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Karmuela Searlel, one of the many actors playing Tarzan, was killed by a wild elephant during the filming of Tarzan.
The average life span of an umbrella is a year and a half.
Sending a building by mail is illegal in the USA since 1916. In that year, a man sent his house through Utah to evade taxes.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking 1 olive out of every salad served in 1st class.
It's illegal to cross the street walking on your hands in Hartford, Connecticut.
It's possible to get a cow walk up stairs, but you'll never get her down again.
There are 4 cars and 1 streetlights on a $10 bill.
The plane Buddy Holly crashed with was called 'American Pie'.
Volleyball is the most popular sport in American nudist camps.
The first flight the Wright brothers made was shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747.
About 6.5 million black spots were drawn during the making of the Disney movie '101 Dalmatians'.
One third of all funerals in Taiwan have a stripper.
Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he wore no pants.
In LA there are less people than there are cars.
There's a chance of 1 in 700,000 of dying in a plane crash.
40% of McDonald's profit comes from Happy Meal sales.
There are 336 dimples in a professional golf ball.
In Idaho, it's against the law to give someone a box of candy weighing more than 50lb.
Each year, more people get killed by donkeys than in plane crashes.
In the USA 3 sex change operations take place each day.
When Michael Jackson made a commercial for Pepsi in 1984, the commercial got more viewers than the shows it interrupted.
Ernest Vincent Gadsby wrote the novel 'Gadsby'. It's a 50,000 word book with not a single word containing the letter E.
Buzz Aldrin was the first human being doing a no.2 on the moon.
In Kansas, t's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands.
In a public toilet, the first toilet gets used the least so is mostly the cleanest.
Both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are left handed.
There are about 800 brands of bottled water for sale in the USA.
One sixth of all Americans (about 43 million people) move each year. The average American moves 12 times in his or her life.
The word “samba” means “rubbing navels against each other”.
Marilyn Monroe dyed her pubic hair.
James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek, has no middle finger on his right hand. It was shot of during the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
The Museum Of Modern Art in New York had the painting “Le Bateau” by Matisse hanging upside down for 47 days until a college student noticed.
About 50% of al bank robberies in the USA take place on Fridays.
The Aetherius community believes Jesus Christ is still alive and lives on the planet Venus.
Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in Ireland.
Statistically, the 13th day of a month has the biggest chance to be a Friday.
In 1964 a jury awarded $50,000 in damages to a woman who claimed she suffered from nymphomania after a tram accident.
An American urologist once bought Napoleon Bonaparte's penis for $38,000.
There's a special temple in Sri Lanka dedicated to one of Buddha's teeth.
The word “sex” was invented in 1382.
Jesse Owens won a 100m race against a racing horse in 1936. The horse got a head start.
Olympic rules state that a badminton shuttle has to have 14 feathers. No more, no less.
The speed record on the moon is 10,56 mph.
John Lennon's first lover was called Thelma Pickles.
Richard Nixon's favorite drink was a dry Martini.
Professional ballet dancers use about 12 pair of ballet shoes a week.
The number plate on the Volkswagen Beetle that can be seen on the album cover of “Abbey Road” is 281F.
Americans spend twice as much money on porn than on cookies.
Rapper Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle
Kermit the Frog is left handed.