Encyclopedic Knowledge: How Much Do You Know About These LittleKnown Facts?
1. Look at your zipper. If it has the letters YKK, it's a product of Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
2. 40% of McDonald's profits come from Happy Meals sales.
3. The 1996 edition of Webster's Dictionary contained 315 spelling errors.
4. On average, 12 newborns are given to the wrong parents every day.
5. Chocolate is deadly to dogs; just a few ounces can kill a puppy due to damage to its heart and nervous system.
6. In the 1830s, ketchup was sold as medicine.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and paint with the other.
8. Scissors were invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
9. It took Leonardo da Vinci 10 years to paint the lips of the Mona Lisa.
10. The Oscars awarded during World War II were made of wood because metal was a scarce resource at the time.
11. Casinos in Las Vegas don't have clocks.
12. Bruce Lee's movements were so fast they were almost invisible, so the film had to be shot at a slower speed.
13. Lying on your back and slowly raising your legs can prevent you from sinking into quicksand.
14. Mosquito repellent doesn't repel mosquitoes; it interferes with their sensory organs, making it difficult for them to locate you.
15. Dentists recommend placing your toothbrush at least six feet away from the bathroom to avoid the airborne particles generated when flushing the toilet.
16. The first product to be barcoded was Wrigley's chewing gum.
17. Michael Jordan earned more from Nike each year than all the workers in Nike's factories in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19. Hitler's mother considered abortion but was dissuaded by her doctor.
20. A person sheds about 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.
21. If you accidentally get bitten by an alligator, poke its eyeball hard, and it will let you go.
22. The average person only needs 7 minutes to fall asleep. 23.
Yo-yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
24. Cats are the only domesticated animals not mentioned in the Bible.
25. Rubber bands are better preserved when refrigerated.
26. 56% of keyboard input is done with the left hand.
27. "Dreamt" is the only English word ending in "mt".
28. Even without a head, a cockroach can survive for 10 days.
29. You can't sneeze with your eyes open.
30. Mexico City sinks 10 inches every year.
31. The brain is more active when sleeping than when watching TV.
32. 80% of Americans prefer blue.
33. There are more chickens than people on this planet.
34. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle fingernail grows the fastest.
35. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
36. The combined assets of the 48 poorest countries are less than those of the world's three richest families.
37. The first CEO of Marlboro cigarettes died of lung cancer.
38. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
39. The world's youngest parents were a Chinese couple born in 1910, aged 8 and 9 respectively.
40. Our eyes are the same size as when we were born, but our noses and ears continue to grow. 
41. You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
42. A person will die after about 10 days without sleep.
43. Chewing gum while cutting onions will prevent you from crying.
44. Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
45. If the moon is directly overhead, you will lose a little weight.
46. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his mother or wife because they were both deaf.
47. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in English.
48. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
49. "Bookkeeper" is the only English word that repeats three consecutive letters.
50. Right-handed people live an average of 9 years longer than left-handed people.
51. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the English alphabet.
52. If all Chinese people lined up and walked past you, the line would never end due to the high birth rate.
53. More people speak English in China than in the United States.
54. Every square inch of human skin contains 20 feet of blood vessels.
55. The average person uses the restroom 6 times a day.
56. A baby is born with 300 bones, but an adult has only 206.
57. Beards are the fastest growing human hair. If a man never grooms himself, he will grow a 30-foot-long beard in his lifetime.
58. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came first.
59. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi-
Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which is a hill in New Zealand.
60. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00 AM, you will arrive in Honolulu at 4:30 PM yesterday.
61. Scientists at the Parquet Observatory in Australia once thought they had received radio waves from extraterrestrial civilizations, but after investigation, they discovered that the waves actually originated from a microwave oven in the observatory.
62. Wearing earplugs for an hour will increase the number of bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
63. A French kiss can exchange over 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria.
64. Men have better eyesight than women, while women have better hearing than men.
65. Coca-Cola was originally green.
66. The most common name in the world is: Muhammad.
67. Excluding "north" and "south," the seven states in English share the same first and last letters.
68. The average American has two credit cards
. 69. "Typewriter" is the longest English word that can be typed using a single row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
70. Women are twice as likely as men to be blind.
71. You cannot die from holding your breath.
72. When you sneeze, your heart stops beating for about one millisecond.
73. Pigs cannot see the sky.
74. "Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is the most tongue twister in English.
75. An excessively violent sneeze can fracture ribs, while trying to suppress a sneeze can rupture blood vessels in the neck or brain, leading to death.
76. In playing cards, each suit's King represents a great historical monarch: Spades is King David, Clubs is Alexander the Great, Hearts is Charlemagne, and Diamonds is Julius Caesar.
77. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
78. When you see a statue of a knight, if the horse is off-leash, the knight died in battle.
79. Similarly, if the horse has one front leg raised, the knight died from severe injuries sustained in battle.
80. As above, if all four of the horse's hooves are on the ground, then the person dies of natural causes.
81. Honey doesn't spoil.
82. Crocodiles can't stick out their tongues.
83. Snails can sleep for up to three years.
84. All polar bears are left-handed.
85. In 1987, American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing one olive from each salad served to first-class passengers.
86. Butterflies have their taste organs on their feet.
87. Elephants can't jump.
88. No new animals have been domesticated in the last 4,000 years.
89. Generally, people fear spiders more than death.
90. The words "assassination" and "bump" were coined by Shakespeare.
2. 40% of McDonald's profits come from Happy Meals sales.
