1. A giant rooster named "Weirdo" was hand raised in California. At one point, Weirdo weighed 22 pounds and was noted for his foul temper, killing two cats and crippling a dog...

2. In 1963, a judge in Lebanon sentenced 75 pigeons to death because they had been trained by criminals to smuggle currency into the country.

3. In order to deliver presents to all the kids on his list, Santa's sleigh would have to carry more than 321,000 tons and drop down more that 800 chimneys a second.

4. Dogs in Japan don't say "woof-woof". They go "wan-wan".

5. Befor the 1800's, both boys and girls under the age of 5 years wore the same style of clothing: Dresses.

6. A baboon named Jack learned to operate a railroad signal tower in Aferica in the late 1800's. Jack worked on the railroad for 9 years and never made a mistake on the job.

7. Only one politician in history has ever been eaten by his constituents.

8. A Wisconsin smoker who lived until he was 81 years old, smoked a total of 438,000 cigars in his life-time an average of 24 every day.

9. Mosquitoes prefer blondes.

10. Monday sux!! Scientific studies have showen that the first day of the week boast the highest percentage of heart attacks and strokes. And only one day earlier-sunday-has the lowest incidence.

11. After reaching your nose, it takes as little as 0.005 seconds for a smell to regester in your brain.

12. Japanese cattle farmers use beepers to call their cows to dinner.

13. The modern football helmet was developed by reasearchers who were studying why woodpeakers don't get headaches.

14. In 1972, Japanese police arrested a talking crow for harassing children and using foul language.

15. People using public restrooms are 5 times more likely to wash their hands if someone is in the room with them

16. The first known jigsaw puzzle was created in 1767.

17. In 1474, a Swiss rooster was charged with being in league with the devil because it supposedly laid an egg with no yolk. The rooster was found guilty and burned at the stake.

18. 600,000 people are injured every year while sitting or lying down.

19. When NASA designed the first spacesuites for astronautes, they forgot to add a way for the astronauts to relieve themselves.

20. The U.S. military has a special canon that fires chickens at airplanes at 700 miles per hour. The purpose is to measure the impact of birds colliding with planes during flight.

21. Monkies can go bald.

22. In 1973, a 70 year old woman in England was proven by scientists to sleep only one hour a night ... and she took no naps during the day.

23. You should be able to lift 25 tons if all your musceles pulled in one direction at the same time.

24. Out of 325 major matadors performing since 1700, 52 have been killed by the bull.

25. The fastest spider can scurry up to 10 miles per hour.

26. In a carefully controled laboratory experiment, college students and white rats were both tested to see how quickly they could navigate a maze. The rats learned three times faster than the humans.

27. The world record for snail speed was set in 1970 at 0.008 mph...

28. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? 700 pounds...

29. in 1989, a scientist discovered two snowflakes that were exactly alike.

30. If 700 million people weighing an average age of 110 pounds each simultaneously jumped off a 6 foot high platform, they could produce an impact equivent to an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale.

31. The first test of an electric chair was in 1887 with a horse.

32. According to an official survey, 15 percent of Italian prostitutes have university degrees.