Fun Facts

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

"Hang On Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio.

All porcupines float in water.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

Camel's milk does not curdle.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called the "American Pie" and thus the name of Don McLean's song.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.