The Curiosity Shop (Fact Archive)
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn`t end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
Logged on: 19 October 2026There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
Logged on: 18 October 20262,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.
Logged on: 17 October 2026Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Logged on: 16 October 2026THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss `Rita Thunderbird` remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamé bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.
Logged on: 15 October 2026A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
Logged on: 14 October 2026There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
Logged on: 13 October 2026Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.
Logged on: 12 October 2026More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Logged on: 11 October 2026The the U.S. you dial `911`. In Stockholm, Sweden you dial 90000
Logged on: 10 October 2026Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
Logged on: 9 October 2026Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.
Logged on: 7 October 2026If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Logged on: 6 October 2026For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
Logged on: 5 October 2026Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.
Logged on: 4 October 2026In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
Logged on: 3 October 2026Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Logged on: 2 October 2026The Amazon is the world's largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.
Logged on: 1 October 2026Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins
Logged on: 30 September 202698% of Japanese are cremated.
Logged on: 29 September 2026It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
Logged on: 28 September 2026During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.
Logged on: 27 September 2026Starfish have no brains.
Logged on: 26 September 2026Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.
Logged on: 25 September 2026An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
Logged on: 24 September 2026The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen`s `Born in the USA`
Logged on: 23 September 2026Los Angeles` full name `El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula` is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation `L.A.`.
Logged on: 22 September 2026The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
Logged on: 21 September 2026The most sensitive cluster of nerves is at the base of the spine.
Logged on: 20 September 2026In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.
Logged on: 19 September 2026When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart.
Logged on: 18 September 2026Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
Logged on: 17 September 2026There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, silver and month.
Logged on: 16 September 2026More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Logged on: 15 September 2026There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.
Logged on: 12 September 2026IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.
Logged on: 11 September 2026A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.
Logged on: 10 September 2026If a rooster can`t fully extend its neck, it can`t crow.
Logged on: 9 September 2026An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
Logged on: 8 September 2026The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.
Logged on: 6 September 2026Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
Logged on: 5 September 2026On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
Logged on: 2 September 2026The state of Maryland has no natural Lakes.
Logged on: 1 September 2026The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.
Logged on: 31 August 2026Barbie`s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.
Logged on: 30 August 2026The average American works 24,000 hours in their lifetime just to pay their taxes
Logged on: 29 August 2026Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.
Logged on: 28 August 2026Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme `twinkle, twinkle, little star` at the age of 5.
Logged on: 27 August 2026The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Logged on: 26 August 2026Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
Logged on: 25 August 2026Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.
Logged on: 24 August 2026There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
Logged on: 23 August 2026Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.
Logged on: 22 August 2026Laredo, Texas is the U.S.'s farthest inland port.
Logged on: 21 August 2026Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book `The Naked Lunch`.
Logged on: 20 August 2026All polar bears are left-handed.
Logged on: 19 August 2026In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
Logged on: 18 August 2026The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).
Logged on: 17 August 2026Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
Logged on: 16 August 2026Pearls melt in vinegar.
Logged on: 14 August 2026Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Logged on: 12 August 202670% of all boats sold are used for fishing.
Logged on: 11 August 2026In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
Logged on: 10 August 2026California consumes more bottled water than any other product.
Logged on: 9 August 2026When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.
Logged on: 8 August 2026The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!
Logged on: 7 August 2026In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
Logged on: 6 August 2026In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
Logged on: 5 August 2026The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Logged on: 3 August 2026Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.
Logged on: 2 August 2026The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
Logged on: 1 August 2026Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.
Logged on: 31 July 2026Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.
Logged on: 30 July 2026King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.
Logged on: 29 July 2026Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book `The Naked Lunch`.
Logged on: 28 July 2026Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
Logged on: 27 July 2026Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.
Logged on: 26 July 2026Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".
Logged on: 25 July 2026Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.
Logged on: 24 July 2026Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
Logged on: 23 July 2026China has more English speakers than the United States.
Logged on: 22 July 2026Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.
Logged on: 21 July 2026The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
Logged on: 20 July 2026Barbie`s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.
Logged on: 18 July 2026US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
Logged on: 17 July 2026Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
Logged on: 16 July 202625% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
Logged on: 14 July 2026More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
Logged on: 13 July 2026One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
Logged on: 12 July 2026It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
Logged on: 11 July 2026Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer`s disease.
Logged on: 10 July 2026Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Logged on: 9 July 2026Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.
Logged on: 8 July 2026Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Logged on: 7 July 2026Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
Logged on: 6 July 2026Bananas are botanically classified as berries, whereas strawberries are not.
Logged on: 5 July 2026Honey never spoils. You could theoretically eat 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb honey and it would be perfectly fine.
Logged on: 4 July 2026A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus; it takes longer to rotate once on its axis than to complete one orbit around the Sun.
Logged on: 3 July 2026The total weight of all the ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total weight of all humans.
Logged on: 2 July 2026