Funny English Facts

In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.

It's impossible to get water out of a rimless tire.

In Indiana it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30 minutes after eating garlic.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump".

If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1,000 and a size 108.7 acres.

The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

No president of the United States was an only child.

There's no Betty Rubble in Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

The pop you get when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas bursting.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents who are present and don't die throughout the movie.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

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