1.A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
2.A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.
3.Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
5.Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
6.The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.
7.The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
8.Polar bears are left handed.
9.The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
10.The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
11.The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
12.Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
13.Butterflies taste with their feet.
14.An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
15.Starfish don't have brains.
16.Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
17.Blueberry juice boosts memory.
18.Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
19.The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
20. India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
21. The first patented condom was meant to be reused!
22. We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
23.The first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made from turnips.
24. Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in Asia.
25. It is illegal NOT to smile in Pocatello, Idaho!
26. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
27. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
28.Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
29.Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
30.A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
31.Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
32.When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut.
33.Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
34. Laughter is a proven way to lose weight.
35. Pumice is the only rock that floats in water.
36.Chocolate could be poisonous for dogs.
37. Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits.
38. Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.
39.In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
40. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
41. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
42. Bubble gum contains rubber.
43. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
44. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
45. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
46. It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
47. In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
48. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" were considered a dirty word.
49. Slugs have 4 noses.
50.The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
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