.

It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.

There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.

Honeybees have hair on their eyes.