Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Coca-Cola's 'Super Pure' Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water!
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James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
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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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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
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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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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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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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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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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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The most collect calls are made on Father's Day.
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On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger?s voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed.
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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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Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
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Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
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A snail can sleep for three years.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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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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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.
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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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Pageant Models often smear Vaseline on their teeth so their lips won't stick when smiling.
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It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
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In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
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Halle Berry?s stunt double, in the movie ?Catwoman?, is a man.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The G in 'g-string' stand for groin.
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King George I could not speak English!
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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Jean -Claude Van Damme learned to speak English by watching the cartoon 'The Flintstones.'"
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In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
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Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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In Topeka, KS, no one may sing the alphabet on the streets at night.
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For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
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The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.
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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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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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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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Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
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In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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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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Slugs have 4 noses!
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
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Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese.
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Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!
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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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According to legend, there is a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
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The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed.'"
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Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
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Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
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Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
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Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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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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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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