In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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The average person laughs 13 times a day!
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Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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A real estate agents rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly, and Shemp).
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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Halle Berry?s stunt double, in the movie ?Catwoman?, is a man.
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.
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A snail can sleep for three years.
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35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
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Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school.
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James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
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'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either unbathed or poorly dressed.
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In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
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Coca-Cola's 'Super Pure' Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water!
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If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
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President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
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If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles?that?s where the word ?testimony? comes from.
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Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
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It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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The ?Big Dipper? is known as ?The Casserole? in France.
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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
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Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
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Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
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The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
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If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'"
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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According to legend, there is a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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Leonardo DiCaprio got his first ?onscreen kiss? from a man!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger?s voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed.
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)"
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple!
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Slugs have 4 noses!
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In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
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King George I could not speak English!
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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
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Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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The octopus' testicles are located in its head.
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In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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