The venom in a Daddy Longlegs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
What was that about the pig!
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Humans and Dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
Can you imagine if we were like the pigs.
101 Dalmatians Peter Pan (Wendy) The Fantastics are the only three Disney cartoon features with both parents who are present and don't die throughout the movie.
It's impossible to get water out of a rimless tire.
Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
Polar bears are left-handed.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
I'm still more impressed with the pig.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"But what ... is it good for?"
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
Bill Gates, 1981 apocryphal
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make."
Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this."
Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.