Some Interesting Facts about The United Sates of America - Page 3
  1. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
  2. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
  3. Lightening strikes somewhere on earth about 6,000 times a minute
  4. It is safer to be in a car during a thunderstorm than a house. If lightening strikes a car it goes through the tires to the ground.
  5. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby!"
  6. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
  7. Mosquito repellents don't repel... They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
  8. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
  9. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
  10. A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
  11. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
  12. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
  13. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
  14. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
  15. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.