Obscure facts ya know!

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According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese

Although the title of Les Misérables translates to "the miserable ones", the novel is ambiguous about who it refers to.

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".

Once you die your hair actually continues to grow for a couple of months

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

Besides Star Trek, William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, James Doohan, and Geoge Takei have all appeared at one time or another on "The Twilight Zone."

Sheryl Crow's front two teeth are fake - she had them knocked out when she tripped on the stage earlier in her career.

Cyndi Lauper sang the theme song for "Pee Wee's Playhouse".

Wham! was the first pop group to perform in China.

The first song recorded by rocker Jon Bon Jovi was actually a song called ‘R2-D2: We Wish You A Merry Christmas' for an album called the Star Wars Christmas Album. He was only 17 at the time.

Eddie Van Halen performs the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.

Everytime you sneeze your heart ends up stopping for about 1/2 a milli-second.

May the 4th is actually annual STAR WARS day!

Getting angry at people when we listen to them breathing/swallowing or eating is part of a very unusal brain disorder which is known by the name Misophonia.

(Maybe a myth) Woman apparantly look their oldest at 3:30pm on a wednesday.

Also giving coffee to rats apparantly gives them cancer. (which also may just be a myth)

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "- dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

There are currently over 50'000 people living in Japan who are aged 100 and over.

Depressed people are more likely to be at risk with cold and flu symptoms than the avarage Joe.

A 12 year old was once known to do a science experiment which showed that fast-food ice is apparently more dirtier than the water in your toilet.

Dancing apparently is known to make you more healthier and smarter.

People who stay up later at night are more likely to be intelligent than those who go to bed earlier in the evening.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Rats and horses can't vomit.

"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.

Pac-Man, Namco's 1980 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".

The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".

Blue eyes is a genetic mutation.
Red hair is also a genetic mutation.
Cats have a bendable spine. They can go through small holes as long as their body can fit in.
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

A prawn's "poop" tube is along it's back.

People who correct grammatical mistakes are known to have "Grammar Pedantry Syndrome" which is actually a form of OCD.
(Grammar Nazi's people, they could be prone to it!)

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

People who are less able to understand sarcasm are more likely at risk for suffering from conditions like dementia and to experience declines in the brain's abilities later on in life

Also it is strangely possible for one to die from things such as heart-break.

A 2x4 isn't really 2x4; it's 1 1/2" by 3 1/2".

There isn't a single clock to be seen at any of Las Vegas' casinos, save for the ones people carry around in their mobile phones/iPods.

Believe it or not, Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

The most stolen book from public libraries? The Guinness Book of World Records.

It only takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip your ear off.

13 people are killed each year by vending machines falling on them.

Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.