Another 34 Weird and Interseting Facts

• During good sex, endorphins are released, which are powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex
• The shrimp's heart is in its head
• Chocolate could be poisonous for dogs
• George Washington didn't want his image on US coins.  He didn't want to imitate European monarchs. 
• According to a Kinsey survey, 75% of men ejaculate within three minutes after penetration
• It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.  Another one that was proven wrong by Mythbusters.
• In South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in the roll
• Your foot is the same length as your forearm
• In the US, Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day
• If you plug your nose you can't hum (keep your mouth close too).
• Diamonds are not that rare, De Beers creates an artificial scarcity by stockpiling mined diamonds and selling them in small amounts
• As of May, 2010; 1.2 Billion people still defecate in the open
• In Victorian times, prostitutes wore pubic wigs
• The longest flight of a chicken is about 13 seconds
• Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
• On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart
• The United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world
• Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes
• Names in Iceland's phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last name
• Cats can hear ultrasound
• The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms
• Dutch, on average are the tallest people
• Kissing is healthier than shaking hands
• Jaguars are frightened by dogs
• Linda Wolfe is the most married women in the world.  She legally married 23 men one after the other; each marriage ending in the divorce of death of the husband.
• There are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA (excluding the federal National Cemetery at Lincoln Way)
• Married men tip better than unmarried men
• India never invaded any country in her history
• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• In Scotland, people throw stinking crud like eggs and sauces on their brides.  That was apparently not true, thanks for those who pointed this out.  Scottish throw confetti like many how it is in many countries. In some other countries, they throw rice.
• Natural pearls melt in vinegar
• Licorice (or liquorice) and avocado are among the food that sets the mood for love makeing
• An olive tree can live up to 1500 years