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The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.
10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.

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