-The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
-Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day. Most of it is paper.
-The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
-The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
-There is about 1/4 pound of salt in every gallon of seawater.
-If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
-The average american and canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
-Your brain weighs around 3 pounds. All but ten ounces is water.
-The lens of the human eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.
-The thumb is such a major player in the human body that it has a special section, separate from the area that controls the fingers, reserved for it in the brain.
-"The Pieta" is the only sculpture on which Michelangelo is believed to have carved his name.
from: Trivia Planet
