Dolphins locate objects by using sound. They bounce high pitched sounds off of objects to sense where they are. This is called "echolocation" and it is the way that bats 'see' …

The Sun is made out of 92% hydrogen, 7% helium and the rest is other low number gasses The odor of farts comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture  Joseph …

The biggest volcano in the world is the Mauna Loa, in Hawaii. It rises off of the seafloor to 13,000 feet above sea level or about 29,000 feet above the seafloor Most volcanoes are 10,000 to 10…

The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily The grass and trees along the U.S. interstate highway system release enough oxygen to support 22 million people The only part of t…

5% of the $40,700,000,000 received by states from the lawsuit against the tobacco companies has actually been spent on fighting smoking One out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on …

Mark Twain was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen A comet is a relatively small solar system body tha…

About 30% of Americans admit to talking to their  dogs  or leaving messages on their answering machines for their  dogs  while they are away Babies that are exposed to cats and  dogs  in their …

The average litter of Mexican wolves is between four and seven pups Due to hunting, Tasmanian devils neared extinction at the beginning of the 20th century. Tasmanian wolves (also called tigers…

The number of Americans that are killed by sharks averages about one per year More people die from eating sharks then from being eaten by them In July 1978 Walter Poenisch swam from Cuba - an …

Girls break their arms 56% more often than they did 40 years ago and there are 106 boys born for every 100 girls The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 f…

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley 500 people suffer from sickening or deadly food poisoning each day in China One in five of world’s p…

The great pyramids of Egypt now stand a full 3 miles south of the spot where they were originally built Egypt has more than 100 pyramids that are spread all over the country  The three pyramid…

The odds are 1 out of 230,000,000 (.000000435%) that you're allergic to water Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head An average human drinks about …

Japanese celebrate Christmas, but it is more like Valentine's day in the western world In the United States, the average couple spends 120$ on Valentine’s Day gifts In the US, nine million…

The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you are dependent on coffee or soda for that caffeine every day A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee President…

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year  Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes Japanese researchers have successfully developed a technology that can put thoughts on a screen and may s…

Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution Corn is used to produce fuel alcohol. Fuel alcohol makes gasoline burn cleaner, reducing air pollution, and it doesn't pollute…

Adolf Hitler was claustrophobic and installed a mirror in his elevator just to keep him from being scared  King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake Ad…

A 13-year-old boy in  India  produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in  India . As a percent of his tota…

Napoleon was terrified of cats One-third of all asthma cases in the United States is related to an allergy to cats King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from …

Thomas Edison had a collection of over 5,000 birds  Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. Thomas Edison' s first major invention was the quadruplex telegraph As a bo…

Stonehenge is surely Britain's greatest national icon, symbolizing mystery, power and endurance. Its original purpose is unclear to us, but some have speculated that it was a temple made for…

Sphinxes are massive stone statues that depict the body of a reclining lion with the head and face of a human The Great Sphinx's paws and head are out of proportion, suggesting there may ha…