3. The 1996 edition of Webster's Dictionary contained 315 spelling errors.
4. On average, 12 newborns are given to the wrong parents every day.
5. Chocolate is deadly to dogs; just a few ounces can kill a puppy due to damage to its heart and nervous system.
6. In the 1830s, ketchup was sold as medicine.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and paint with the other.
8. Scissors were invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
9. It took Leonardo da Vinci 10 years to paint the lips of the Mona Lisa.
10. The Oscars awarded during World War II were made of wood because metal was a scarce resource at the time.
11. Casinos in Las Vegas don't have clocks.
12. Bruce Lee's movements were so fast they were almost invisible, so the film had to be shot at a slower speed.
13. Lying on your back and slowly raising your legs can prevent you from sinking into quicksand.
14. Mosquito repellent doesn't repel mosquitoes; it interferes with their sensory organs, making it difficult for them to locate you.
15. Dentists recommend placing your toothbrush at least six feet away from the bathroom to avoid the airborne particles generated when flushing the toilet.
16. The first product to be barcoded was Wrigley's chewing gum.
17. Michael Jordan earned more from Nike each year than all the workers in Nike's factories in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19. Hitler's mother considered abortion but was dissuaded by her doctor.
20. A person sheds about 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.
21. If you accidentally get bitten by an alligator, poke its eyeball hard, and it will let you go.
22. The average person only needs 7 minutes to fall asleep. 23.
Yo-yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
24. Cats are the only domesticated animals not mentioned in the Bible.
25. Rubber bands are better preserved when refrigerated.
26. 56% of keyboard input is done with the left hand.
27. "Dreamt" is the only English word ending in "mt".
28. Even without a head, a cockroach can survive for 10 days.
29. You can't sneeze with your eyes open.
30. Mexico City sinks 10 inches every year.
31. The brain is more active when sleeping than when watching TV.
32. 80% of Americans prefer blue.
33. There are more chickens than people on this planet.
34. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle fingernail grows the fastest.
35. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
36. The combined assets of the 48 poorest countries are less than those of the world's three richest families.
37. The first CEO of Marlboro cigarettes died of lung cancer.
38. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
39. The world's youngest parents were a Chinese couple born in 1910, aged 8 and 9 respectively.
40. Our eyes are the same size as when we were born, but our noses and ears continue to grow.
41. You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
42. A person will die after about 10 days without sleep.
43. Chewing gum while cutting onions will prevent you from crying.
44. Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
45. If the moon is directly overhead, you will lose a little weight.
46. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his mother or wife because they were both deaf.
47. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in English.
48. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
49. "Bookkeeper" is the only English word that repeats three consecutive letters.
50. Right-handed people live an average of 9 years longer than left-handed people.
51. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the English alphabet.
52. If all Chinese people lined up and walked past you, the line would never end due to the high birth rate.
53. More people speak English in China than in the United States.
54. Every square inch of human skin contains 20 feet of blood vessels.
55. The average person uses the restroom 6 times a day.
56. A baby is born with 300 bones, but an adult has only 206.
57. Beards are the fastest growing human hair. If a man never grooms himself, he will grow a 30-foot-long beard in his lifetime.
58. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came first.
59. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi-
Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which is a hill in New Zealand.
60. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00 AM, you will arrive in Honolulu at 4:30 PM yesterday.
61. Scientists at the Parquet Observatory in Australia once thought they had received radio waves from extraterrestrial civilizations, but after investigation, they discovered that the waves actually originated from a microwave oven in the observatory.
62. Wearing earplugs for an hour will increase the number of bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
63. A French kiss can exchange over 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria.
64. Men have better eyesight than women, while women have better hearing than men.
65. Coca-Cola was originally green.
66. The most common name in the world is: Muhammad.
67. Excluding "north" and "south," the seven states in English share the same first and last letters.
68. The average American has two credit cards
. 69. "Typewriter" is the longest English word that can be typed using a single row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
70. Women are twice as likely as men to be blind.
71. You cannot die from holding your breath.
72. When you sneeze, your heart stops beating for about one millisecond.
73. Pigs cannot see the sky.
74. "Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is the most tongue twister in English.
75. An excessively violent sneeze can fracture ribs, while trying to suppress a sneeze can rupture blood vessels in the neck or brain, leading to death.
76. In playing cards, each suit's King represents a great historical monarch: Spades is King David, Clubs is Alexander the Great, Hearts is Charlemagne, and Diamonds is Julius Caesar.
77. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
78. When you see a statue of a knight, if the horse is off-leash, the knight died in battle.
79. Similarly, if the horse has one front leg raised, the knight died from severe injuries sustained in battle.
80. As above, if all four of the horse's hooves are on the ground, then the person dies of natural causes.
81. Honey doesn't spoil.
82. Crocodiles can't stick out their tongues.
83. Snails can sleep for up to three years.
84. All polar bears are left-handed.
85. In 1987, American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing one olive from each salad served to first-class passengers.
86. Butterflies have their taste organs on their feet.
87. Elephants can't jump.
88. No new animals have been domesticated in the last 4,000 years.
89. Generally, people fear spiders more than death.
90. The words "assassination" and "bump" were coined by Shakespeare.