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If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
Los Angeles's full name is ""El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.""
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie ""Bararella.”
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
A whale's penis is called a dork.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's ""Its A Wonderful Life""
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.
Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.
Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
The Sanskrit word for ""war"" means ""desire for more cows.""
The phrase ""rule of thumb"" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly.
A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
Twelve or more cows are known as a flink.
A group of frogs is called an army.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of geese is called a gaggle.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of officers is called a mess.
A group of larks is called an exaltation.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
Physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the sub-atomic particles known as quarks for a random line in James Joyce, ""Three quarks for Muster Mark!""
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
""Three dog night"" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing.