1. Hippo milk is pink
2. More than 10 people a year are killed from vending machines
3. The average person in a life time spends 5 years on a toilet
4. Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas
5. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
6. The can opener was invented 48 years after the can
7. Although they won't admit it, women fart as much as men
8. About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute
9. Obama's name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
10. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it
11. Left hander are apparently meant to have a more successful life (thanks Confidentaly)
12. President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader
13. Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States
14. Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice
15. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design
16. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles
17. In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who could fart the loudest and longest
18. Twenty nine percent of women spend more time shopping for shoes than they do looking for a life long mate
19. Ice Cream is chinese food
20. With two forks and a charge, a pickle will emit light
21. The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience
22. Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer
23. More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world
24. 30% of Chinese adults live with their parents
25. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
26. Coca Cola was originally green
27. The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000
28. There are three golf balls sitting on the moon
29. President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins
30. Obama was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
31. Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day
32. The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks
33. A person will create enough saliva to fill two average size swimming pools during his lifetime
34. Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats
35. You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world
36. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight
37. The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993
38. The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself
39. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
40. Sex burns about 360 calories per hour
41. A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over
42. The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year
43. The majority of suicides occur on a Monday
44. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
45. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee
46. Turtles can breathe through their butts
47. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
48. If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there
49. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women
50. The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people
51. The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself
52. The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007
53. Your fingernails grow faster in winter
54. Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times
55. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

1. It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
2. If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
3. An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
4. Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
5. Some motorcycle enthusiasts hang a biker's bell from a portion of their bike to protect themselves from evil road spirits
6. Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it