DID YOU KNOW THAT

1. All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
2. It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
3. Until 1834, it was illegal for any soldier of the U.S. Army to carry the American flag into battle.
4. Seaweed is used to thicken ice cream.
5. Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!
6. Antarctica is a desert.
7. Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.
8. Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.
9. The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
10. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats! >Iguanas have two penises!
11. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
12. Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
13. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
14. All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room!
15. About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
16. Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
17. On average women can hear better than men.
18. Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
19. The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
20. It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
21. Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan!
22. It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
23. Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
24. Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn’t a federal crime to assassinate the President.
25. 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear.
26. Linen is actually stronger when wet. 
27. It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
28. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.
29. Giraffes are unable to cough.
30. Is Global Warming Real? More than 19,000 U.S. Scientists have signed a petition stating that there is No convincing scientific evidence that humans can cause 'Global Warming'.
31. 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.
32. Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
33. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
34. Rain contains vitamin B12.
35. More people in China speak English than in the United States.
36. This year, more than 2.5 million books will be shipped with the wrong covers!
37. Chained dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than unchained dogs.
38. Koalas are excellent swimmers.
39. If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
40. A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
41. Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
42. Pearls melt in vinegar.
43. Before 1941, fingerprints were not accepted as evidence in court.
44. Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'.
45. Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.