Jack's Fun Facts
First published: Friday June 3rd, 2022
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Animal Fun Facts
1- Hummingbirds are the only species of bird that can fly backwards.
2- Fleas can jump 350 their length.
3- Crocodiles are unable to stick out their tongue.
4- Starfish have no brain.
5- Only female mosquitoes are able to bite.
6- Slugs have four noses.
7- Newborn kangaroos are the size of a Lima bean.
8- A dog's sense of smell is 1000 times better than a human.
9- Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.
10- 94% of pet owners say their animal makes them smile more than once a day.
Pop Culture Fun Facts
1- Psycho was the first American film to have a toilet being flushed.
2- Two billion T-shirts are sold every year.
3- Sales for pet rats jumped more than 50% after Ratatouille was released.
4- Tiger Woods made his first hole in one before he was ten.
5- White was traditionally a color for mourning.
6- The largest book in the world is 5 meters x 8.06 meters.
7- On average, each American owns seven pairs of jeans.
8- The snow in The Wizard of Oz was asbestos.
9- Babe Ruth made his 700th Home Run by paying a fan $20 to catch the baseball.
10- The famous Jaws line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" was improvised.
History Fun Facts
1- The deadliest job in America is president.
2- The "Avengers" were a group of Jewish assassins who killed more than 2,000 Nazi war criminals.
3- The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes.
4- Teddy Roosevelt threatened to ban football if they didn't improve safety for the players.
5- The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire.
6- In ancient Rome, ferrets, not cats were used to hunt mice.
7- President Lincoln created the Secret Service on April 14th, 1865. The same day he was shot.
8- Cars weren't invented in the United States (sorry Henry Ford (not really)).
9- Henry VIII had four servants for one purpose. To whip he bottom after he pooped.
10- Henry VIII had all four of those servants knighted.
Top 10
This Weeks Topic:
Restaurants*
10- Pizza Hut with $5.5 billion in annual sales
9- Domino's with $5.9 billion in annual sales
8- Chick-fil-a with $9 billion in annual sales
7- Dunkin' with $9.2 billion in annual sales
6- Wendy's with $9.3 billion in annual sales
5- Taco Bell with $9.8 billion in annual sales
4- Burger King with $10 billion in annual sales
3- Subway with $10.8 billion in annual sales
2- Starbucks with $13 bullion in annual sales
1- McDonald's with $37 billion in annual sales
*Sales only in America
Weird Names: Schools
S1- Butts Road Primary School
2- Worthington Hooker School
3- Butte High School - Home of the Pirates
4- Goodenough College
5- Colon Junior High School
6- Moron University
7- Weed High School
8- Climax Shelly Public School
9- Pansy Kidd School
10- The Puke High School