Despite the fact that 77 percent of Americans go to the grocery store with a list, it's estimated that half of everything bought there is bought on impulse. Supermarkets report very strong sales of almost anything they stock at the check-out line.

No one seems to know why people blush.

People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't. Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.

An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.

In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.

The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.

John Hancock was the only one of fifty signers of the Declaration of Independence who actually signed it on July 4.

When police arrived in Appleton, Wisconsin to remove a woman's children because of a complaint that she had given her 11-year-old daughter a "swirlie" (Holding her head in a flushing toilet). The woman reportedly said, "I haven't had a vacation in 13 years, go ahead and take them!"

Hot water is heavier than cold.

On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.

Time slows down near a black hole; inside it stops completely.  (Wow, rather like my bank account!)

The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound is the bull whip our leather whip. When the whip is snapped, the knotted end makes a "crack" or popping noise. It is actually causing a mini sonic boom as it exceeds the speed of sound.

A bowl of lime Jell-O, when hooked up to an EEG machine, exhibited movement which is virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult man or woman.  (I'v e known some people like this)

Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years. (Except around Cheyne)

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.