The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.

February 1965 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

The cruise liner, Queen Elisabeth II, moves only six inches for every gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book published in every major Dewey Decimal category.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

Cat urine glows under a black light.

Back in the mid-80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child is 2-6 years of age.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

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

No NFL team which plays its home games in a dome has ever won a Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on TV was on "Leave it to Beaver."

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, half of the city was burned down but only 6 people were injured.

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers---they saw them as competitors.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 years old.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan".

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life"