1.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear
weapons combined.
2. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. (This never
happened back when we used feather quills on parchment.)
3. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. (Especially that big hairy
thing behind my dryer that pops out when I change loads. Yikes!)
4. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads or online apps for dating are
already married. And, men are three times more likely to use them as women.
5. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
6. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs. (Which explains why the
phrase "You can lead a cow upstairs …." never caught on like leading a horse to
water.)
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. (Research has shown that dumbfounded
wives blink at five times their husbands' rate after he has done something idiotic.)
8. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because
engineers failed to account for the weight of all the books that it would eventually
hold. (In other news, there's probably no truth to the rumor that you can enroll in the
IU School of Engineering for $1.99 per credit hour.)
9. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. (Which is only a problem for pre-teen crocs
when their parents ask them to do chores.) 
10. Ping Pong balls can travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr. That's just under
100 mph.
11. A dentist invented the electric chair. (I think he didn't have many repeat patients.)
12. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their
eyebrows and eyelashes. (Any modern woman that has attempted to pluck a man's
eyebrows only to hear him scream like a toddler finds this fact unbelievable.)
13. TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of
the keyboard. (And no … QWERTYUIOP is not a word!)
14. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. (However, scientists
found that virtually every woman on the planet just has to give her significant
other "The Look," and they don't even have to use the word, "go." It's pretty much
understood.)
15. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. (Be careful next time you
visit Grandma during the holidays. I'm just sayin'….)
16. Honey is the only natural food made without destroying any life. What about milk,
you say?
17. A cow has to eat grass to produce milk, and the grass is living. There you go …
18. A snail can sleep for three years.
19. No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
20. Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the
rest of us. (I'm not sure what this is, but I'm ready to kick your butt in our next game
of Scrabble®, Grandma!  Hey … is that nutmeg I smell?)
21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
22. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
23. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day. (Don't look at me … I can
only do a couple of slices these days.)
24. The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph. (Freak Millennials out
by saying "Octotroph" instead of "Hashtag" the next time you're trying to be hip.
Such as "Octotroph BlowingMyMind!")
25. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
26. The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.  (Yep … I had to read that twice to make
sure it wasn't what I thought it was at first … Lol)
27. Spiral staircases in medieval castles run clockwise. This is because all knights used to
be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs, they would not be
able to use their right hand, which was holding the sword, because of the difficulties
of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no trouble, except left-
handed people could never become knights because they were assumed to be
descendants of the devil.  (My ex-wife is left-handed. Octotroph
IKnewThereWasSomethingEvilAboutHer)
28. A cat's jaw cannot move sideways. (Probably why cats got left out of the Bible.)
29. The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." Ironically,
prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Concord make the state's license plates!
30. Chinese Crested dogs can get acne. (Puppy Clearasil is probably big in China.)
31. Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc.
32. There is debate on what is the densest substance in the world. Some say it's
hydrogen solids at 70.6g/cc, while others say it is Osmium, with a density of 22.61
g/cm3.  (I can confirm that the densest thing in the world is my brother-in-law,
Wayne.)
33. The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F. (No word on how lovely its' singing
voice is, however.)
34. Betelgeuse, a giant red star, has a diameter longer than Earth's orbit around the sun.
(Fun Fact: Say the red star's name three times, and Michael Keaton will appear in
your living room.)
35. The longest name of a place still in use is a hill in New Zealand:
Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe
 nuakitanatahu—(that's 92 letters. I counted so you wouldn't have to. Obviously, mail
envelopes in NZ are freaking HUGE!)
36. According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than
light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go the speed of light. Also, there is a
particle called tachyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you
fire a tachyon beam, it travels before you fire it. Octotroph BlowingMyMindAgain
37. Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backward.
38. If you yelled for eight years, seven months, and six days, you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it. Unless it's a
Monday, of course!)
39. If you passed gas consistently for six years and nine months, you would produce
enough gas to create an atomic bomb's energy. (I ain't touching this one!!!)
40. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt
blood 30 feet. (So, basically, Monty Python and Quentin Tarantino got it right.)