Nutty Facts & Trivia

Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon.

Glitter is so unique it can be used as forensic evidence if matching glitter is found at the crime scene and on the suspect since glitter often goes unnoticed by the suspect.

It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donate a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.

When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"

The United States defense budget is more than that the next seventeen nations combined.

Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.

For every human on Earth, there are 1.6 million ants.

More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.

The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.

One in four Americans thinks that the sun revolves around the earth.

Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.

A baby can cost new parents 750 hours of sleep in their first year.

Did You Know That...?
...Kentucky Fried Chicken is such a popular Christmas meal in Japan that orders have to be placed months in advance.

...Twinstrangers.com is a website where you can try to find your lookalikes from anywhere in the world by uploading photos of yourself, selecting your facial features, and sorting through matches.

...Thomas Jefferson was afraid of public speaking. He had terrible stage fright, added accent marks to his copy of the Declaration of Independence in case he ever had to read it aloud, and often faked illness to avoid giving speeches.

...Santa Claus has his own personal hotline. Calling 951-262-3062 takes you straight to Santa's voicemail, where he says he's busy building toys, reminds kids that their families love them very much, tells them to be good and listen to their parents, and asks them to leave a message with their Christmas wishes.

...researchers say the 'Elf on the Shelf' sends a negative message to kids, because an elf that's always watching but never interacting with them teaches them to accept a surveillance state. It can also be really confusing because it's the only toy they have that can't be touched or played with.

...the website weirdorconfusing.com consists of nothing but a button that takes you to a random listing for some completely nonsensical product, like canned unicorn meat, a yodeling pickle, or a tiny Madonna costume for your dog.

...scientists used a confocal laser microscope to map the topography of an IHOP flapjack. When they compared the relative change in elevation to the US Geological Survey's data for the state of Kansas, they were able to confirm that Kansas really is "flatter than a pancake."

...right before Thomas Edison died, he came out of a coma, opened his eyes, looked upward, and whispered: "It is very beautiful over there."