<sub>A Selection of Fun, Weird, and Interesting Facts found all over the web.

I saved you the time of Googling up fun facts of basically anything. They are put into category so if your looking for a particular subject, that I hope I included here, all you have to do is scroll and look at the headings.

This is only for fun, and I hope you don't get mad at me for doing this because I know there are people out there like that. And if you really like it I hope you favorite it so that it will get across DeviantART and more people to find out things they didn't know, but would love to know.

The list is pretty short. I am having problems actually looking for subjects to include. If you have any subjects you would like me to research on please leave a comment below. I hope to do more of these in the future. Enjoy!</sub>



[United States]

- The California Grizzly bear is the state's official animal. But during the time it was named, the grizzly bears where already extinct. The last seen California grizzly was killed in 1922.

- The London Bridge was transplanted in 1968 to Lake Havasu, Arizona.

- The largest Meteorite crater in the world is in Winslow, Arizona. 4,150 feet acrossand 150 feet deep.

- The Grand Canyon in Idaho, is deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

- Thomas Jefferson knew six languages.

- Gold Miners use to send their dirty laundry to Honolulu because it was cheaper.

- In Virginia it was once illegal to have a bathtub in your house.

- Kansas is home of a still growing 16,750 pound ball of twine.

- The official beverage of Arkansas is milk.


[Animals]

- Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

- The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.

- A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

- An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years

- A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

- According to hospital figures, dogs bite an average of 1 million Americans a year.

- For every person there are rougly 200 million insects.

- During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.

-More people are killed by donkeys yearly than are killed in plane crashes.


[Technology]

- An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.

- A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).

- From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.

- The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.


[Famous People]

- Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

- Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

- Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

- Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings.

- Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.

- Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."

- Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.


[Australia And Other Continents]

- Australia's christmas holiday comes in the middle of the summer.

- Australia has nine sheep for every one person.

- Around 115 Australians per 100,000 of population are in jail.

- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.


[Phobias]

_{A listing of phobias you didn't know existed.}

- Barophobia - Fear of gravity.

- Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

- Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.

- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.

- Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.

- Heliophobia: Fear of the sun.

- Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.



_{The list is very short, please excuse me for that. I know you would love to find out more. I thank you for taking the time to read this.}