At sea level there are 2,000 pounds of air pressure on each square foot of your body area.

Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

Every day over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA.

Portugal is the world’s largest producer of cork.

A Vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags.

In Chinese dining, duck sauce is almost never used on duck.

A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth’s gravitational pull.

Today is the 125th Anniversary for the Worlds largest Snowflake that measured in at 15 inches in diameter.

The extended right arm of the Statue of Liberty is 42 feet long.

In Spanish, the word hombre means: ‘shoulder’, ‘man’, and ‘hat’ all at the same time.

San Jose was the original capital of California.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.

Every year, Burger King restaurants prepare over 950,000 pounds of bacon for their breakfast customers.

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.

Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.

Sea water weighs about a pound and a half more per cubic foot than fresh water at the same temperature.

The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing melanin which gives the hair color.

Red is the most popular car color in the U.S.

Heinz first started making ketchup in 1876 and the recipe has remained the same ever since