Interesting Facts and Phobias

Here are some great interesting facts I found throughout my research on various articles.

-Bullfrogs never sleep.

-No frog of any kind drinks.

-The snapping turtle eats carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies in lakes, ponds and swamps.

-Approximately 85% of product warning labels on household items are inadequate.

-America's favorite crayola crayon color is blue.

-Americans did not use forks until after the Civil War.

-Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold until recently in India because it clashed with their arranged marriage tradition.

-Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

-On average, an American home 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials.

-1 out of 4 US children are obese.

-75%-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.

-Kissing for one minute can burn 26 calories.

-A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose 2 teeth every 10 years.

-Only 12%-15% of the population is solely left-handed.

-Children grow faster in the springtime.

-80% of 10 year old girls in the US go on a diet.

-Only 38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday.

-Alcoholic beverages have all 13 minerals essential for human life.

-An egg that is fresh will sink in water, but a stale one will not.

-45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.

-Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.

-Being unmarried can shorten a mans life by one year.

-"Rhythm" is the longest word in the word in the English language without a vowel.

-"Almost" is the longest word in the English language that is spelled alphabetically.

-What is called a "French kiss" in English is called an "English kiss" in French.

-There are no words in the English dictionary that rhyme with purple, orange, and silver.

-Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.

-Slugs have four noses.

-A cockroach can live for several weeks without a head.

-Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. See not everything tastes like chicken.

-The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

-Earth is the only planet not named after a God.

-Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

-The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.