Twenty percent of men admit to viewing Internet porn at work. Just 13% of women admit to doing so.
It only takes seven pounds of pressure to rip off a human ear.
The Tokyo World Lanes Bowling Center, with 252 lanes, is the largest bowling establishment in the world.
The term “surfing the Internet” was created in 1992 by author Jean Armour Polly. She came up with the term because her mouse pad had a picture of a surfer on it.
In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like popcorn.
Americans eat an average of 18 pounds of fresh apples each year. The most popular variety in the United States is the Red Delicious.
One alternate title that had been considered, but then discarded, for NBC’s hit Friends was “Insomnia Café.”
In terms of chemical composition, the substance human blood most closely resembles is seawater.
Humphrey Bogart made the following disparaging comment about James Dean, who died in a car crash at age 24, “If he’d have lived, they’d have discovered he wasn’t a legend.”
Gummi bears were originally called “dancing bears.”
A Welsh woman, Myra Franklin, sat through 940 screenings of “The Sound of Music.”
Nicknames for rum include Barbados water, kill-devil, demon water, navy neaters and Nelson’s blood.
The word “robot” was created by Karel Capek. It came from Czech/Slovak “robotovat,” which means to work very hard.
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