* Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
*
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
* A-1 Steak Sauce contains both
orange peels and raisins.
* It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook
macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.
* Two-thirds of the world's
eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
* Almonds are a member of the peach
family.
* There is cyanide in apple pips.
* Apples, not caffeine, are more
efficient at waking up in the morning
* Six ounces of orange juice contains
the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C.
* Americans on average eat 18
acres of pizza everyday.
* Orange juice helps the body absorb iron easily
when consumed with a meal.
* The world's number one producer and consumer of
fresh pork is China.
* Most of the vitamin C in fruits is in the skin.
*
James Madison was the shortest president of the United States, 5'4... Abraham
Lincoln was the tallest, 6'4.
* James Buchanan was the only United States
president to never marry. His niece, Harriet Lane, played the role of the First
Lady!
* A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!
*
Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States!
* There is a
motor-vehicle accident every 18 seconds in the United States!
* 97% of the
world's water is in the ocean!
* The sun is 330,330 times larger than the
earth!
* Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than
women!
* It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon!
* There are more
than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
* It is possible for a
baby to get the hiccups, while still in mommy's tummy!
* For the first 2
billion years of its existence, the earth had no life on it whatsoever!
*
Each seed of the palm tree weighs 30 pounds!
* It is estimated that millions
of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and
then forget where they hid them.
