The name of the girl on the statue of liberty is Mother of Exiles
A duck's quack has no echo.
Lemons have more sugar than oranges.
3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.
Most digital alarm clocks ring in the key of B flat.
April 30 is National Honey Day.
The eyes of some birds weigh more than their brains
Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of five.
Americans eat 12 billion bananas each year.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
A duck has three eyelids.
70% of dust of house dust is dead skin cells.
The only animal with four knees is the elephant.
Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.
The world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches.
A rat can go longer without water than a camel.
In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.
A chicken is the only animal that is eaten before it is born and after it is dead.
Weatherman Willard Scott was the first original Ronald McDonald
Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain
One year contains 31,557,600 seconds.
The male gypsy moth can 'smell' the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.
Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box
All porcupines float in water.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
Starfish have eight eyes--one at the end of each leg.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
The only bird that can fly backwards is the Hummingbird.
Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
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