True Facts

True Facts
These facts are not guaranteed to be true. But they probably are. As it was really long, I've deleted those I felt weren't too interesting.

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Cranberry Jell-O is the only flavor that contains real fruit flavoring. I'm surprised any of them do.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born. I want to be one of the 6.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores. Glad I don't work there

Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals. Now that is truly bizarre.

The chameleon has a tongue that is one and a half times the length of his body. Where does it fit?


A Nigerian woman was caught entering the UK with 104 kg of snails in her baggage. One has to ask "Why?"


There is a company that will (for $14,000) take your ashes, compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one. Would you really wear that?

Fast food provider Hardee's has recently introduced the Monster Thickburger. It has 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat. Talk about a heart attack waiting to happen.

More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people. Kinda made me wonder what products these are. And do I really want to be using them?

For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects. Let's hope they don't turn on us. :)

A Georgia company will mix your loved one's ashes with cement and drop it into the ocean to form an artificial reef. This is for me.

A ten year old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new, because of the -ahem- debris which is absorbed through the years. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and their decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand and a lot of perspiration, of which the average person loses a quart per day. Good night! Note to self: Buy new mattress!


Mel Gibson has personally earned almost $400,000,000 from his movie "The Passion of the Christ". Holy Crap!


55% of Americans claim they would continue working even if they received a $10,000,000 lottery prize. Yeah, me too. Wink wink.

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears. Somehow, that's funny.

Newest trend in the Netherlands: Tiny jewels implanted directly into the eye. OUCH

All polar bears are left handed. I hope they're not using those products.

There are only three types of snakes on the island of Tasmania and all three are deadly poisonous. Note to self: Cancel Tasmania vacation.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" read 4:20. There's a surprise.

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out. I have witnessed this phenomenon.

85% of the guys who cheat on their wives die while having sex. Serves them right!

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. This I gotta see.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night. I'm sure this is true. Look at my yard!

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. That's kinda cool.