The Ultimate Collection 
of Weird Facts

The words "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.
whether they are read left to right or right to left.

"a man a plan a canal panama"

spelled backwards is still

"a man a plan a canal panama"

It is nearly impossible to lick your elbow.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.

No word in the English language rhymes with "month".

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

 

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  uses every letter in the alphabet.

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

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

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

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice
without a hunting license.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds,
more than any other animal.

A roach will live nine days without its head.
The only reason it doesn't live longer is it's unable to eat.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length;
that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world,
with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.

On New Year's Day in Spain they throw a goat
off a church.

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

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

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

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?
 

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

Most lipstick contains fish scales.
     

Like fingerprints, 
everyone's tongue print is different.

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