Thanks for joining us in our Trivia area. We have had an overwhelming response to our quest for trivia, and have decided to dedicate a page to this fascinating subject. Everyone seems to thrive on knowing useless facts about weird things. The team here at SYSK are always on the lookout for cool and interesting facts, so if you know any you would like to submit then please don't hesitate to do so . Enjoy!

All porcupines float in water. 

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy. 

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself. 

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. 

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. 

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. 

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again. 

If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die, they need gravity to swallow. 

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (And how was this found out?? ... Ed.) 

Studies show that if a cat falls off the 7th floor of a building, it has about 30% less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the 20th floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax, and correct itself. 

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Norvelle Rogers is the real name of 'Shaggy' in Scooby Doo. 

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. (How?.. Ed.). 

Certain frogs, and some fish can be frozen solid, then thawed, and survive. 

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.  

An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain. 

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly. (We will keep that in mind next time.... Ed.). 

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. 

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. 

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. 

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. 

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. (Cats do too apparently.) 

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. 

A whale's penis is called a dork. 

If a statue in the park is of a person on a horse that has both front legs in the air, then the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 

No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver and purple. 

The most common first name in the world is Mohammed. 

The most common surname in the world is Chang. 

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson". 

In "Casablanca", Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam". 

Jimmy Cagney never said "You dirty rat...". 

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. 

An ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (Intoxicated with what?.... Ed.) 

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head before starving to death. 

The last thing a female cockroach will do before dying is lay more eggs. 

Starfishes have no brains. 

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 

The Daddy Long legs is one of the most toxic spiders known. However, it's fangs are too small to pierce our skin. 

The Saturn V spacecraft had 5.6 million parts. 

The first patent for chewing gum was issued to William Semple in 1869. 

Nitrous Oxide, or 'laughing gas', was discovered by Humphrey Davey, a British chemist, in 1799. 

Jogging is believed to lower sensitivity to pain, as is sex. 

A horse, if trapped in a burning building, will not move, unless blindfolded, because of fear. 

Pandas are related to Racoons. 

It takes the planet Pluto 248 years to orbit the sun.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in their head.

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones).

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Rats and horses can't vomit.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. (Yuck!... Ed.).

If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their posterior.

In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. (Bet the ink tastes terrible though!... Ed.).

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

All 50 US states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the US$5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. (That explains it..... Ed.)

Maine is the only US state whose name is just one syllable.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Just how do they figure this stuff out??... Ed.).

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David. Clubs - Alexander the Great. Hearts - Charlemagne. Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P..

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is CURRENTLY necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Coca-Cola was originally green. (Doesnt sound too appetising.... Ed.).

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class.

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33 (99-58-83).

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7.

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%. Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland / DisneyWorld: 70%.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. 

Thanks to Lockergnome for some of these 'Factoids'

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